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Summary: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Review: There are only five golden tickets in the world. Only five lucky people will get to go to the greatest place on earth, Mr. Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory.
Charlie Bucket is a very poor boy, who is slowly starving. One day he finds a dollar bill hidden under the snow. He takes the money and buys two Wonka candy bars to feed his empty, growling stomach. When Charlie unwraps the candy he sees a flash of gold shining from Wonka's fifth golden ticket! Charlie and his Grandpa Joe go to the factory the next day. There he meets Mr. Willy Wonka and the four other ticket finders and their parents. They are in for some great candy adventures. What will happen if one of the children disobeys Mr. Wonka's orders? Who will be the last one left? Children and adults of all ages will enjoy this book because it is full of adventure and surprises. This book is so spectacular, people will eat it up!
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Summary: A Delightful Read !
Review: Five lucky children are about to be chosen to enter the very mysterious and magical candy factory owned by Mr. Willy Wonka. When Mr. Wonka decides that he needs to find someone to take over his magical candy factory, He decides to have a contest. The winner of each of the five golden tickets will be allowed to enter the secretive world of Mr. Wonka. During their visit, Mr. Wonka will decide which child truly deserves to learn the magical secrets which have made his factory such a success for so many years. This hilarious and light hearted story will entertain readers of all ages. Ones imagination is truly utilized as Ronald Dahl allows the reader to become lost in a world of preposterous characters and situations as they embark on the fantastic tour of Wonka's candy factory. Readers are almost able to taste the delicious, mouth-watering candies created at the factory. I thoroughly enjoyed this fatastic adventure and encourage readers to embark on this magical and entertaining tour of Wonka's candy factory. There you will meet many interesting characters as you sail down the chocolate river discovering many of Wonka's crazy and intiguing inventions. Reading this book will enable your imagination to take you on a fantastic adveture!
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Summary: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Review: This story begins with a poor boy named Charlie. He loves chocolates but can only afford one per year. One day, his grandpa, Grandpa Joe, tell him of Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. Willy Wonka made many inventions in that factory of his. But for years, the factory has never been activated. It was then when there was an announcement. There were five hidden gold tickets in five candy bars from all over the entire world. Charlie and his Grandpa buy one with their money but doesn't find it at all. A few days have gone by and time was running out. One day, Charlie was looking down at the snow and saw some paper. He picked it up and found out that it was one whole dollar! He went to a candy store and bought a candy bar. He bought one more and a gold light hit his face. Could it be? It Was! He found the fifth golden ticket! Then the next day, he went to the chocolate factory. He saw many magical stuff in this factory. Then, when he came home, he had a lifetime supply of chocolate bars.
There was a few things that i enjoyed about this book. First of all, Charlie never got mad when he didn't get the golden ticket. He just laughed a good laugh about it. This was one of the good parts because it shows that the main character is kind hearted. Second of all, all the things that happened were very creative. Charlie finds a dollar miraculously and has permission to go into the chocolate factory.Many things happen to him in this factory and he finds many interesting of Willy Wonka.
I also enjoyed this book because the main character was poor. If he was rich, there would really be no point because he can just buy chocolate bars with no problem at all. But when you're poor, it would take a miracle just to be able to buy 3. This is what made me interested. Also, it has many interesting inventions. For example, gum that never loses its flavor, ice cream that never melts, etc. This book is very interesting and once you read it, you'll wish there was a sequel to it.
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Summary: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Review: There are only five golden tickets in the world. Only five lucky people will get to go to the greatest place on earth, Mr. Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory.
Charlie Bucket is a very poor boy, who is slowly starving. One day he finds a dollar bill hidden under the snow. He takes the money and buys two Wonka candy bars to feed his empty, growling stomach. When Charlie unwraps the candy he sees a flash of gold shining from Wonka's fifth golden ticket! Charlie and his Grandpa Joe go to the factory the next day. There he meets Mr. Willy Wonka and the four other ticket finders and their parents. They are in for some great candy adventures. What will happen if one of the children disobeys Mr. Wonka's orders? Who will be the last one left? Children and adults of all ages will enjoy this book because it is full of adventure and surprises. This book is so spectacular, people will eat it up!
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Summary: Snozzberries galore...
Review: There's plenty that adults can learn from children's books. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is such a book. Not only is it a great read, it says something about greed, gluttony, and the dangers of the fantastic. The story is probably familiar to many (thanks to the 1971 film adaptation), but the basic plot is this: Willy Wonka, a reclusive, famous (almost Howard Huges-like) owner of the largest candy factory in the world wraps five golden tickets in candy bars and distributes them to the world. No one has been in or out of Wonka's factory in years, but these tickets allow the ticket finders access to it for one day, as well as a lifetime supply of world-famous Wonka candy. Four tickets are quickly found by families who have the money and the means to do so (one of the finder's father even stops production in his factory so that his voluminous workers can unwrap the thousands of candy bars he's purchased in hope of finding one of the tickets). This is discouraging to Charlie Bucket, who comes from a destitute family who eat mostly watery cabbage and boiled potatoes. Charlie only gets one chocolate bar a year for his birthday - his father's job screwing on the tops of toothpaste tubes doesn't bring much income. Charlie's luck changes when he finds a dollar bill in the snow (after his father loses his job in the toothpaste factory the family begins to starve, and Charlie conserves energy by walking slowly, which helps him find the dollar). Luck leads to luck, as Charlie buys two candy bars and the second one contains a golden ticket. Charlie's 95 year-old (wow!) grandfather agrees to accompany Charlie. So, Along with four other spoiled brats and their families, Charlie and Grandpa Joe tour the Wonka factory. Inside, the factory is filled with amazing things, and the spoiled brats show their worst side and also expose the dangerous side of the fantastic. A river of chocolate is great until you fall into it. Trained squirrels are great unless they mistake you for a bad nut and through you in the chute. Chewing gum that tastes and nourishes as though it were an entire three course meal is great as long as the forumla is right and doesn't turn you into a giant blueberry. Being allowed into the Wonka factory is an amazing experience unless you're a spoiled brat who needs to grab, chew, eat, or touch everything you see. In this case being a brat brings dire consequences. The reward for not being a brat is something unbelievable, but the "losers" still get a lifetime supply of candy and chocolate. Fans of the film (which is mistitled "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" because Charlie is really supposed to be the hero here) will notice some great differences in the story. The famous "Oompa Loompa" song is not in the book, but they do sing, but they sing longer and more detailed songs than in the movie. One of the songs goes on about the evils of television: The most important thing we've learned
So far as children are concerned,
Is never, never, NEVER let
Them near your television set -
Or better still, just don't install
The idiotic thing at all. They do not sing "Oompa Oompa Ommpity Doo, I've got another problem for you" such as in the movie. They also give credit where credit is due: the brattiness of the kids is also blamed on the parents. So in a way the story also becomes a lesson in parenting. The Oompa Loompas sing: For though she's spoiled, and dreadfully so,
A girl can't spoil herself, you know. Alas! you needn't look so far
To find out who these sinners are.
They are (and this is very sad)
Her loving parents, MUM and DAD. In this way the Oompa Loompas almost serve the purpose of a Greek chorus. Whenever of the brats "gets it" they sing about the tragedy and probable causes of the event. This book is a very enjoyable read for any age. If you're an adult, don't deprive yourself of great children's books such as this one. If you're a kid, don't deprive your parents of your great books such as this one. Make them read it. Force them to read it. You know you want to.
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Summary: Wonka fun book
Review: Charlie and the Chocolate factory, by Roald Dahl, is the exciting story of a boy who wins a golden ticket and gets to go to Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory. Charlie is a poor, kind kid who deserves to have something good happen in his life. Winning the golden ticket will change his life forever. My favorite character in the story is Willy Wonka. He is funny, interesting, and full of surprises. Reading this book will make you laugh and smile.
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Summary: Wacky Wonka and One Little Lucky Boy
Review: Charlie and the Chocolate factory is about a very poor boy named Charlie Bucket who finds the 5th and final golden ticket. This golden ticket allows you to visit the amazing, spectacular chocolate facory of the wacko Mr.Wonka himself. Plus, you get a lifetimes supply of candy. What unknown suprises are waiting for Charlie and the other four. My favorite part is when the squirrels attack the Salt family. My favorite character wasn't Charlie or Grandpa Joe, even though i liked them both, it was Mike Teavee because he was like a wanna-be-gangster. I enjoyed this book and you probably will too
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Summary: Charlie and the Chocolate factory
Review: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory There are only five golden tickets left in the world to have the chance to enter Mr. Willy Wonka's outstanding Chocolate factory. The five lucky winners are a Augustus Gloop a fat boy who's favorite hobby is eating. Veruca Salt a spoiled kid who gets everything she wants or otherwise she has a terrible fit. Violet Beaugarde a girl who sits around chewing gum she even shattered to pieces a three month chewing gum world record. Mike Teavee who does nothing but has his poor eyes glued to a television set. And last but not least Charlie Bucket a very poor kid who lives with all four of his grandparents who have not gotten out of bed for the last twenty years. Slowly his family starts to starve. One day Charlie finds a one dollar-bill covered with snow. He goes to a grocery store and bought two candy bars the first one didn't have anything. The second had one golden ticket.
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Summary: This book Made My Top One Hundred Books Of All Time List
Review: I actually picked this book up to read for myself, but after reading the first chapter I thought it might be something my two girls who are 5 and 7 might be interested in as well. "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" is one of the movies we own and love, and they were already familiar with all of the characters. We sat down on the couch late this past Saturday afternoon and I began to read it to them. After the first chapter I asked them if they wanted me to stop, and instead they begged for more. I read another, and another, and another, and finally after the eighth chapter in a row I told them I had stop since it was time for them to go to bed. They were very disappointed, and they made me promise I would read more of it for them the next day. Believing it was just a ploy so that they could stay up later I didn't take it very seriously, but sure enough right the next morning they were up and had me start reading it to them right away. They didn't even want to watch any early morning cartoons, or play on their Playstation II. Before you knew it we had gotten through the first hundred pages in no time at all. I've never seen them love a book so much. The illustrations by Quentin Blake throughout the book, and especially right at the beginning, were wonderful. They grabbed my kids imaginations and kept them long enough to get into the words. Then once the story line kicked in they were hooked. We loved all of the characters. There's the eccentric candy making genius Willy Wonka who has locked himself away in his chocolate factory so that the other candy makers can no longer steal his inventions. The gates are always locked, and nobody goes in and nobody comes out. Mr. Wonka holds a contest, which seems to just be a promotion to generate sales, but Mr. Wonka also has an ulterior motive in mind. Five golden ticket are hidden beneath the wrappers of different Wonka Candy bars, and the five lucky children that find these tickets will be given a life time supply of chocolate, as well as given a tour of Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory along with their parents. The five lucky children consist of the glutton Augustus Gloop, the little rich girl Veruca Salt who always gets what she wants since her parent's have spoiled her rotten, the gum chewing Violet Beaugarde, Mike Teavee who only wants to sit around all day watching television, and the last golden ticket of all is found by little Charlie Bucket. Charlie Bucket is a poor noble good natured child who lives with his two parents and four grandparents in a dilapidated shack. They all turn out to be dreamers who would rather spend their last dollar trying to win this contest even though they are starving, and should be spending their money more wisely on more nourishing food other than chocolate. But they all love Charlie very much. Grampa Joe is Charlie's favorite and he gets to go with Charlie to the factory. He is 96 years old, but always becomes very energetic when he's with Charlie. Nobody has ever seen Mr. Wonka's new employees who are called the Oompa-Loompas, so they are a big mystery. They are a tribe of little men no bigger than your knee who love to sing and dance, and live off of cocoa beans. After each bad child, and bad parent is removed, they like to sing a lovely moralistic little rhyme about what was wrong with the child and how it can still be corrected. This book was written in 1964, and I see that since then many other candy makers have continued to borrow Mr. Wonka's ideas about candies and promotions. The moralistic themes are also just as poignant now as they were then also. One moral that still held relevance was that kids should still be taught to read rather spending all of their time watching television. As you can see from above this can be made easier if there are other such lovely stories as this one to read to entertain them. (...)
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Summary: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Review: Title of the book: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
By: Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake(illustrator)
Reviewed by: J. Kim
Period 6 Willy Wonka's chocolate factory finally opens! However, only 5 childrens gets to go into the factory. The winners were Augustus Gloop, an enormously fat boy who likes to eat; then there's Veruca Salt a spoiled little brat that get whatever she wants; theres Violet Beauregarde a kid that loves to chew gum; theres a T.V. freak Mike Teavee; last but not least there is the hero Charlie Bucket a kid from a poor family but honest and kind. they all gets ready for the best tour of their lives. Theres many reasons why I like this book and dislike this book. I like this book because it opens your imagination free and it is so detailed like this quote "look Violet is still chewing that old dreadful gumthat she had for 3 months."However the thing that I dislike about the book is that the kids get punished in an obvious things like Augustus gets punished for eating too much. The favorite part of the book for me was when Charlie's family gets the factory for themself because they were really poor, and they deserved it because they are so nice and honest. this is why this was the favorite part of the book for me.
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