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It's classic Roald Dahl for pity's sake. The extraordinary writer wove the brilliant and imaginative tale of a desperately poor child who finds a golden ticket and has the opportunity to step inside the most magical, mysterious candy factory in the world. If you are an adult and have only seen the movie(s) do yourself a favor and READ THIS BOOK.
Willy Wonka's Factory. Willy Wonka's Marvelous Chocolate Factory is putting five golden tickets in candy bars.
I recommend it to all ages. I love this book.
Mr. It is about a boy name Charlie who is poor and hungry during winter.
During winter an exciting news happens. See the five lucky kids that come to see the secrets of Mr.
My favorite part is the factory.
I had never read this wonderful tale for myself until recently. Would the absurdity overshadow the delight and even the plot. And not just for children. What a surprise when it turned out to be neither. And sometimes you can't tell the kids from the grown-ups.But fun is the key ingredient here. It was Roald Dahl. My primary questions beginning the novel were, Will it be like Gene Wilder or Johnny Depp. Alas, no.CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY possesses practically every motif - virtually every quality one could wish for in a classic children's novel.
With respect to both of the fine aforementioned cinema performances, no film can properly reproduce the uncanny and extremely paradoxical character of Willy Wonka, as he intertwines the outlines of Roald Dahl's immortal classic.Another question I had was whether this book would leave me disappointed in its overall quality (like several others of his have done). Would it be grotesque. Just like Willy Wonka himself, just like the Chocolate Factory itself - there is almost a certain maturity wrapped up in all the whimsical mischief that abounds in the book. And CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY will guarantee a mouthful of it with the turn of every page.
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Gene Wilder was too smarmy, Charlie too bland and the Oompa-Loompas way too creepy. The Oompa Loompas are not the lumpish candy-men of the movie but a race of tiny people transplanted willingly to the factory. Edible pillows, cavity-filling caramels and sweets that let you spit in many colors were just a few of his delectable concoctions. But even this discomfort is addressed by book's end.The best part of the book was Dahl's inventive cleverness about dream up new and wonderful candies. The other children, winners of Wonka's Golden Tickets, are hopelessly sniveling, selfish, spoiled and self-absorbed. But when I learned that Roald Dahl, author of the book, had actually dissociated himself from the Wonka adaptation, I though that maybe, just maybe, I might like the book.And I loved it.The book outdoes the movie in every way.
Charlie and his extended family are dirt poor and hence always hungry. A yearly birthday candy bar is all they can afford. I hated the original Willy Wonka movie. Dahl's moral sense is an important subtext throughout the book. He seems not to know or care where the disappearing children have gone. The only slightly disturbing part of the book was the way the nasty kiddos were got rid of, since they could have been drowned, incinerated, or blown up like balloons. Greed and boorishness are punished; virtue, good manners and self-restraint are rewarded.
The scenes where Veruca Salt is disposed of by a gang of shell-shucking squirrels is perfect. Hence, I saw no reason to read the book that inspired my loathing. As were the long songs sung by the Oompa Loompas to celebrate the removal of bad kids. When they visit Wonka's chocolate factory, they are dispatched by their own greed and lack of discipline. Dahl's Wonka is hyperkinetic, elfin and passionate about candy. Schindelman's illustrations gave just enough of a hint at the action without taking the reader's imagination entirely off the hook. Compare that with the ethical confusion of the Wilder film.Definitely one of my favorite books in search of an adaptation that is true to the Dahl's spirit, which rewards the habit of reading books and other good behavior, even among the needy.
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