Ummmmm....chocolate. (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl)

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Product:	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
Date:	06/08/06 (132 review reads)
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Advantages: Its Roald Dahl.

Disadvantages: none...honestly

What makes this book for me is the characters ...
WILLY WONKA - the mad and eccentric owner of the chocolate factory, with his hat and cane takes the small group of golden ticket winners around his magical factory with many surprises around every corner. Behind is often mystical facade lies a very lonely man with a golden heart which is lit up by the arrival of Charlie Bucket.
CHARLIE BUCKET - ok so Charlie is a bit of a sickly goody two shoes but he does have to live in a small shack, eatting only cabbage for breakfast, lunch and tea. He is a child like Willy with a golden heart and the moral of this story is obviously that nice people can finish first when he is awarded with the chocolate factory.
GRANDPA JOE - As a child I would of loved a Grandpa like Joe, he jumps out of bed to ascort Charlie to the factory and he has that special Grandfather like story telling ability and is very wise, a very good person for Charlie to look up to. He is in no way bitter about the poor conditons he has to live in and willing to give up his beloved tobacco to give Charlie a better chance of winnning a golden ticket.
AUGUSTUS GLOOP - A large, fat and repulsive boy from Germany. Basically his aim in life is to eat, eat and eat again and this ultimatly proves his downfall when he is swept away by the chocolate river. He is the token funny guy and as a reader you can't help but laugh at his demise.
VIOLET - Well she likes gum, probably not the strongest charcater in the book but she does turn into a large blueberry so thats funny for the children readers, even though is may put them off chewing gum for a while. She is a horrid girl and like Mr Gloop deserves what she gets.
VERUCA SALT - Spoilt rotten by her parents and when she can't have what she wants she throughs a tantrum and ends up down the gabage shoot, very funny and not wanting to sound nasty, she really really deserved that!
MIKE TV- manages to send himself via TV into a smaller form of himself, not the best transformation in the book but very imagainative. I think that this child is probably the least hated one apart from Charlie after all he only like TV, what child doesn't?
OOMPA LUMPA's - What a stroke of genius these little people were, from Lumpa land, these little people really encapture the whole world of Roald Dahl.

STORY OUTLINE - Basically it is about a little boy called Charlie who is very poor and lives with his parents and grandparents, he lives near Willy Wonka's chocolate factory which has been closed to outsiders for years and then one day Willy Wonka states that he has hidden 5 golden tickets in five bars of chocolate and those who find them will be allowed to enter the factory for a guided tour. Charlie holds out little hope of finding one, eventually the other four tickets are snapped up by four other children Mike, Veruca, Augustus and Violet....until Charlie finds some money on the floor and buys himself a chocolate bar and believe it or not finds the last golden ticket. He takes Grandpa Joe to the factory with him and the tour begins. Chocolate rivers, oompa lumpas and a boiled sweet boat all await, as one by one the children are eliminated until only Charlie is left as a reward Willy Wonka gives Charlie the factory and they all head off in the great glass elevator to go and get the Bucket family.

VERDICT - i adore this book, it is slightly predictable but we all want a happy ending for Charlie and he gets just that...all children should read this book and adults too can be reminded of a time when anything was truly possible.

PRICE - RRP. £ 4.99

Summary: for children all over the world.