Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

This story is about a boy named Charlie Bucket who lived with his family. His family barely managed to survive with very little money. There would be some days when Charlie would survive on cabbage soup or just starve. His life was totally miserable. . . . But there was on thing that made Charlie happy and that was the smell of the chocolate factory, he used to pass by, twice a day while going and coming back from school. He always used to look at the giant chocolate factory and was eager to know that how would it look from inside. . . The chocolate factory, belonged to Willy Wonka who manufactured the most magical, mouth watering, beautiful and scrumptious chocolates in the whole world. One day, he held a contest for children where he announced that a Golden Ticket would be hidden underneath the ordinary wrapping paper of 5 ordinary bars of chocolate. The 5 lucky finders of these 5 Golden tickets would earn a free day tour in his giant chocolate factory and would also be allowed to see the secrets and magic of his factory. . . A visit to Willy Wonka's chocolate factory is nothing less than a dream come true for any child in the world. His chocolate factory is every chocolate lover's paradise. . . Who would be the 5 luckiest kids who would get a chance to win a free day tour to the chocolate factory ? Would Charlie be one those 5 kids who would win a day tour to the chocolate factory ? . . This book is soo good that after reading it you are surely going to crave for chocolates 😜😜 . . I give 5 / 5.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a story to be read again and again. It captures Dahl's excellence in making a hero out of the least popular child around. This is a great tale to reinforce that wealth does not trump poverty and that good guys can finish first. Reading this book in secondary school helps students grasp the deeper meanings of themes, symbols and motifs that can be missed at first glance. -- Elizabeth Chapin-Pinotti

I didn’t read this book as a child, so now that I have children of my own, we really loved reading this book together. It is written in a way that young and old can enjoy it. It’s about a young boy's journey to winning a tour through the chocolate factory in his town. There are plenty of times where we laughed out loud at the ridiculous imagination of Roald Dahl. We are going to order the next one in the series so we can see what else happens!

I bought this book for my daughter, she had a book report on this. At first, we watched both the old movie and the remake. After discussing what we watched in the movies we didn't care for either of them and felt that both movies had hidden messages that expressed current worldly views about what's right, what's wrong and what's fair. So we decided on buying the book. Because movie writers tend to take creative licences and change things to fit their own way of thinking as well as to push a particular idea. For example, in the old movie, the grandfather told Charlie to disobey and drink the soda. Even though they were told not to do so by Mr Wonker. Then the Grandfather also got upset at Mr Wonker for not giving Charly the prise because he had disobeyed. Do you see anything wrong with that way of thinking??? This book, however, was not only properly written, but it also was perfect in the lessons that it teaches about behaviour and being thankful. If you want your children to have really GODLY Values and morals, this book is a good way to start. She has since read it more than once and also scored a 100 on her book report.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a story I've known for many years from the two movie versions, particularly the Gene Wilder movie I first saw as a child. It's such a joy to finally read the original book as an adult. Dahl had a sardonic sense of humor and could be quite cruel to some of his child characters. But the book is full of whimsy and imagination. Though we don't get Leslie Bricusse's songs, we do get some very funny ones from the Oompa Loompas themselves. And Dahl's amusingly primitive illustrations are perfect at capturing how he imagined the characters to look as opposed to the Hollywood versions that are so familiar to us by now. A true treasure with some biting satire, pointing the finger at some familiar targets that still ring true today, ranging from binge watching TV to overeating to selfishness, greed and ostentatious displays of wealth. Dahl has fun with each of them, but keeps the story entertaining rather than preachy. And just the names of the characters like Willy Wonka, Veruca Salt, Augustus Bloop and Mike Teevee are amusing in themselves. A short read, but a fun one.