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| − | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of | + | [[File:9780141365374.jpg|thumb|250px|Cover of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory book]]Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of a chocolatier Willy Wonka. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is one of the Roald Dahl’s best-known story. Conservative estimates suggest the original book has sold over 20 million copies worldwide; it is now available in 55 languages.<ref>https://www.roalddahl.com/roald-dahl/stories/a-e/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory#synopsis</ref> The story was originally inspired by Roald Dahl's experience of chocolate companies during his schooldays. Cadbury would often send test packages to the schoolchildren in exchange for their opinions on the new products.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-14896806 "Repton School 'helped inspire Dahl' to write Charlie"]. BBC. 12 November 2015. [https://web.archive.org/web/20181014053337/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-14896806# Archived] from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.</ref> By the time, chocolate factories are very protective of their chocolate-making process which became one of the main ideas that inspired Dahl to write the story. |
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
| − | + | The film tells the story of a poor child named Charlie Bucket who visits Willy Wonka's chocolate factory after finding a Golden Ticket in a chocolate bar out of luck along with four other children from around the world. In the factory, Charlie and his friends are aided by his workers, Oompa Loompa, a race of small people who help him operate the factory. During the tour, the four "bad" children give in to their individual vices and are ejected from the tour in darkly comical ways.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-2</ref> Charlie and his grandfather are the only guests who remain until the end of the factory tour. Therefore, Wonka congratulates him for "winning" the factory. It turns out that Wonka has a hidden motivation for the tour to whom he will only reveal after he learns every color of each child. In the end, Charlie is invited to live in Wonka's factory together with all his family members. | |
| − | + | == Controversy == | |
| − | + | === Charlie Bucket === | |
| − | + | The widow and the biographer of the British children’s writer, Roald Dahl, mentioned to BBC that Charlie Bucket, the main character of the book, was originally supposed to be a black kid.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/15/books/roald-dahl-charlie-black.html</ref> In [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0930zvp the interview] with BBC, Felicity Dahl said that, ".. his first Charlie he wrote about was a little black boy. It was his agent who thought it was a bad idea when the book was first published to have a black hero." The idea of having a black boy was rejected by Dahl's agent, tt was then Charlie Bucket became white as known recently. However, no further details were provided about the discarded storyline.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/sep/26/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-began-as-anti-racist-novel-claims-academic</ref> | |
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Revision as of 16:54, 9 December 2020
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of a chocolatier Willy Wonka. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is one of the Roald Dahl’s best-known story. Conservative estimates suggest the original book has sold over 20 million copies worldwide; it is now available in 55 languages.[1] The story was originally inspired by Roald Dahl's experience of chocolate companies during his schooldays. Cadbury would often send test packages to the schoolchildren in exchange for their opinions on the new products.[2] By the time, chocolate factories are very protective of their chocolate-making process which became one of the main ideas that inspired Dahl to write the story.
Plot
The film tells the story of a poor child named Charlie Bucket who visits Willy Wonka's chocolate factory after finding a Golden Ticket in a chocolate bar out of luck along with four other children from around the world. In the factory, Charlie and his friends are aided by his workers, Oompa Loompa, a race of small people who help him operate the factory. During the tour, the four "bad" children give in to their individual vices and are ejected from the tour in darkly comical ways.[3] Charlie and his grandfather are the only guests who remain until the end of the factory tour. Therefore, Wonka congratulates him for "winning" the factory. It turns out that Wonka has a hidden motivation for the tour to whom he will only reveal after he learns every color of each child. In the end, Charlie is invited to live in Wonka's factory together with all his family members.
Controversy
Charlie Bucket
The widow and the biographer of the British children’s writer, Roald Dahl, mentioned to BBC that Charlie Bucket, the main character of the book, was originally supposed to be a black kid.[4] In the interview with BBC, Felicity Dahl said that, ".. his first Charlie he wrote about was a little black boy. It was his agent who thought it was a bad idea when the book was first published to have a black hero." The idea of having a black boy was rejected by Dahl's agent, tt was then Charlie Bucket became white as known recently. However, no further details were provided about the discarded storyline.[5]
Oompa Loompas
reference
- ↑ https://www.roalddahl.com/roald-dahl/stories/a-e/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory#synopsis
- ↑ "Repton School 'helped inspire Dahl' to write Charlie". BBC. 12 November 2015. Archived from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-2
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/15/books/roald-dahl-charlie-black.html
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/sep/26/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-began-as-anti-racist-novel-claims-academic
