charlie and the chocolate factory book pages

In the best fairy tale tradition, Dahl doesn't hide the fact that the world can be a grim and unfair place. Dahl has peopled these pages with some highly memorable bad children, and readers everywhere love to laugh with glee at their crazy behavior - and its consequences. Roald Dahl clearly has a point to make here, but never does the reader feel he is preaching he's just reveling in giving spoiled kids their most perfectly just comeuppance. Rarely, if ever, has a morality tale been dressed up in such an entertaining story. What lies in store for the children depends on how they behave on their tour. Charlie visits the chocolate factory along with four bratty children: greedy Augustus Gloop, chewing gum addict Violet Beauregarde, spoiled Veruca Salt, and television-obsessed Mike Teavee. Charlie is excited when Wonka holds a contest, placing a golden ticket in five chocolate bars each person who finds a ticket will get to bring a special guest along and visit the factory, and receive a lifetime supply of sweets! Charlie is too poor to buy more than one candy bar a year, so when he wins a ticket, his whole family celebrates. Charlie is captivated by his Grandpa Joe's stories about Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory and his efforts to keep his amazing recipes from leaking to other candy-makers. However, he is rich in love, living with his devoted parents and grandparents so old and sick they never get out of bed. In Roald Dahl's CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, poor Charlie Bucket is practically starving.

Charlie and the chocolate factory book pages