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Charlie and Chocolate Factory is a wonderful story written by Roald Dahl and
published by Penguin Group. Roald Dahl is a famous author who receives praise for
its readability and positive representations of young people. The genre of this book is
adventure which most of young children will definitely love this book. The illustrator
of this book is Quentin Blake who started illustrating most Dahl books since 1995.
This highly influential story has managed to capture the hearts of young people all
across the world since its publication in 1964. Roald Dahl is inspired to write this
story because as given in his autobiography Going Solo, Dahl receives a box of
chocolate from the Cadbury factory every week at the boarding school that he
studied. The box was a part of sample survey to test the new flavors and feedback is
collected after the children tested the chocolate. This leads Dahl to write this story.
This story is about the adventure of five children to Chocolate factory. Charlie and
Chocolate factory is a modern novel that will be examined using a summary of its
adventurous plot, an analysis of the dynamic characters of Charlie Bucket, as well as
a discussion on the themes and highlights of the book.
The summary of this book’s plot combines completely modern with adventure
elements that make it truly entertaining. This story starts with an introduction of main
characters of Charlie Bucket’s family. There live Charlie, his parents and his four
grandparents in a small house together. One of the amazing things that brighten
Charlie’s life is the chocolate factory which is owned by Mr. Willy Wonka. Willy
Wonka’s factory is located right at the neighborhood. Besides that, Charlie receives
only one chocolate bar in a year on his birthday. Grandpa Joe knows a lot about
Wonka’s factory and he tells Charlie a bunch of stories about a chocolate palace
which Mr. Wonka built and how he had to close his factory down because of spies
stealing his recipes. Further, Charlie's dad comes in with the news that Mr. Wonka
will be opening up his factory to five lucky children who can find Golden Tickets in
Wonka chocolate bars. The plot comes to the climax when one day, while Charlie is
walking home from school, he finds some money on the ground and uses it to buy
chocolate. Without any expectation he finds his golden ticket in the chocolate bar. He
was surprised and happy when he saw the golden ticket. One by one, the other four
children such as Augustus Gloop, Violet Beauregarde, Veruca Salt and Mike Teavee
on the tour cause some trouble and are carried away. Charlie is the only child who
Although there are many themes that can be drawn from Charlie and
Chocolate factory, two major themes which are the importance of family and ‘what
goes around comes around’ can turn into positive experiences if children approach
with an open minded. The importance of family is clearly shows in this book. For
instance, he is willing to share his birthday chocolate bar with all six members of his
family, even though he only gets one bar a year. Here it shows that Charlie loves his
family so much. Another example would be, is the other families in Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory. The Gloops, Salts, Beauregardes and Teavees have fairly a
different family bond than the Charlie’s family. But, we cannot imagine Augustus or
Veruca sharing a chocolate bar with their parents due to their selfishness, whereas
Charlie’s family has their dreams come true. The next theme in this story is ‘what
The most remarkable aspect about this story is the strong notion of hope.
Charlie came from a very poor family whereas the other four children are rich.
Charlie who is well-mannered won out in the end. This is because he has the right
manner, good behavior and proper intentions. He was not greedy, selfish or rude like
other four children. It seems that Roald Dahl is fulfilling his role as an author for
young children by subtly influencing them through his books as to what the correct
behavior like. He also emphasize that the good behavior should be inherent in every
proper individual whether a child or an adult.
The author emphasizes Marxist theory in his story. The focus in this theory
can be shown in the social relations who involve different between those who have
money and those who are poor. For instance, Veruca’s father symbolizes all the
negative aspects of wealth when he uses his financial resources to secure Veruca a
golden ticket. In contrast, poverty can often lead to good things. Charlie is extremely
poor; he always eats cabbage soup and he sleeps on the floor with his parents.
However, Charlie can handle his poverty which makes him an adored character. He
does not yearn for an extraordinary wealth yet he is eventually rewarded with riches
beyond his dreams. Veruca is punished for her wealth, which accompanied by her
parents’, causes her to be such a brat. Roald Dahl is one such author, who is
responsible for taking millions of children over the years out of the poverty of creative
thought and woven worlds where anything can happen to simple and ordinary
The novel that I choose is Charlie and The Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl.