Charlie And The Chocolate Factory- Roald Dahl.
Plot
Overview -
Mr.
Willy Wonka, the eccentric owner of the greatest chocolate factory in the
world, has decided to open the doors of his factory to five lucky children and
their parents. In order to choose who will enter the factory, Mr. Wonka devises
a plan to hide five golden tickets beneath the wrappers of his famous chocolate
bars. The search for the five golden tickets is fast and furious. Augustus
Gloop, a corpulent child whose only hobby is eating, unwraps the first ticket,
for which his town throws him a parade. Veruca Salt, an insufferable brat,
receives the next ticket from her father, who had employed his entire factory
of peanut shellers to unwrap chocolate bars until they found a ticket. Violet
Beauregarde discovers the third ticket while taking a break from setting a world
record in gum chewing. The fourth ticket goes to Mike Teavee, who, as his name
implies, cares only about television.
Charlie
Bucket, the unsuspecting hero of the book, defies all odds in claiming the
fifth and final ticket. A poor but virtuous boy, Charlie lives in a tiny house
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bucket, and all four of his grandparents. His
grandparents share the only bed in the house, located in the only bedroom, and
Charlie and his parents sleep on mattresses on the floor. Charlie gets three sparse
meals a day, which is hardly enough to nourish a growing boy, As a result, he
is almost sickly thin. Once a year, on his birthday, Charlie gets one bar of
Wonka chocolate, which he savors over many months. The Bucket family’s
circumstances become all the more dire when Mr. Bucket loses his job. But a
tremendous stroke of luck befalls Charlie when he spots a raggedy dollar bill
buried in the snow. He decides to use a little of the money to buy himself some
chocolate before turning the rest over to his mother. After inhaling the first
bar of chocolate, Charlie decides to buy just one more and within the wrapping
finds the fifth golden ticket. He is not a moment too soon: the next day is the
date Mr. Wonka has set for his guests to enter the factory.
Neither Mr. nor Mrs. Bucket can accompany Charlie to the factory.
Mr. Bucket must search for work to put food on the table and Mrs. Bucket must
care for the invalided grandparents. Magically, Charlie’s oldest and most
beloved grandparent, Grandpa Joe, springs out of bed for the first time in
decades. Charlie’s lucky find has transformed him into an energetic and almost
childlike being. Grandpa Joe and Charlie set out on their adventure.
In
the factory, Charlie and Grandpa Joe marvel at the unbelievable sights, sounds,
and especially smells of the factory. Whereas they are grateful toward and
respectful of Mr. Wonka and his factory, the other four children succumb to
their own character flaws. Accordingly, they are ejected from the factory in
mysterious and painful fashions. Augustus Gloop falls into the hot chocolate
river while attempting to drink it and is sucked up by one of the many pipes.
Veruca Salt is determined to be a “bad nut” by nut-judging squirrels who throw
her out with the trash. Violet Beauregarde impetuously grabs an experimental
piece of gum and chews herself into a giant blueberry. She is consequently
removed from the factory. With the hope of being on his beloved television,
Mike Teavee shrinks himself, and his father has to carry him out in his breast
pocket. During each child’s fiasco, Mr. Wonka alienates the parents with his
nonchalant reaction to the child’s seeming demise. He remains steadfast in his
belief that everything will work out in the end.
After
each child’s trial, the Oompa-Loompas beat drums and sing a moralizing song
about the downfalls of greedy, spoiled children. When only Charlie remains,
Willy Wonka turns to him and congratulates him for winning. The entire day has
been another contest, the prize for which is the entire chocolate factory,
which Charlie has just won. Charlie, Grandpa Joe, and Mr. Wonka enter the great
glass elevator, which explodes through the roof of the factory and crashes down
through the roof of Charlie’s house, where they collect the rest of the Bucket family.
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