The splendiferous world of chocolate: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Everywhere you go, a conversation regarding the internationally reclaimed author - Roald Dahl - and his marvellous books is bound to be present. For Christmas, your birthdays, and even in your classrooms, you always see Dahl's books which you surmise to be ‘good’. This only coerces you to read his books and the result is always the same: your initial reluctant self gets enthralled by it. Let’s take a look into his most pre-eminent book of all time, but first, the author.

Having experienced losing several siblings, his first mother, and almost his nose, calling Dahl’s childhood ‘unpleasant’ is a grave oversight. Likewise, painfully getting rid of adenoids, horrible teachers(and sweetshop keepers), and 2 dreadful encounters with the cane didn’t make any situations better at all. When the Second World War came, Roald Dahl enlisted to fight. Dahl was hailed as an ace when he eliminated several warplanes before going into his writing career in 1942. He has written 49 books in total. In Boy, he reportedly recounts the instance when eating scrumdiddlyumptious chocolate which later inspired him to write one of the best books in the world, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Living in the outskirts of a town, The destitute Bucket family have dirt for their floor. This is enough pain for a small boy like little Charlie Bucket who has an unwavering taste for chocolate but another thing that tortures him even more is a vast chocolate factory owned by nobody else but Willy Wonka. Nonetheless, he hasn’t been seen for a long time. This doesn’t stop him from announcing, spontaneously, 5 children will be allowed to the factory but before that, the Golden Tickets must be found. The first 4 tickets are unearthed, and Charlie is losing hope of finding one - until he buys Wonka’s Bars and suddenly, under the wrapper, there is a glint of gold. His heart stops. What will happen next?

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is indeed a fascinating read. Be that as it may, why? Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is rich in humour, is a winner when it comes to creative ideas, and includes some very flawful, substandard and acquiescent children. For instance, we can all agree Augustus Gloop(greedy), Veruca Salt(spoiled), Violet Beauregarde(disgusting gum fanatic), and Mike Teavee(television addict) are all naughty children and everyone of these children all get punished by the factory despite Wonka’s many, many warnings. Charlie Bucket is the only hero in this book. Surely, he deserves a reward, doesn’t he?

Written by the notable author, Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is undoubtedly a profoundly enjoyable book as many others would agree. It is so pleasurable your eyeballs will pop out of your sockets. Likewise, there are innumerable creative ideas, flawful characters, and demonstrates the results of being a bad child and a good child. So next time you see a Roald Dahl book: “you should never, never doubt something that you are not sure of.”