Friday, July 30, 2010

Last book review- Charlie and the chocolate factory

Roald Dahl works wonders. In this exciting book he talks about humility. This is about a boy from an extremely poor family. He learns of a newspaper article where free golden tickets would be given out. Of course, four children with Charlie inside get one each, and they visit Willy Wonka's chocolate factory that was closed off to the world.
In there, there asre strange people and there are sophisticated machinery producing wonderful chocolate. Now, some of these children are actually rich and proud, and they play with some of these machines and get changed. Augustine gets soaked, others turn blue, etc.
Charlie is so obedient. He does not wander away and at the end of the book all thats left is Charlie and his grandfather. Wonka then says that Charlie would now inherit the factory and get a lifetime of chocolate. Of course this is the road out of poverty for Charlie's family.

I like this because apart from the fictional creatures and machines, this is a pretty good description of children and the virtue of discipline. Children who do not stay on the right path lose their opportunities in life and they may even be left with eternal marks. In its easy to understand context and language, children can learn these important lessons.