Charlie and the Chocolate

This book is called “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, written by Roald Dahl. The characters in the story are- Augustus, Veruca, Violet, Mike and Charlie. The story is about a small boy named Charlie, who lives with his four grandparents and his parents in a small wooden house on the edge of a great town. The family is very poor and the breadwinner in the family is only Charlie’s father, who worked in a toothpaste factory, screwing the tubes of the toothpaste. He was never paid enough to support the family even for a day’s meal, so the family is always starving. Charlie loves eating chocolates, but he can only get one bar of chocolate every year on his birthday, so he treasured it a lot. That year, there was a search on five golden tickets to be won to get a chance of going into the chocolate factory and have a lasting supple of chocolates and sweets for the rest of their lives. These five golden tickets have been printed on golden paper and hidden underneath the ordinary bars of chocolates, and they can be found in any shops in the world selling this brand of chocolates. Of course, the search is going on every second in the world and within four days, four tickets were found. The next day, while Charlie was walking to school, he saw a piece of fifty pence note lying on the ground. He picked it up and when to buy two bars of chocolates to eat. When he opened the second bar of chocolate, he saw something shiny in it. That’s how small Charlie’s adventure started into an amazing world of wonders……


Character Study



Charlie Bucket- He is kind-hearted. He does not want to take his parents share of food, even when he is starving.



Mr Willy Wonka- He is a very mysterious man.


Phrase


"Don't be too proud when you are rich"
From this phrase, I learnt that even though you are rich, there is nothing to be proud of.