Charlie
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Charlie
Charlie Bucket, the hero of the book entitled “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” by Roald Dahl. A poor but virtuous boy, Charlie lives in a tiny house with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bucket, and all four of his grandparents. His grandparents share the only bed in the house, located in the only bedroom, and Charlie and his parents sleep on mattresses on the floor. Charlie is an undernourished boy since he gets three sparse meals a day. As a result, he is almost sickly thin. Once a year, on his birthday, Charlie gets one bar of Wonka chocolate, which he savors over many months.
One day Mr. Willy Wonka, the owner of the greatest chocolate factory in the world, has decided to open the doors of his factory to five lucky children and their parents. In order to choose who will enter the factory, Mr. Wonka devises a plan to hide five golden tickets beneath the wrappers of his famous chocolate bars. The first four tickets are respectively found by Augustus Gloop whose only hobby is eating, Veruca Salt who is an insufferable brat, Violet Beauregarde having a world record in gum chewing and Mike Teavee, who is a TV addict. The last ticket is found by Charlie.
After all the tickets are discovered, all children go into the factory with their families. But Charlie’s family has to work and to take care of his grandparents; that’s why, Grandpa Joe accompanies Charlie to the factory. In the factory, Charlie and Grandpa Joe marvel at the unbelievable sights and they are grateful toward and respectful of Mr. Wonka and his factory. On the other hand, the other four children succumb to their own character flaws. Accordingly, they are ejected from the factory in mysterious and painful fashions. When only Charlie remains, Willy Wonka turns to him and congratulates him for winning.
In this book, things are either good or bad. Dahl attributes goodness to something is to make it small. Charlie is small and undernourished. When he stands outside the factory, the crowd pities Charlie for his small size and fragility. Mr. Wonka is also small. Finally, chocolate bars are small. Small things can easily be underestimated by those who do not take the time to notice them. Charlie, Mr. Wonka, and chocolate bars all have the potential to carry much more weight than one might assume.
The classic distinction between the poor and the rich pervades the book. Furthermore, it helps form the background for the morality of the story. Money is dangerous, especially when it is used unscrupulously. Charlie is extremely poor. But the dignity with which Charlie handles his poverty makes him a good character. He does not yearn for extraordinary wealth—he only wants enough to get by. Yet he is eventually rewarded with riches beyond his dreams.In the book all of the characters are either good or bad. Each of the characters is punished or rewarded in accordance with their personality. The bad children—Veruca, Violet, Mike, and Augustus—receive punishments. As the good child, Charlie receives only rewards.
Dahl, as seen in this book, regularly employs absurd language and ideas. These absurdities entertain young readers and push their intellectual capacities.
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