Charlie and the chocolate factory

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1. ITRODUCTION
In 1964, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory were first published.
This story is about a poor little boy who tours Willy Wonka's famous
chocolate factory. Charlie and the Chocolate Most importantly, in
most of Dahl's work, adults are the bad guys, but in this one, it's the
kids who cause the trouble (and boy do they learn their lessons the
hard way).
We have chosen the book because we liked the story, but when we
were read the book, we realized that we can work these issues with
students:

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Theme of Awe and Amazement. If only
real life were as awe-inspiring and amazing as life in Willy Wonka's
factory. Every chapter of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has a new
and fascinating invention. The point of Charlie's visit to the chocolate
factory is to show that awe and amazement are an important part of
growing up. He must hang on to these feelings in order to be happy in
life.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Theme of Foolishness and Folly. There
certainly are a lot of fools in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The children
make uninformed, unwise, rash choices, and they pay the price. Their
parents, too, are foolish, because they can't seem to handle their own kids .

Appearances, the appearances are also part of a greater lesson, but
appearances can be deceiving.

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory

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Greed, especially in this story, makes people do not-so-smart things (like
fall in a chocolate river or build a violent, faulty robot). You'll notice that
almost every greedy person gets his comeuppance in this book. The world
of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is not one that tolerates selfishness..

Family is clearly the most important thing for little Charlie Bucket. For one
thing, he's willing to share his birthday chocolate bar with all six members
of his family, even though he only gets one bar a year. But let's not forget
the other families in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The
Gloops, Salts, Beauregardes and Teavees have quite a different family
dynamic than the Buckets do. We can't imagine Augustus or Veruca
sharing a chocolate bar with their parents..

Poverty, the protagonist is poor, but Charlie hasn't won any money. What
he's won is a home, and food for him and his family, which makes him the
richest kid of all.

Rules and Order, Willy Wonka is forever telling these kids (and their
parents) to keep their paws off the merchandise. These are not just rules –
they're good advice. Charlie is the only kid that followed the rules, which is
to say, he listened.

Theme of Old Age, Charlie and his grandfather (Joe) manage to be quite
good friends, despite their age gap.

Charlie reminds us that even when we've hit rock bottom there's
always hope.


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2. PRESENTATION OF THE AUTHOR
ROALD DAHLa writer of both children's fiction and short stories
for adults. Roald Dahl has been described as a master of story
construction with a remarkable ability to weave a tale.

Roald Dahl was born September 13, 1916, in Llandaff, South
Wales, United Kingdom, to Norwegian parents. He was a mischievous
child, full of energy, and from an early age he proved himself skilled
at finding trouble.
After his father died when Dahl was four, his mother followed her
late husband's wish that Dahl be sent to English schools. Dahl first
attended Llandaff Cathedral School, where he began a series of
unfortunate adventures in school. Dahl would later describe his
school years as "days of horrors" filled with "rules, rules and still
more rules that had to be obeyed," which inspired much of his
gruesome fiction.

After graduating from Repton, Dahl took a position with the Shell
Oil Company in Tanganyika (now Tanzania), Africa. In 1939 he
joined a Royal Air Force training squadron in Nairobi, Kenya, serving
as a fighter pilot in the Mediterranean during World War II (1939–
45). Dahl suffered severe head injuries in a plane crash near
Alexandria, Egypt. Upon recovering he was sent to Washington, D.C.,
to be an assistant air attache (a technical expert who advises
government representatives). There Dahl began his writing career,
publishing a short story in the Saturday Evening Post. Soon his
stories appeared in many other magazines. Dahl told Willa Petschek
in a New York Times Book Review profile that "as I went on, the
stories became less and less realistic and more fantastic. But
becoming a writer was pure fluke. Without being asked to, I doubt if
I'd ever have thought of it."


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In 1943 Dahl wrote his first children's story, The Gremlins, and
invented a new term in the process. Gremlins were small creatures
that lived on fighter planes and bombers and were responsible for all
crashes. Through the 1940s and into the 1950s Dahl continued as a
short story writer for adults, establishing his reputation as a writer
of deathly tales with unexpected twists. His stories earned him three
Edgar Allan Poe Awards from the Mystery Writers of America.

In 1953 Dahl married Hollywood actress Patricia Neal. Although
the marriage did not survive, it produced five children. As soon as
the children were old enough, Dahl began making up stories for
them each night before they went to bed. These stories became the
basis for his career as a children's writer, which began seriously with
the publication of James and the Giant Peach in 1961.
One way that Dahl delighted his readers was to take often vicious
revenge on cruel adults who had harmed children, as in Matilda
(1988). But even some innocent adults received rough treatment,
such as the parents killed in a car crash in The Witches (1983).
Many critics have objected to the rough treatment of adults.
However, Dahl explained in the New York Times Book Review that
the children who wrote to him always "pick out the most gruesome
events as the favorite parts of the books.… They don't relate it to life.
They enjoy the fantasy." He also said that his "nastiness" was
payback. "Beastly people must be punished."

Roald Dahl died in Oxford, England, on November 23, 1990.


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3. PRESENTATION OF THE HISTORICAL AND LITERARY
CONTEXT

 AUTHOR: Roald Dahl.
 WORK: Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.
 DATE: This novel was written in 1964.
 PERIOD: 2nd Half of the 20th Century.

Relationship of the book with its historical context
The time that lived Dahl was not easy. His parents emigrated to
Wales with the hope of providing a better life ahead children. It's a
significant fact insofar as Norway adopts the Universal suffrage in
1913 and was considered as the first full democracy in the world.

Dahl was born in full World War 1, but was very small yet to
know the meaning of a conflict. Participated in the 2nd World
War, fact that marked his life since it gave the opportunity to
showcase his excellent Narrator facet count the adventures and
exploits lived during the war. It was an experience which served
as a source of his stories, combining true stories or real origin
with fantasies created in his imagination.

Dahl participated in the fight against nationalism so
exaggerated that it ended up being a movement of nature
pangermanista (Union and supremacy of Germanic peoples)
fascist and anti-Semitic which increased the anti-authoritarian
tendency which was already about the mind of the young Dahl.

In 1942 he was sent to Washington as air Attaché. Later the
White House is occupied by Democrat Harry Truman while
Europe celebrates the end of the nazi hegemony after Hitler
committed suicide.


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In London the town commemorates the victory day (May 8)
come to Buckingham Palace, to acclaim the Royal family. In the
evening the British capital was filled with reflectors Fireworks, the
streets were filled with holiday and dolls were burned with the
image of Hitler and his henchmen. Similar scenes occur in Paris
and Rome. Similar scenes occur in Paris and Rome.

Meanwhile, in Moscow are stacked the flags captured from the
enemy at the foot of the Soviet leaders (the dictator Stalin among
others).
Many European cities were practically in ruins, there are
concentration camps and extermination everywhere... The
situation of devastation stretches to East where United States
launches an atomic bomb on Nagasaki that causes more than
65000 deaths and another on Hiroshima. United States looked
strong both military and economically to maintain conflict with
various places of East and West over the coming years and
decades, proof of this is the Cuban missile crisis in 1962; the war
of Viet Nam from 1964 until 1973: or cold war against the former
Soviet Union.

Without a doubt, we must not forget to mention the unfair
uprising which saw a division within the old continent. British
Prime Minister Churchill during the war had found a new enemy:
the threat of communism. On a tour of United States, warned
that "an iron curtain had divided Europe" believing that
differences between the capitalist and Communist countries were
irreconcilable, and thus urging an alliance between United States
and United Kingdom to counter Soviet aggression.

It highlights the existing coincidence between the beginning of
the movement against racial segregation he launched Martin
Luther King, Jr. in 1955 throughout North America with the fact


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of the publication in 1964 of the book Charlie the Chocolate
Factory, as some critics describe this work of Dahl as an apology
against racism, which makes a critique of society to reflect some
Pygmies enslaved.

General characteristics
Children's literature reached its full development in the 20th
century. From then on, increasingly more writers have taken into
account the tastes and needs of the children and have written
specifically for them. In general, children's literature has evolved
from the works of moral or educational content early to works of
simple entertainment or fun. In addition, in the 20th century has
expanded significantly the nature and type of the characters in
the stories, which are no longer just for children or animals that
talk, but also fabulous beings, as the heroes of the comic book, by
fantastic creatures and even toys and dolls starring.

Characteristics of the personality of the author which are
reflected in the work
The literature of Dahl is a combination of various ingredients
such as humor, magic or fantasy. When writing for children
speaks of a reality that the adult it lacks interest but that,
however, the child loves: the world of sweets, candy, chocolate
and sweets.

Dahl goes back to his childhood in Llandaff to write. Revive
the time of schoolboy in which candy played such an important
role in his life, as for any other child. The intense moments
experienced before the showcase and in the interior of the shop of
sweets in his hometown, makes so much fingerprint in the writer
who later is able to transmit that so pleasant emotion with
absolute authenticity. One bright spot for Dahl during his school
days was chocolate: he and his classmates often served as


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chocolate bar tasters for Cadbury Chocolate.

Relationship between the novel with the rest of the
production of the author.
Roald Dahl stories are related. In the same way, the characters
designed by this author, jump easily from a book to another.

Charlie and the glass elevator, the imagination of the Welsh
writer, gives life to extra-terrestrial creatures of viscous aspect
that pose a threat to the man who reappear in James and the
giant peach. There is a certain parallelism between the imaginary
Loud Men appearing in James and the giant peach and the
Oompa-Loompas of Charlie and the chocolate factory. They only
have identity as a group, do not exist as individuals, are engaged
in work and likes to do singing.

Dahl repeats the prototype of the spoiled and capricious child
that parents attach everything what they ask for. This profile
responds to Violet Beauregarde, Veruca Salt, Mike Teve and
Augustus Gloop in Charlie and the chocolate factory. This
behaviour remains unpunished and they all learn the lesson.

The writer harshly punishes gluttony. The Augustus-like
character appears in Matilda. It's Bruce Bogrotter. Look up
physically. The latter is punished by comerese School Director
choclate cake. Bruce Jenkins also saves some relationship with
since Augustus who only thinks about food.

Dahl directed his criticism against parents who do not well
educate their children: some pamper them (as it is the case of the
parents of Veruca), others do not condemn the attitude of their
children (as the parents of Augustus). In Matilda, parents play a
lousy role, are not able to see the wonder that they have as a


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daughter and only negative qualities attributed to him. Even at
the beginning of this work, the writer tells us about the types of
parents that exist.

In almost all books, Dahl follows the same scheme: presents to
an orphan (generally), along with an adult with whom there is
great rapport, this being a relative or teacher. The great adventure
involving a visit to the chocolate Wonka factory undertaken
together in Charlie and the chocolate factory, Charlie and his
Grandpa Joe. In Matilda, Matilda and Miss honey unite against
the tyrannical Director of school miss Trunchbull and master also
supports the girl from the family that both neglected. These
protective adults of children have a common feature which unites
them, and are excellent storytellers. They bewitch children with
the magic of his words, similar to Dahl dazzled to their children
and grandchildren and does it now with readers.

Dahl pays special attention to such rude children who have to
get everything that they want. But not all children that appear in
its pages are selfish, rude and capricious, also we are full of
charm and goodness such as little Matilda and Charlie.

Situation of the novel in the production of the author
The first novel for children by Roald Dahl was not, as many
believe, James and the giant peach, it was The Gremlins,
published in 1943.
Both James and the giant peach and Charlie and the chocolate
factory, were released in the United States several years before
they appeared in United Kingdom in 1967.Charlie and the
chocolate factory reached great success around the world.

Then came a uninterrupted "bestsellers", as The good-natured
giant; Danny, the champion of the world; The twits; The witches;


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Boy and Flying only.

When Roald Dahl died on November 23, 1990 was working in
The parish priest of Nibbleswicke.

4. SUMMARY OF THE BOOK AND ANALYSIS OF THE PLOT

SUMMARY

Charlie Bucket is a child who lives with her parents and two
sets of grandparents in a small wooden house on the outskirts of
a big city. This family was very humble. Only the father worked,
who did not earn enough to keep everyone. The food was always
scarce and varied: bread and margarine, potatoes and cabbage.
Charlie loved to eat chocolate, but could only do it once a year,
his birthday. Members of his family saved and bought a chocolate
bar, he savored slowly, making it last longer than a month.
Most of Charlie torture was to spend every day in front of the
Chocolate Factory was in front of his house.
One day, the factory owner, Willy Wonka, an ad in the newspaper
reporting that has hidden five golden tickets in their chocolate,
and that children are lucky that you can visit the factory and get
a fabulous gift. Charlie, who has found a coin, you can buy two
chocolate bars. Luckily for him, in the second finds a golden
ticket. Along with his Grandpa Joe and the other four children
and their parents come to visit the Chocolate Factory. Throughout
the long day at the factory, Charlie only behaves well and obeys
the instructions of the owner. As a reward for his humility and
sensitivity, you receive the great gift: it is named owner and
director of the factory.


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ARGUMENT

Charlie Bucket is a child living with his parents and maternal
and paternal grandparents in a ramshackle house. They are poor
and hungry. Charlie and his Grandpa Joe dream of visiting the
Wonka chocolate factory, in principle, has long closed. And the
dream would come true. Willy Wonka, owner of the factory, put
into circulation within their chocolate bars, five golden tickets.
These tickets allow, five boys and girls who find them, enter the
factory for a day. Also give them free chocolates gift for life.

Augustus Gloop, Veruca Salt, Violet Beuregarde, Mike Teavee
and Charlie Bucket would be the lucky winners. All come with
their parents, except Charlie, who is accompanied by his
grandfather Joe. Once inside, they discover the hand of the
eccentric Mr. Wonka (sla that receives input from the factory), a
wonderful world of chocolate and sweets and their helpers, the
Oompa Loompa, yet each one of the guys going out of the factory
because of their quirks, flaws and bad manners:
A Augustus Gloop can ruff, falls into a river of chocolate, and is
absorbed by a tube that leads out of the enclosure. Beuregarde
Violet, the gum Nibbler obsessive and relentless competitor,
becomes a blueberry by chewing experimental try a taste of a two-
course meal and dessert. Veruca Salt, spoiled brat and not to ask,
is thrown into the waste hole for a squirrel trying to get one of
them. Mike Teavee, tireless viewer is transformed into a small
television character who has to stretch like chewing gum to return
to minimally look normal.
Charlie, who was the only one to achieve to remain in the
factory, is chosen as the winner.


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The special prize was that the winner would own the whole
factory, for Mr. Wonka, the realization of arriving at an older age,
look for an heir. Charlie seems very confident of taking office, but
upon learning that his parents could not go with him, refused.
Wonka realizes that the conditions under which the family lives
were deplorable and Charlie decides to not only deliver the
factory, but also allow your family to live there.
However, Wonka, seeing the parents of Charlie, brings back
bad memories, because small Wonka was angry with his father
and left home, but Charlie, hearing this, convinces him to visit his
father. The result of the visit was that Wonka and his father
ended up making up, after about 10 years.
Finally, the heir to Charlie and Mr. Wonka agree to work
together in the factory and live like family.

TOPICS

 Education and good behavior
Education for coexistence
The book criticizes the television. Working in teams to identify the
negative consequences of viewing as much.

 Values education
One of the qualities of Charlie's generosity. Encourage students
to reflect on this remarkable attitude, despite the circumstances
surrounding the character.
Describe the moral qualities of Charlie. Highlight the importance
of family in forming positive habits.
Encourage students to recognize the negative attitudes that are
whimsical characters. Discuss from these behaviors.


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 Education for love, family and sexuality
The family relationship is a basic theme of reading, in which we see
the following:
 The caring for the elderly.
 Respect and obedience inculcated by the family.
 The positive attitude of the members of the family despite
adversity.
Conduct a debate about the negative influence of TV on children's
minds.
Dialogue from the bad habits that allow parents to Veruca Salt and
Violet Beauregarde.
The family should be concerned about the health of its members. The
overeating leading to obesity, while the shortage, malnutrition. The
work touches on both themes. List the foods that provide a healthy
and profitable.

 Intercultural education.
The relationship between Mr. Wonka and the Pygmies was always
cordial. Reflect with students about the importance of valuing the
customs and racial differences of others. Can enter the treatment of
Mr. Wonka with workers demonstrates its respect for differences.
However, in a part of the book mentioned that brings in boxes with
holes to breathe.

NARRATOR, GENRE AND LINGUISTIC STYLE

The linguistic style of the play is simple, since it is aimed at
children, using language appropriate to that age. The omniscient
narrator, is in third person narrative voice is always favoring
objectivism. The genre of the work is fantasy, as extraordinary
phenomena occur and act in it creatures exist.


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STRUCTURE

The structure could be divided into three parts. The first one that
teaches us who is Charlie, introduce us to the other characters
and the situation in which they live Charlie and his familia.la
second part would be when you open the factory and lived all
these adventures in the DigiDestined. The last part is when
Charlie is a winner and Wonka, the owner of the factory, he
realizes the lives of the family of Charlie, not only makes him heir
to the factory but also allows him and his family live therein.

5. DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS OF THE CHARACTERS
I could say that the main characters of the book are:

Grandpa Joe is the oldest and wisest of the characters in
the novel. However, like Charlie and Mr. Wonka, he
remains young at heart. His youthful exuberance makes
him the perfect person to escort Charlie to the chocolate
factory.
Grandpa Joe is also Charlie’s best friend. Every evening when Charlie
spends time with his grandparents, Grandpa Joe entertains Charlie
with a story. It is Grandpa Joe who initially tells Charlie all about the
history of Mr. Wonka and his vaunted chocolate factory, and Grandpa
Joe urges Charlie to have faith that he can find a golden ticket.


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Charlie Bucket is the protagonist of Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory, and he is the embodiment of all that is
virtuous. He is deprived of adequate food, a bed, and any
privacy. In spite of all this, he never complains, nor does he
ever accept charity from his family when it comes at their
own expense.
Each morning, Charlie musters the strength to walk to school, even though he
nearly freezes during the colder months. And each night, he returns home and
dutifully spends time with his bedridden grandparents, a chore that he seems
to genuinely enjoy.

Charlie’s physical proportions align with his personality: not only is he
quite small and undernourished, but also he is meek. He speaks only when he
is spoken to. He never asks for more than he is given. He looks forward to the
one time a year, on his birthday, when he can indulge in a Wonka chocolate
bar, and instead of wolfing it down all at once, he savors it (bite by bite) for
many months. Charlie walks past the world-renowned Wonka chocolate
factory twice a day, yet this never causes him bitterness or anger. Instead,
Charlie simply indulges in the savory smells coming out of the factory and
humbly dreams of entering the factory one day. When the golden tickets start
turning up in the hands of nasty, greedy children, Charlie never complains
about how unfair it is that he will never get to go. Charlie’s strongest criticism
of one of the other children comes when he hears that Veruca’s father is using
all the workers in his peanut factory to unwrap chocolate bars night and day
until his daughter gets a ticket. Charlie’s only comment is that Veruca’s father
is not playing quite fair.

Behind Charlie’s meek and virtuous exterior lies an inner strength and
courage. He faces the new challenges and mysteries of the factory with the
same bravery he employs to overcome the adversity of his everyday life. He
finds all of the adventures in the chocolate factory to be wild and stimulating.
While other characters cringe at the speed of the boat as it tears down
thechocolate river, Charlie demurely embraces it, clutching to Grandpa Joe’s
legs for stability and enjoying the ride of his life.


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Mr. Willy Wonka The eccentric owner of the
world-famous Wonka chocolate factory. Along with
his eccentric behavior, Mr. Wonka also has a
benevolent side. The mystery workers operating his
chocolate factory after the reopening are called
Oompa-Loompas.
The Oompa-Loompas hail from Loompaland, where they are the
defenseless prey of hungry creatures like hornswogglers, snozzwangers,
and whandoodles until Mr. Wonka rescues them. He brings the
malnourished Oompa-Loompas back to his factory where they are
allowed to eat their favorite food cacao beans in unlimited quantities
and live in complete safety in exchange for running the factory. Mr.
Wonka treats the Oompa-Loompas like children, and, in return, they
treat him as a benevolent caretaker. Mr. Wonka further demonstrates
his affinity for children and wariness of adults by choosing a child to
take over his factory. The child he seeks is humble, respectful, and
willing to run his factory exactly how Mr. Wonka runs it himself.

Though benevolent, Mr. Wonka’s character is not beyond
reproach. His treatment of the Oompa-Loompas is paternalistic, and his
desire to mold a child into a second version of himself is narcissistic.
Furthermore, Mr. Wonka is unwilling to accept anyone’s foibles. He can
be extremely demanding and judgmental. The four children who do not
win the grand prize clearly disgust Mr. Wonka. He is short with each of
them he acts as if he invited each of them simply to prove the virtuosity
of Charlie. The humble and gracious Charlie is everything Mr. Wonka is
looking for.


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The minor characters in the book are:

Violet Beauregarde An avid gum chewer. Violet’s attempt to
beat a gum-chewing record completely consumes her. At the factory
her gum-chewing antics become her downfall when she grabs an
experimental piece of gum against Mr. Wonka’s advice. She eagerly
chews the gum and turns into a giant blueberry. After being juiced by
Oompa-Loompas, she leaves the factory changed.

Augustus Gloop. A fat boy who loves nothing but eating.
Augustus is rude and insubordinate in his never-ending quest to fill
his own face. His parents choose to indulge him rather than listen to
his whining. He suffers for his greed in the factory: while sucking from
the chocolate river, he falls in and is sucked up by one of the super
pipes. He comes out changed on the other side, as evidenced by his
new thin body.

Veruca Salt. A spoiled brat. Veruca demands anything she
wants and throws tantrums until her parents meet her demands. She
is mean and completely self-involved, and her parents always
acquiesce to her wishes. Veruca’s impetuousness causes her trouble
at the factory. She demands to own one of Wonka’s trained
squirrels, but when she marches in to claim it, it deems her a “bad
nut” and sends her down the garbage chute. Mingled with
garbage, she comes out changed at the end of the story.


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Mike Teavee .A boy who cares only for television. The more
guns and violence on a show, the more Mike likes it. Mike is
slightly more complex than the other bad children in that he is
smart enough to realize when Mr. Wonka is lying to him.
Still, his attempts to get answers to his questions go
completely unheeded. At the factory he wants nothing more
than to check out the chocolate television room. Once there he
spies the opportunity to be on television himself. Without
regard for his own safety, he engineers a filming of himself and
ends up shrinking down to a couple of inches. The Oompa-
Loompas stretch him out to twice his normal height in the end.

The Oompa-Loompas Fun-loving dwarves hailing from
Loompaland. Mr. Wonka’s diminutive work force feasts on
cacao beans and performs all of the work in the Wonka
chocolate factory. They also enjoy dancing, beating
drums, and singing songs about what happens to bad
children.

And finally I would like to mention other characters that appear in the
story without great importance as they are such as:

 Mr. Bucket and Mrs. Bucket, Charlie´s parents.

 Grandma Josephine and Georgina.

 Mr. and Mrs. Gloop, Augustus’s parents.

 Mr. and Mrs. Salt, Veruca’s parents.

 Mr. and Mrs. Beauregarde, Violet’s parents.

 Mr. and Mrs. Teavee, Mike’s parents.


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6. WHY IT IS A CHILDREN´S BOOK?
We understand as children´s literature the one which is orientated
towards children, plus the set of literary texts that the society has
considered adequate for the youngest, but having been writted, at the
begining, thinking on adult readers.

We could define then children´s literature as the one which is also
read by kids and young people.

On the other sense of the, children´s literature, would involve
literary works written by children themselves. even, sometimes, this
concept includes the juvenile literature, written by or for teens.

In the case of this work, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, we
can see, clear features of children´s literature, such as, for example:
 Magical elements taken for granted
 Characterization mostly physical
 Fantasy
 Children play the lead

7. ILLUSTRATIONS
Was born in 1932 in Sidcup, Kent
and was evacuated to the West Country
during the war. He went to Chislehurst
and Sidcup Grammar School, where his
English teacher, J H Walsh, influenced
his ambition to become involved in
literature. His first published drawing
was for the satirical magazine Punch, at
the age of 16. He read English Literature
at Downing College, Cambridge (1953-6),
received his postgraduate teaching diploma from the University of


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London, and later studied at the Chelsea School of Art. He gained
another teaching diploma at the Institute of Education before
working at the Royal College of Art. His full name is Quentin Saxby
Blake. He is not married and has no children.
Blake gained a reputation as a reliable and humorous illustrator
of more than 300 children's books. As well as illustrating the books
of others, including Joan Aiken, Roald Dahl, Elizabeth Bowen and
Dr. Seuss, Blake has written numerous books of his own. As of
2006, he has participated in the writing and/or illustrating of 323
books (of which he wrote 35 himself, and 18 were by Dahl). He
taught at the Royal College of Art for over twenty years, and was
head of the Illustration department from 1978 to 1986. He recently
illustrated David Walliams's debut book, The Boy in the Dress and
his more recent book Mr Stink.
This is a list only of books both written and illustrated by Blake:
 Patrick, 1968, Jonathan Cape
 Jack and Nancy, 1969, Jonathan Cape
 Angelo, 1970, Jonathan Cape
 Snuff, 1973, Jonathan Cape
 Lester at the Seaside, 1975, Collins
 Lester and the Unusual Pet, 1975, Collins
 The Adventures of Lester, 1977, BBC
 Mister Magnolia, 1980, Jonathan Cape
 Quentin Blake's Nursery Rhyme Book, 1983, Jonathan
Cape
 The Story of the Dancing Frog, 1984, Jonathan Cape
 Mrs Armitage On Wheels, 1987, Jonathan Cape
 Quentin Blake's ABC, 1989, Jonathan Cape
 All Join In, 1990, Jonathan Cape
 Cockatoos, 1992, Jonathan Cape
 Simpkin, 1993, Jonathan Cape
 The Quentin Blake Book of Nonsense Verse, 1994, Viking
 Clown, 1995, Jonathan Cape


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 La Vie de la Page, 1995, Gallimard
 Mrs Armitage and the Big Wave, 1997, Jonathan Cape
 Dix Grenouilles (Ten Frogs), 1997, Gallimard
 The Green Ship, 1998, Jonathan Cape
 Zagazoo, 1998, Jonathan Cape
 Zap! The Quentin Blake Guide to Electrical Safety, 1998,
Eastern Electricity
 Fantastic Daisy Artichoke, 1999, Jonathan Cape
 The Laureate's Party, 2000, Random House
 Un Bateau Dans le Ciel, 2000, Rue du Monde
 Words and Pictures, 2000, Jonathan Cape
 Tell Me a Picture, 2001, National Gallery Co Ltd
 Loveykins, 2002, Jonathan Cape
 Laureate's Progress, 2002, Jonathan Cape
 Mrs Armitage, Queen of the Road, 2003, Jonathan Cape
 A Sailing Boat In The Sky, 2003, Red Fox
 Angel Pavement, 2004, Jonathan Cape
 You're Only Young Twice, 2008, Andersen Press
 Daddy Lost his Head, 2009, Andre Bouchard

Blake and his illustrations in the book “Charlie and the factory of
chocolate”His artistic style is very typical, with lines to ink planned
with rapidity and insecurity studied.
All his(her,your) illustrations are a fruit of a wonderful spontaneity
Later we can enjoy some of the illustrations that he realized for the
book Charlie and the factory of chocolate


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8. INFLUENCES OF THE BOOK
The first publication was in 1964 with the title of Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory (original title: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
is a children's book, authored by Roald Dahl. The book is known for
its simple and informal language and their detailed descriptions.
Some have described it as a science fiction book for children. Dahl's
other books keep the same style.
Had its influence in society, when it was published the original
novel, was accused of racist treatment by the slave that Dahl gave
the Oompa Loompas, in future editions, these characters went from
African pygmies to be hippies dwarfs. Responding to criticism from
the NAACP (National Association for the development of black-
skinned people), on the description of the Oompa Loompas as dark
skinned African pygmies working in Wonka's factory for cocoa
beans, the book was changed and republished in 1973. In the
newest version, the Oompa Loompas have long brown hair, blond
and pink-white skin. Its origins were changed from Africa to the
fictional Loompaland.
Society's interest in the book begins when we read the title. We
believe that there are very few children who do not like chocolate
and imagine a factory engaged in it, will love.
Charlie's family situation children make you think how lucky they
are, and can understand how necessary is solidarity with the needy,
because Charlie is a boy who shares what little he has, is generous,
but also is a child who likes to hear about the elderly, their
grandparents, and is affectionate with them, providing them with joy
in your life. This is a very positive reflection on society.
Moreover, the attitude of other children can be an example for
students to understand how to not have to be because they are
spoiled children, rude and selfish.
It is also training the Roald Dahl critique against gluttony, the
whims irrational and the bad influence of television on children's
minds, that at this time is very large.


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We can find various editions and publishers of this book, as the
following:

This author has published many books of a similar style, such as:

Roald Dahl is one of the most important literary writers
of children's literature. Several of his books have been
moved to the big screen, including "The Witches" with
an evil Anjelica Huston.

"Matilda" in the sight of Danny DeVito in a style close
to that of Tim Burton, who, how could it be
otherwise, is fixed to the author on several occasions.

The first was in "James and the Giant Peach," which
was making a film of stop-motion animation.


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The second was the book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,"
about which he had already shown interest and it is said, had held
talks with Marilyn Manson for the role of Willy Wonka. The book has
already been transferred to the screen in the 1971 film "Willy Wonka
and the Chocolate Factory" (translated as "A world of fantasy") with
Gene Wilder as the odd chocolate, however the result was complete
satisfaction British author. Burton sets the target to perform an
adaptation as faithful as possible to the book, forgetting that version
of the 70. Throughout this time there have been several movies both
Charlie and Willy Wonka.

The film, as we have seen, reflects the story of a boy named
Charlie who lives in a humble home as with his family, his parents
and four grandparents. One day there is news that Willy Wonka, the
greatest inventor of sweets and chocolates in the world, will invite
five children to visit his chocolate factory. The children selected will
be those who find a Golden Ticket in the Wonka chocolate bars. The
hysteria was unleashed worldwide, increasing as the news is given a
new lucky child, each more repellent. Already lost hope, Charlie
buys a tablet and discover in it the last bill, which will be a ticket to
a fantastic world.
The story (either in the book or film) criticizes what they are
spoiled children by their parents. Each child is an infant reflex of
the father figure, or maternal, which accompanies it.
An ideal story for children and adults, we might even say that
most adults, when Burton got one of his films more cheerful and
fresh.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a film from 2005, directed by
Tim Burton. The film is based on the novel by Roald Dahl.
It was filmed in Yorkshire, United Kingdom and is the second
adaptation of the novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the first
was filmed in 1971 and took the name "A world of fantasy" in Spain


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and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" in Spanish (Willy Wonka &
the Chocolate Factory in English).
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a film that will appeal to
both adults and children. The first undoubtedly be impressed with
the strength of the message, the aesthetics of the work in general
and originality. Children are fascinated by the gothic world Burton
is a classic and this time, is full of colorful, rave and creativity.
The fluidity of the plot and an ending that repairs mistakes of the
past and reconcile their characters will leave a good taste in the
viewer, as delicious as thechocolate.
If games are found on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Children: Internet for Play Station, Nintendo, Xbox, bench, etc.
These are highly interactive, colorful and simple.

9. CONCLUSIONS
In our view we can say that is a very good story that talks about
the illusions of a child, despite living with few luxuries gladly shares
with his parents and grandparents because for him the most
important thing is love that offer parents and people around you. It
is a story that teaches us many values such as respect, friendship,
affection, kindness, and also teaches us that greed and laziness are
defects that sometimes if we abuse them can change your life.
We think this story reflects many situations and small faults in
society and also how to solve them. Show the real world we live in,
do a little reflection, criticism and comparison and that makes the
attention of the reader or viewer.
We think that when working this story in the classroom, it is
important to consider and compare the behavior of the two
environments, the real and fictitious, and the reactions that occur
between the actors and those that occur in the classroom.
Finally say that "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" is the perfect
read for any child. Although having seen the film may be a slight
inconvenience, as the overall plot is known, does not detract from a


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superbly written work that includes much more than they could
bring to the screen.
It is also an interesting book for adults as light reading, full of
subtle humor and relentless that, fortunately, does not conflict with
presenting a general history rather friendly, and therefore more
suitable for children.

10. BIBLIOGRAPHY
 Charlie and the chocolate factory, Roald Dahl
 www.roalddahl.com
 www.childrensbooks.com

COMPONENTES DEL GRUPO
 Lorena Isabel González Delgado
 Leticia Rios Harillo
 Vanessa Méndez Díez-Madroñero
 Esther Madrigal Reviejo
 María Miguel Ramos
 Maria Larrocha


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