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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"(English) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , ) is a fairy tale story by Roald Dahl about the adventures of the boy Charlie in the chocolate factory of the eccentric confectioner Mr. Wonka.

The story was first published in the USA in 1964 by Alfred A. Knopf. (English) Russian , in the UK the book was published in 1967 by George Allen & Unwin (English) Russian . The book was filmed twice: in 1971 and in 2005. In 1972, Roald Dahl wrote a continuation of the story - "Charlie and the huge glass elevator" (Eng. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator ), and planned to create the third book in the series, but did not realize his plan. The book has been repeatedly published in English, translated into many languages. In Russian, the story was first published in 1991 in the translation of M. and E. Baron (in the Raduga publishing house) and in the retelling by S. Kibirsky and N. Matrenitskaya (in the Pioneer magazine and as a separate book), later they were repeatedly published other translations of the tale.

Plot

Little boy Charlie Bucket Charlie Bucket) lives in a very poor family. Seven people (a boy, his parents, two grandfathers and two grandmothers) huddle in a small house on the outskirts of the city, of the whole family, only Charlie's father has a job: he spins corks on tubes of toothpaste. The family cannot afford the bare necessities: there is only one bed in the house, on which four old people lie, the family lives from hand to mouth, eats potatoes and cabbage. Charlie loves chocolate very much, but only gets it once a year, one bar for his birthday, as a gift.

Eccentric chocolate baron Mr. Willy Wonka Willy Wonka), who has spent ten years in seclusion in his factory, announces that he wants to arrange a draw for five golden tickets that will allow five children to visit his factory. After the tour, each of them will receive a lifetime supply of chocolate, and one will be awarded a special prize.

The lucky ones who found five tickets hidden under a chocolate wrapper were:

August Gloop(English) Augustus Gloop) - a greedy and gluttonous boy, "food is his favorite pastime";
Veruca Salt(English) Veruca Salt) - a spoiled girl from the family of the owner of a nut processing factory, used to having all her demands immediately fulfilled;
Violetta Beaurigard(English) Violet Beauregarde) - a girl who constantly chews gum, set a world record - chews one chewing gum for three months;
Mike Teavee(English) Mike Teavee) - a boy who watches TV from morning to night, a lover of gangster action movies;
Charlie Bucket is the main character of this story.

In addition to the children, their parents participate in the tour of the factory: each child came with his mother and father, except for Charlie, who is accompanied by his grandfather Joe. In the process of visiting the factory, all the children, except for Charlie, ignore Wonka's warnings and become victims of their own vices, taking turns in various situations that force them to leave the factory.

At the end, only Charlie remains, who gets the main prize - he becomes the assistant and heir to Mr. Willy Wonka. The rest of the children receive the promised lifetime supply of chocolate.

Factory premises

Willy Wonka's factory is very large, located both on the surface and underground, the factory has countless workshops, laboratories, warehouses, there is even a "10,000 foot deep candy mine" (that is, more than 3 kilometers deep). During the tour, children and their parents visit some of the workshops and laboratories of the factory

According to Dahl, the author's childhood impressions served as the basis for the story told. While studying at Repton boarding school, he and other boys received amusing gifts. “From time to time, every boy in our school received a simple gray cardboard box,” Dahl writes in his autobiographical novel The Boy. - Believe it or not, it was a gift from the big chocolate factory, Cadbury. Inside the box were twelve bars, all of different shapes, with different fillings, and all with numbers from 1 to 12. Eleven of these chocolates were new inventions of the factory. The twelfth, well known to us, was the “control”. Roald and the other boys tasted them, and they took it very seriously. One of Dahl's verdicts was: "Too subtle for the average palate." The writer recalls in The Boy that it was at that time that he began to perceive chocolate as something complicated, as the result of laboratory research, and often dreamed of working in a confectionery laboratory, imagining how he creates a new, hitherto unseen variety of chocolate. “It was sweet dreams, delicious fantasies, and I have no doubt that later, thirty-five years later, when I was thinking about the plot of my second book for children, I remembered those little cardboard boxes and novelty chocolates inside them and began to write a book called "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"" .

Working versions of the story

The published work is quite different from the original idea, which remained in the drafts. The manuscripts kept in the British Roald Dahl Museum allow us to trace how the content of the story changed while working on it.

The original version, dated by the museum staff to 1961, was entitled Charlie and the Chocolate Boy. Charlie's Chocolate Boy) and differs significantly from the published story. There are ten Golden Tickets hidden in candy bars every week, so Mr. Wonka gives a tour of the factory every Saturday. In this draft version, the main character is named Charlie Bucket, the names of the other nine children, as well as the composition of the misfortunes that happened to them, differ from the names of the children and from the descriptions of the incidents in the published book.

During the tour, Charlie Bucket hides in a "chocolate boy" made in an "Easter egg shop". A chocolate figure with Charlie inside is delivered to Mr. Wonka's house as a gift for Freddy Wonka, the pastry chef's son. At Wonka's house, a boy witnesses a robbery and raises the alarm. In gratitude for his help in catching the thieves, Mr. Wonka gives Charlie Bucket a candy store, Charlie's Chocolate Shop. Charlie's Chocolate Shop).

In the second known version of the story, the number of children traveling through the factory is reduced to seven, including Charlie Bucket. Factory workers are described as "people in white coats", after each incident with a naughty child, a certain voice recites the appropriate verses.

The ideas of the untitled version of 1962 are close to the final version of the story. Wonka only distributes seven tickets once (rather than weekly), which makes finding a ticket more strenuous. The tour participants and their characteristics are listed on the first page of the manuscript, in addition to Charlie Bucket, the children who visited the factory include:

August Gloop is a gluttonous boy;
Marvin Prun Marvin Prune) - a vain boy, mentioned, but his adventure at the factory is not described either in this or in subsequent versions of the story;
Hepiz Trout (English) Herpes Trout) - a boy who spends all his time in front of the TV, in the published story, a boy suffering from telemania will be named Mike Teavee;
Miranda Mary Parker Miranda Mary Parker) - a girl who is allowed to do whatever she wants.
Veruca Salt is a spoiled girl who gets everything she wants;
Violetta Beaugard is a girl who chews gum all the time.

Thus, the composition of the actors is close to final.

The factory employs little people, "Wheep Scrumpets" (Eng. Whipple Scrumpets) who recite verses after each incident.

This option is not completed, the story ends with August Gloop falling into the chocolate river. Dahl continues the story in another manuscript called Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Marvin Prun is excluded from the list of heroes. At the end of the story, Charlie becomes Wonka's assistant and heir.

In the final version of the story, the number of children is again reduced, with five of them left with Charlie (Miranda Parker is excluded), the factory workers received their usual name "Oompa-Loompas".

Criticism of the work

The success of the book was not immediate: the story first appeared in 1964 and sold only 5,000 copies in the first year, but then, within five years, annual sales reached 125,000 copies. "Charlie" became the book that Roald Dahl declared himself as an outstanding children's writer.

Since then, the book has been repeatedly published in different languages. Over time, the popularity of the story does not decrease, and "Charlie" remains the favorite fairy tale of many children around the world.

Famous British critic Julia Eklecher (eng. Julia Eccleshare) writes in the afterword to the story published by Puffin Books (English) Russian : "Charlie makes it feel like Roald Dahl enjoys telling stories just as much as we enjoy reading them. You are especially convinced of the fidelity of this feeling when the journey through the chocolate factory begins. It shows how well Roald Dahl understands children." Indeed, "Dal draws a children's paradise: a magical chocolate factory, with underground passages and secret caves."

The fact that Dahl painted a children's paradise is not only the conclusion of an adult critic, who, perhaps, has long forgotten his childhood views. Margaret Talbot, author of an article on Roald Dahl, recalls: “I actually sat next to three nine-year-old boys who spent forty-five minutes daydreaming about Wonka's factory and inventing their own sweets.<…>My son's nine-year-old friend wrote me a letter about why he loves Dahl: “His books are imaginative and captivating. After reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I felt like I had tasted all the sweetness in the world."

However, despite the fact that the book deserved children's love, the attitude of adult readers towards it is quite wary; after the release of the story, negative reviews about the fairy tale were heard.

The discussion began with an article by Canadian writer Eleanor Cameron, which, among other things, severely criticized the story "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". According to Cameron, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is the greatest example of bad taste "of any book ever written for children." This book was not only written about the temptation to sweets, it is such a temptation itself. “At first, she seems charming to us and gives us a short pleasure, but she does not saturate us and interrupts our appetite.” Fantast Ursula Le Guin agreed with Cameron's opinion, although she acknowledged that "children from eight to eleven years old seem to really adore" Dahl's books. The writer's eleven-year-old daughter "unfortunately" got into the habit of finishing reading "Charlie" and immediately beginning to read it from the very beginning. This went on for two months. When she read Charlie, she seemed to fall under the influence of an evil spell, and after reading this book she remained rather nasty for some time, although in her usual state she was a sweet child. “What can books like Charlie teach children? To be "good consumers"? Le Guin asks. - "No, thank you!" .

It should be noted that school librarians and teachers, as people largely responsible for the formation of children's reading habits, were actively involved in the analysis and discussion of Dahl's works, including Charlie. During a discussion in The Horn Book (1972-1973), opinions were diametrically opposed. Mary Sucker, a teacher from Baltimore, welcomes criticism of the story: "Reading the excellent article by Eleanor Cameron in the October issue of the magazine, I finally found someone who agrees with my opinion about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Maria Brenton, a librarian from Wales, New York State, on the other hand, supports Dahl and his books: "Children of all abilities and backgrounds love Charlie and James. Books like this make boys and girls regulars in libraries. So, Roald Dahl, please keep going!" .

And in 1988, a public library librarian in the American city of Boulder, Colorado, moved the book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" to the limited access fund, because he supported the opinion that the book promotes "poor man's philosophy." (After the fact of the withdrawal of the book from free access became known, the book was returned to its place).

Critics have pointed out that Charlie is a hero not because of his outstanding personality, but because he is a quiet and polite boy from a poor family, used to obey. Only the absence of bad qualities makes Charlie a "good boy". It was pointed out that in the depiction of children's shortcomings, Dahl "goes too far": the vices of the four "bad guys" are not extraordinary, but Dahl depicts children as carriers of mortal sins. So, greedy August Gloop - the personification of gluttony, spoiled Veruca Salt - greed, chewing gum lover Violetta - pride, telefan Mike Teavee - idleness. Charlie, by contrast, shows a complete lack of such characteristics. But why? Is it because he is poor and simply physically unable to indulge in, for example, gluttony.

Besides, Charlie is not so sinless. In an essay by Moscow schoolboy Boris Pastukhov, the Romantic (represented by Boris himself) and the Skeptic (the boy's father) argue. The skeptic points out that Charlie had no right to buy chocolate when his family was starving and should be punished like the other heroes. To this, Romantic replies: “Ah, in my opinion, the beauty of the book is that Charlie was not punished. After all, none of us is weak, but we all hope for a miracle. The skeptic agrees: “That's hard to argue with. That's why we love books with happy endings so much."

Artwork awards

1972 - New England Round Table of Children's Librarians Award.
1973 - Surrey School Award.
2000 - Millennium Children's Book Award
2000 - Blue Peter Book Award

Screen adaptations

In 1971, the film "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" was released, directed by Mel Stewart (Eng. Mel Stuart ) and producer David Wolper (Eng. David L. Wolper ), with Gene Weider as Mr. Wonka. Roald Dahl wrote the first draft of the film's script, which was subsequently revised. Ultimately, the writer did not like the film. "Dahl thought the film was too focused on Willy Wonka," says Lisa Ettenborough of the Roald Dahl Museum. “For him, the book was a story about Charlie.”

In 2005, a second film adaptation appeared, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp as Wonka.

In the third season (1968) of the BBC children's TV show "Jecanori" (Eng. Jackanory ) the fairy tale was read by actor Bernard Gribbins (Eng. Bernard Cribbins ) .

In 1983, Swedish television showed the slide show Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Swedish. "Kalle och chokladfabriken"), which consisted of drawings by the Swedish artist Bent Anna Runnerström (Swede. Bengt Arne Runnerström ) accompanied by a text read by the actor Ernst-Hugo Jaregard.

In addition to film versions, there are a number of dramatizations and musicals based on the work. Audiobooks of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory have been published, including recordings of readings from the novel by the author, Roald Dahl.

Parodies and allusions to the work

"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" is a notable phenomenon in Western European and world culture, so it is not surprising that the plot and characters of this story often become the object of parody, and many works of culture contain allusions to this story by Roald Dahl.

The American animated series The Simpsons contains many such parodies.
- In Episode 14, Season 15 (2004), "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner", Lisa Simpson mentions in a conversation that her father, Homer, believes that in the story "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" the real story is told and looking for the factory described in the book;
- In episode 19 of the same season 15 of "Simple Simpson", a commercial is shown on television in which the lucky one who finds the Golden Ticket is promised a trip to Farmer Billy's Bacon Factory (Eng. Farmer Billy's Bacon Factory ). Homer Simpson buys huge quantities of bacon in the hope of finding the Golden Ticket, but finds only the Silver Ticket, which he allows to judge in the pig contest that will take place during the fair.
- Episode 13 of Season 11 (2000) "Saddlesore Galactica" shows dwarf jockeys living by a chocolate waterfall, an allusion to the Oompa-Loompas.
- In episode 2, season 6 (1994), "Lisa's Rival", one of the students, German Uther, is going to enter the school competition and builds a diorama "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", but eats his work before the jury sees her.
- In episode 15 of season 22 (2011) "The Scorpion's Tale", Homer calls the pharmaceutical agent Hotenhoffer "Mr. Wonka", and Hotenhoffer later admits that he is August Gloop, who has changed a lot after falling into the chocolate river.
- In The Simpsons Issue 41 (U.S.) "Bart and Krusty the Clown's Fun Factory" (eng. Bart Simpson & The Krusty Brand Fun Factory ) 4 golden straws are hidden in bottles of soda water; the one who finds the straw receives an invitation to Krusty's factory, which produces various food products. Monkeys work at the factory with brain chips implanted in them, and tourists travel around the factory in a boat that floats on a cherry-colored sparkling river.
At the beginning of the 13th episode of the 1st season of the animated series "Futurama" "Fry and the Slurm Factory" ("Fry and the Slurm Factory"), a commercial is shown where a prize is promised to the one who finds the "gold cap" in a jar with a certain Slurm drink - a tour of the factory Slurm production. Fry finds the lid and sets off with the other winners on a journey down the slurm river, along the banks of which there are "grunka-holes" (Eng. Grunka-Lunkas) sing their songs.
In Family Guy season 2 episode 20, "Wasted Talent", someone who finds a "silver scroll" in a can of beer receives an invitation to tour the brewery. The heroes of the series, Peter and Joe, find the scrolls and go on an excursion, in addition, it is mentioned that Charlie Bucket and his grandfather found the scroll.
In episode 91 of the American television series The Office, Golden Ticket, one of the main characters, Michael Scott, organizes a Willy Wonka-style advertising campaign: five golden tickets are hidden in five batches of paper, the finder of the golden ticket receives a ten percent discount for one year.
In the seventh season (2006) of the British version of the reality show "Big Brother" (Eng. big brother ) "Channel 4" Channel 4 (eng. Channel 4 ) together with Nestle held a promotion, during which the one who found one of the 100 "golden tickets" hidden under a package of KitKat bars, received the right to become a participant in the show ("neighbor") bypassing the qualifying casting.
In 1993, the rock group "Veruca Salt" was created in Chicago (Eng. Veruca Salt ), named after one of the heroines of the story by Roald Dahl.
The debut album "Portrait of an American Family" ("Portrait of an American Family", 1994) by the American rock band "Marilyn Manson" (Marilyn Manson) included as the first song the composition "Prelude (Family Trip)" (eng. Prelude (The Family Trip)), the text of which is a slightly modified text of the song of the Upma-Loompas from chapter 18 of the story "Down the Chocolate River" (Eng. Down the Chocolate River). Also influenced by the book, Manson wrote the song "Choklit Factory", which was released in 1991 on the After School Special demo cassette.
The symbol of the American hockey team "Hershey Bears" (Eng. Hershey Bears) is the bear Koko (eng. Coco), whose favorite book is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Use of story and characters

Confectionery

With the release of Tim Burton's film adaptation in 2005, a massive publicity campaign was made to associate the brand with the new film. Currently products branded as The Willy Wonka Candy Company (English) Russian sold in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.

Games

attractions

April 1, 2006 British amusement park "Elton Towers" (Eng. Alton Towers ), located in Staffordshire, opened a family attraction based on the book's themes. The attraction consists of two parts: first, visitors travel around the "factory" in pink boats floating on the "chocolate river", then, after watching a video show, they get into a glass elevator, from which they inspect the rest of the factory. The journey takes 11 minutes. The design of the attraction is based on illustrations by Quentin Blake.

Dahl, Rowld golden ticket, or Pioneer. - 1991. - № 8-9. (retelling from English by S. Kibirsky and N. Matrenitskaya)
Dahl, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. - M .: Rainbow, 1991.(translated from English by M. Baron and E. Baron)
Dahl, Rowld. The Golden Ticket, or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. - M .: MP "Nimak", MP "KTK", 1991.(retelling from English by S. Kibirsky and N. Matrenitskaya, illustrations by V. Mochalov)
Dahl, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. - M .: Zakharov, 2000. - ISBN 5-8159-0084-2(retelling by S. Klado)
Dahl, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory // Dahl, Roald. Children's bestsellers: Sat. - M .: Paper Gallery, 2001. - ISBN 5-900504-62-X.(translated by M. Freidkin)
Dahl, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory // Dahl, Roald. ISBN 5-352-01094-5.(translated by I. Bogdanov)
Dahl, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory // Dahl, Roald. Extraordinary stories: Sat. - St. Petersburg. : ABC Classics, 2004. - ISBN 5-352-00753-7.(translated by I. Bogdanov)
Dahl, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory = Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. - M .: Zakharov, 2004. - ISBN 5-8159-0415-5(the story in Russian in the retelling of S. Klado and in the original language)
Dahl, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. - M .: Rosman-Press, 2005. - ISBN 5-353-01812-5(translated by Maya Lahuti)
Reading books in English, adapted for the Pre-Intermediate level, with tasks and exercises:
- Dahl, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory = Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. - M .: Iris-Press, 2007. - (English club). - ISBN 978-5-8112-2736-5
- Dahl, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory = Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. - M .: Iris-Press, 2009. - (English club). - ISBN 978-5-8112-3471-4

Links

Also in Russian translations: "Charlie and the big glass lift", "Charlie and the big glass lift"
The names of the workshops of the factory and the inventions of Mr. Wonka may differ in various Russian translations. Hereinafter, the names are given in accordance with the translation of the story by M. Baron and E. Baron
Nudd, Kevin. The Children's Books of Roald Dahl - Article from Book and Magazine Collector (January 1989). Archived
In The Boy, Dahl calls Charlie and the Chocolate Factory his second book for children; in fact, this is the author's third published children's story: the first was "Gremlins", the second story - "James and the Giant Peach"
Dahl, Roald Repton and Shell, 1929–36 (age 13–20) // Boy: Tales of Childhood. - Puffin Books. - ISBN 0-14-031890-9
Cm.: The story in the early drafts of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centrum. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
Dahl, Roald. The secret ordeal of Miranda Piker. Times Online (July 25, 2005). Retrieved May 5, 2010. According to the archive catalog of the Roald Dahl Museum (fund description RD/6/2/4), the chapter featuring Miranda Parker was previously published in Puffin Post Magazine: Dahl, Roald. Spotty Powder // Puffin Post Magazine. - 1973. - Vol. 7. - No. 1. - P. 8-10. Information about the fund RD/6/2/4 can be found in the museum's online catalogue.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Politically Correct Oompa–Loompa Evolution (English) . RoaldDahlFans.com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
Pierce, Cassandra. Charlie and the Political-Correctness Factory (English) . RoaldDahlFans.com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
Quoted from Roald Dahl's official website Roald Dahl - The Official Web Site. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
Talbot, Margaret. The Candy Man: Why children love Roald Dahl's stories-and many adults don't (English) . The New Yorker (July 11, 2005). Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2010. Translation of the article: Talbot, Margaret. Sweet lover. Russian Journal (July 27, 2005). - Translation by Sergey Karp. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
Cm.: Eleanor Cameron vs. Roald Dahl. Horn Book Online. - Materials of the discussion about the work of R. Dahl, published in the magazine "The Horn Book" in 1972-1973. (unavailable link - history) Retrieved May 5, 2010.
Talbot, Margaret Sweet lover. Russian Journal. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2010. See also: Cameron, Eleanor. McLuhan, Youth, and Literature: Part I . Horn Book Online. - A critical article by Eleanor Cameron on the work of R. Dahl. (unavailable link -

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From Translator

Two years ago (I was 12 at the time) I saw a small children's book in English in the window of a bookstore. The cover showed a funny little man in a top hat and some unusual, fantastic multi-colored car. The author is Roald Dahl, and the book was called Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I decided to buy this book by a completely unknown English writer. And when I came home and started reading, I could not stop until I had read to the very end. It turned out that "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" is a wise, kind fairy tale about children and for children. I read a magical, fantastic story about children from a small provincial town and in its heroes I recognized myself and my friends - sometimes kind, and sometimes not very, sometimes so generous, and sometimes a little greedy, sometimes good, and sometimes stubborn and capricious.

I decided to write a letter to Roald Dahl. Two months later (letters from England take a long time to arrive) the answer came. Thus began our correspondence, which continues to this day. Roald Dahl was glad that his book, which is read and loved by children all over the world, is also known in Russia, it is a pity, of course, that only those guys who know English well can read it. Roald Dahl wrote to me about himself. He was born and raised in England. At the age of eighteen he went to work in Africa. And when the Second World War began, he became a pilot and fought against fascism, which he hated. Then he began to write his first stories, and later - fairy tales for children. Now there are more than twenty of them. Now Roald Dahl lives in England, in Buckinghamshire, with his children and grandchildren, and writes books for children. Many of his books (including the fairy tale "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory") have been made into films and staged performances. Roald Dahl sent me many of his books. All of these are wonderful stories. I felt sorry for the guys who do not know English and cannot read Roald Dahl's books, and I decided to translate them into Russian, and I started, of course, with the story "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". I translated the book together with my mother, and my grandmother, a pediatrician, translated the poems. I really hope that the story of little Charlie and the wizard Mr. Wonka will become a favorite fairy tale for many children.

Misha Baron

Roald Dahl
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Dedicated to Theo

In this book, you will meet five children.

AUGUST STUPID - a greedy boy,

VERUCA SALT - a girl spoiled by her parents,

VIOLETTA BJURGARD - a girl who constantly chews gum,

MIKE TEVEY is a boy who watches TV from morning to night,

CHARLIE BUCKET is the main character of this story.

1. Meet Charlie

Oh, how many people! Four very old people - Mr. Bucket's parents, Grandpa Joe and Grandma Josephine; Mrs Bucket's parents, Grandpa George and Grandma Georgina. And Mr and Mrs Bucket. Mr and Mrs Bucket have a little son. His name is Charlie Bucket.

Hello, hello, and hello again!

He is glad to meet you.

The whole family - six adults (you can count) and baby Charlie - lived in a wooden house on the outskirts of a quiet town. The house was too small for such a large family, it was very inconvenient for everyone to live there together. There were only two rooms, and one bed. The bed was given to the grandparents because they were so old and weak that they never got off of it. Grandpa Joe and Grandma Josephine occupied the right half, while Grandpa George and Grandma Georgina occupied the left. Mr and Mrs Bucket and little Charlie Bucket slept in the next room on mattresses on the floor.

In summer it was not bad, but in winter, when cold drafts walked on the floor all night, it was terrible.

Buying a new house or even another bed was out of the question, the Buckets were too poor.

The only one in the family who had a job was Mr. Bucket. He worked in a toothpaste factory. All day long Mr. Bucket screwed up tubes of toothpaste. But they paid very little for it. And no matter how hard Mr. Bucket tried, no matter how he hurried, the money he earned was not enough to buy at least half of the essentials for such a large family. Not even enough for food. Buckets could only afford bread and margarine for breakfast, boiled potatoes and cabbage for lunch, and cabbage soup for dinner. On Sunday, things were a little better. And the whole family was looking forward to Sunday, not because the food was different, no, just because everyone could get a supplement.

The Buckets, of course, did not starve, but all of them (two grandfathers, two grandmothers, Charlie's parents, and especially little Charlie himself) were plagued from morning to evening by a terrible feeling of emptiness in the stomach.

Charlie was the worst. And although Mr. and Mrs. Bucket often gave him their portions, this was not enough for a growing body, and Charlie really wanted something more satisfying and tasty than cabbage and cabbage soup. But more than anything, he wanted ... chocolate.

Every morning on the way to school, Charlie stopped at the shop windows and, pressing his nose against the glass, looked at the mountains of chocolate, while his mouth watered. Many times he has seen other children take creamy chocolate bars out of their pockets and chew them greedily. Watching it was a real torture.

Only once a year, on his birthday, did Charlie Bucket get to taste chocolate. For a whole year the whole family saved up money, and when the lucky day came, Charlie received a small bar of chocolate as a gift. And each time he received a gift, he carefully placed it in a small wooden box and carefully kept it there, as if it were not chocolate at all, but gold. In the next few days, Charlie only looked at the chocolate bar, but never touched it. When the boy's patience came to an end, he tore off the edge of the wrapper so that a tiny piece of the tile was visible, and then bit off quite a bit, talc to feel the amazing taste of chocolate in his mouth. The next day Charlie took another small bite. Then more. Thus, the pleasure stretched for more than a month.

But I have not yet told you about what tormented little Charlie, a chocolate lover, more than anything in the world. It was much worse than looking at the mountains of chocolate in the windows, worse than seeing other children eat creamy chocolate right in front of you. Nothing more terrible can be imagined. It was this: in the city, right in front of the windows of the Bucket family, there was a chocolate factory that was not just big. It was the largest and most famous chocolate factory in the world - WONKA'S FACTORY. It was owned by Mr. Willy Wonka, the greatest inventor and chocolate king. It was an amazing factory! It was surrounded by a high wall. The only way to get inside was through the big iron gates, the chimneys were full of smoke and strange buzzing came from somewhere deep inside, and outside the factory walls for half a mile around the air was saturated with the thick smell of chocolate.

Twice a day, on his way to and from school, Charlie Bucket passed by this factory. And each time he slowed down his step and enthusiastically sucked in the magical smell of chocolate.

Oh, how he loved that smell!

Oh, how I dreamed of getting into the factory and finding out what was inside!

2. Mr. Willy Wonka's Factory

In the evenings, after supper of watery cabbage soup, Charlie used to go to his grandparents' room to listen to their stories and bid them good night.

Each of the old men was over ninety. They were all as thin as a skeleton and as shriveled as a baked apple. All day they lay in bed: grandfathers - in nightcaps, grandmothers - in caps, so as not to freeze. With nothing to do, they dozed off. But as soon as the door opened, Charlie entered the room and said, “Good evening, Grandpa Joe and Grandma Josephine, Grandpa George and Grandma Georgina,” the old people sat up in bed, their wrinkled faces lit up with a smile, and the conversation began. They loved this baby. He was the only joy in the life of the old people, and they looked forward to these evening conversations all day long. Often the parents also came into the room, stopped on the threshold and listened to the stories of grandparents. So the family forgot about hunger and poverty for at least half an hour, and everyone was happy.

One evening, when Charlie, as usual, came to visit the old people, he asked:

Is it true that Wonka's chocolate factory is the largest in the world?

– Is it true? all four shouted. - Of course it's true! God! Didn't you know? It is fifty times larger than any other factory.

“Is it true that Mr. Willy Wonka is the best chocolate-maker in the world?”

“My boy,” said Grandpa Joe, pushing himself up on the pillow, “Mr. Willy Wonka is the most wonderful pastry chef in the world!” I thought everyone knew this.

- I, Grandpa Joe, knew that he was famous, knew that he was an inventor ...

- Inventor? exclaimed the grandfather. - Yes, what are you! He is a magician in the chocolate business! He can do everything! Is that right, my dears? Two grandmothers and one grandfather nodded their heads:

“Absolutely true, indeed, it cannot be. And Grandpa Joe asked in surprise:

“Are you saying I never told you about Mr. Willy Wonka and his factory?”

“Never,” Charlie replied.

- Oh my God! How is it me?

“Please, Grandpa Joe, tell me now,” Charlie said.

- I'll tell you for sure. Sit back and listen carefully.

Grandpa Joe was the oldest in the family. He was ninety-six and a half years old, and this is not so little. Like all very old people, he was sickly, weak, and not much of a talker. But in the evenings, when his beloved grandson Charlie came into the room, grandfather looked younger before his eyes. Fatigue vanished. He became impatient and worried like a boy.

- O! This Mr. Willy Wonka is an amazing man! exclaimed Grandpa Joe. – Do you know, for example, that he invented more than two hundred new types of chocolate, and all with different fillings? Not a single confectionery factory in the world produces such sweet and delicious chocolates!

“It’s true,” said Grandma Josephine. And he sends them all over the world. Right, Grandpa Joe?

“Yes, yes, my dear. He sends them to all kings and presidents in the world. But Mr. Willy Wonka doesn't just make chocolate. He has some incredible inventions. Did you know that he invented chocolate ice cream that doesn't melt without a refrigerator? It can lie in the sun all day and not melt!

- But this is unreal! Charlie exclaimed, looking at his grandfather in surprise.

– Of course, it is impossible! And absolutely incredible! But Mr. Willy Wonka did it! cried Grandpa Joe.

"That's right," the others agreed.

Grandpa Joe continued his story. He spoke very slowly so that Charlie would not miss a single word:

“Mr. Willy Wonka makes marshmallows that smell like violets, and amazing caramels that change color every ten seconds, and little candies that just melt in your mouth. He knows how to make chewing gum that never loses its flavor, and sugar balls that can be inflated to huge sizes, and then pierced with a pin and eaten. But the main secret of Mr. Wonka is wonderful, blue-speckled, bird testicles. When you put such a testicle in your mouth, it gets smaller and smaller and eventually melts, leaving a tiny pink chick on the tip of your tongue. - Grandpa fell silent and licked his lips. “The thought of all this makes me salivate,” he added.

“Me too,” Charlie admitted. - Please, tell me more.

While they were talking, Mr. and Mrs. Bucket quietly entered the room and now, standing at the door, they too listened to grandfather's story.

“Tell Charlie about the crazy Indian prince,” Grandma Josephine asked, “he will like it.”

“You mean the Prince of Pondicherry?” Grandpa Joe laughed.

“But very rich,” said Grandma Georgina.

– What did he do? Charlie asked impatiently.

“Listen,” said Grandpa Joe. - I will tell you.

3. Mr. Wonka and the Indian Prince

The Prince of Pondicherry wrote a letter to Mr. Willy Wonka,” Grandpa Joe began his story. He invited Willy Wonka to come to India and build him a huge chocolate palace.

“And Mr. Willy Wonka agreed?”

- Of course. Oh, what a palace it was! One hundred rooms, all in light and dark chocolate. The bricks are chocolate, and the cement that held them together is chocolate, and the windows are chocolate, the walls and ceilings are also made of chocolate, as are the carpets, paintings, and furniture. Turn on the faucet in the bathroom and hot chocolate pours out.

When the work was completed, Mr. Willy Wonka warned the Prince of Pondicherry that the palace would not be idle for long, and advised him to eat it as soon as possible.

"Nonsense! the prince exclaimed. “I won’t eat my palace!” I won’t bite even a tiny piece of the stairs and I won’t lick the wall even once! I will live in it!

But Mr. Willy Wonka, of course, was right. Soon it turned out to be a very hot day, and the palace began to melt, sag, and little by little spread over the ground. And the crazy prince, who was dozing in the living room at that time, woke up and saw that he was swimming in a huge sticky puddle of chocolate.

Little Charlie sat motionless on the edge of the bed and stared at his grandfather with all his eyes. He just freaked out.

"And all this is true?" Are you laughing at me?

- Pure truth! all the grandparents shouted in unison. - Of course it's true! Ask whoever you want.

- Where? Charlie didn't understand.

“And no one...ever...enters...there!”

- Where? Charlie asked.

- Of course, to Wonka's factory!

Who are you talking about, grandfather?

“I'm talking about workers, Charlie.

- About the workers?

“In all factories,” said Grandpa Joe, “there are workers. They enter the factory through the gate in the morning and leave in the evening. And so everywhere, except for Mr. Wonka's factory. Have you ever seen a single person go in there or go out?

Charlie looked carefully at his grandparents, and they looked at him. Their faces were kind, smiling, but at the same time completely serious. They weren't kidding.

- So, did you see it? repeated Grandpa Joe.

- I ... I really don’t know, grandfather. – Charlie from excitement even began to stutter. When I pass by the factory, the gates are always closed.

- That's it!

But some people have to work there...

“Not people, Charlie, at least not ordinary people.

“Then who is it?” Charlie shouted.

- Yeah, that's the secret. Another mystery of Mr. Willy Wonka.

“Charlie, dear,” Mrs. Bucket called to her son, “it’s time for bed, that’s enough for today.”

“But, mother, I must find out…”

Tomorrow, my dear, tomorrow...

"All right," said Grandpa Joe, "you'll find out the rest tomorrow."

4. Extraordinary workers

The next evening, Grandpa Joe continued his story.

“You see, Charlie,” he began, “thousands of people worked at Mr. Wonka’s factory not too long ago. But one day, all of a sudden, Mr. Willy Wonka had to fire them.

- But why? Charlie asked.

“Because of the spies.

- Spies?

- Yes. The owners of other chocolate factories were jealous of Mr. Wonka and began to send spies to the factory to steal his confectionery secrets. Spies got jobs at Wonka's factory, pretending to be ordinary workers. Each of them stole the secret of making some sweets.

- And then they returned to their former owners and told them everything? Charlie asked.

“Probably,” said Grandpa Joe. “Because soon the Fiklgruber factory began to produce ice cream that would not melt even on the hottest day. And Mr. Prodnose's factory - gum that never lost its taste, no matter how much it was chewed. And finally, Mr. Slugworth's factory produced sugar balloons that could be inflated to enormous sizes, and then pierced with a pin and eaten. And so on and so forth. And Mr. Willy Wonka tore his hair and shouted: “This is terrible! I will break! All around are spies! I'll have to close the factory!"

But he didn't close it! Charlie said.

- Even as closed. He told all the workers that, unfortunately, he had to fire them. Then he slammed the factory gates and locked them with a chain. And then the huge chocolate factory suddenly became deserted and quiet. The chimneys stopped smoking, the cars stopped rattling, and after that not a single chocolate bar, not a single candy was released, and Mr. Willy Wonka himself disappeared. Months passed,” Grandpa Joe continued, “but the factory was locked up. And everyone said, “Poor Mr. Wonka. He was so good, made such excellent sweets. And now it's all over." But then something amazing happened. Early one morning thin white wisps of smoke rose from the tall chimneys of the factory. All the inhabitants of the city dropped their business and ran to see what happened. "What's happening? they shouted. “Someone has lit the stoves!” Mr. Willy Wonka must be reopening the factory!” People ran to the gate hoping to see it open, thinking that Mr. Wonka would take them back to work.

But no! The iron gates were chained as tightly as ever, and Mr. Willy Wonka was nowhere to be found.

“But the factory is running! people shouted. “Listen and you will hear the rumble of cars!” They are working again! The air smelled of chocolate again!”

Grandpa Joe leaned forward, put his thin hand on Charlie's knee, and said softly:

“But the most mysterious, kid, were the shadows outside the factory windows. From the street, people saw small dark shadows flickering behind the frozen windows.

- Whose shadows? Charlie asked quickly.

“That's what everyone wanted to know. “The factory is full of workers! people shouted. But no one went in! The gates are locked! It's incredible! And no one comes out of there!” But the factory, no doubt, worked, - continued Grandpa Joe. And it's been working for ten years now. Moreover, the chocolate and sweets that she produces are becoming tastier and more amazing every day. And, of course, now that Mr. Wonka comes up with some new extraordinary sweets, neither Mr. Ficklegruber, nor Mr. Prodnose, nor Mr. Slugworth, nor anyone else will know the secret of their preparation. No spy can break into the factory to steal the secret recipe.

- But, grandfather, WHO, WHO works at the factory? Charlie shouted.

“Nobody knows that, Charlie.

- But it's incredible! Has no one asked Mr Wonka yet?

“No one has seen him since. He no longer appears outside the factory gates. The only thing that goes out of the gate is chocolate and other sweets. They are unloaded through a special door in the wall. They are packed, the addresses of customers are written on the boxes, and they are delivered by mail trucks.

- But, grandfather, what kind of people work there?

“My boy,” said Grandpa Joe, “this is one of the greatest mysteries. We only know that they are very small. The barely noticeable shadows that sometimes flicker outside the factory windows (they are especially clearly visible late at night when the lights are on) belong to little people, no taller than my knee ...

“But there are no such people,” said Charlie. Just at that moment, Charlie's father, Mr. Bucket, entered the room.

He just got back from work. He had an evening paper in his hands, and he waved it excitedly.

- Did you hear the news? he shouted and held up the newspaper so that everyone could see the huge headline:

FINALLY

WONKA FACTORY

OPEN YOUR GATES

FOR SELECTED LUCKY PERSONS

5. Golden tickets

Are you saying that someone will be allowed to enter the factory? exclaimed Grandpa Joe. - Read what the newspaper says!

“Very well,” said Mr. Bucket, smoothing out the newspaper. - Listen.

EVENING BULLETIN

Mr. Willy Wonka, the confectionery genius who hasn't been seen in 10 years, sent the following ad to our paper today:

I, Willy Wonka, have decided to let five children (mind you: only five, no more) visit my factory this year. These lucky ones will see all my secrets and wonders. And at the end of the trip, each of the visitors will receive a special gift - so much chocolate and sweets that will last a lifetime! So, look for golden tickets! Five golden tickets are already printed on golden paper and hidden under the ordinary wrappers of five ordinary chocolate bars. These bars can be anywhere - in any store, on any street, in any city, in any country, in any part of the world, on any counter where only Wonka chocolate is sold. And these five lucky golden ticket holders will be the only ones to visit my factory and see what's inside! Good luck to you all and happy finds!

(Signed - Willy Wonka)

- Yes, he's crazy! grumbled Grandma Josephine.

- He is a genius! exclaimed Grandpa Joe. - He's a magician! Just imagine what will happen now! The whole world will start looking for golden tickets! And everyone will buy Wonka chocolates in the hope of finding a ticket! He will sell them more than ever! Oh, if only we could find a ticket!

- And so much chocolate and sweets that will last for the rest of your life - FOR FREE! added Grandpa George. - Just imagine!

“It would all have to be delivered by truck,” Grandma Georgina said.

“My head is spinning just thinking about it,” Grandma Josephine whispered.

- Nonsense! exclaimed Grandpa Joe. - But it would be nice, Charlie, to open a chocolate bar and find a golden ticket there!

“Of course, grandfather, but the chances are very small,” Charlie replied sadly. “I only get one tile a year.

“Who knows, dear,” said Grandma Georgina, “your birthday is next week. You have the same chance as everyone else.

“I'm afraid it's absolutely incredible,” said Grandpa George. “The tickets will go to the kids who eat chocolate every day, and our Charlie gets one single bar a year. He has no chance.

Since the movie Tim Burton I liked Charlie and the Chocolate Factory from the very first time, and for the last ten years I have not hesitated to recommend it for viewing. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that the story is based on an original children's book. Roald Dahl. The very first pages produce in their own way an indelible, somehow very comfortable impression, reviving in memory the way of thinking left behind. It's funny how many people arrogantly label entire genres of literature, defining this one as "a whiney romance for women," "nonsense for dreamers," and "children's writing." Why develop your own imagination and get rid of stereotypes, enthusiastically diversifying your literary experience, if you can just find another self-justification. Therefore, if sometimes you just want to distract yourself from more serious high genres, cheer yourself up, for a little, for 2-3 hours reading the work, this story is perfect. In my case, I swallowed it in a few short sittings on the way from work and full of positive emotions, briefly talk about the adventures of the boy Charlie in the factory Willy Wonka.

First of all, this is really children's literature in the classical sense, and there is nothing shameful in reading it at any adult age. All images and situations, starting with the plot itself, are exaggerated and inflated to turn the usual between the lines into an accessible and understandable story. The protagonist of the story, Charlie, is a kind, sincere, gentle, disinterested child who grows up in severe, hungry and cold conditions. Bucket family, where there is only one worker for eight people, he is also the head of the family, she is used to living in a draughty old house and eating potatoes for lunch and cabbage for dinner. Four old men of ninety years of age have not been out of twin beds for twenty years, and Charlie and his parents sleep every night on the floor in a draft. The author plays a win-win card for children's literature "from dirt to Kings". A child whose life is unremarkable and hardly interesting to anyone except his family is lucky because he is positive and kind and we are hinted that he deserves it.

Dahl gaudily draws a contrast between Charlie and the other four children who also get a chance to visit the mysterious Mr. Wonka's legendary chocolate factory. Poor Buckets who don't get rid of old people and survive on one side of morality. And selfish, capricious, demanding, greedy, gluttonous for sweets children on the other. Agree, a very visual transition. As the news of all the newly discovered golden tickets comes in, the grandparents comment disapprovingly on the not-too-pleasant stories about the winners. Of course, the author operates too roughly with children's perception, but the story is read unobtrusively and in a kindly straightforward way. As our heroes travel through the numerous and large-scale workshops of the candy factory, the reader embarks on a search for moral guidelines that are more and more clearly visible through a rustic plot. You hardly want to empathize at any age Augustus Gloop(a variant from Freidkin's translation, which I preferred to others), a nine-year-old glutton who seemed to have been swindled with a pump. Or finicky Veruce Salt, whose father bought hundreds of thousands of chocolates, violating the very idea that every child has a chance.

As for the excursion into the world of sweets itself, it personifies the dreams of most children to be, as far as happiness allows them, immoderate in eating delicious desserts. When you read about Charlie's annual chocolate bar, you want to literally run to the store for a bar and hand it over to the book hero. It's no wonder that millions of children and adults around the world spend half a century on an amazing factory adventure. Willy Wonka. Frankly, at the end of the story, it is difficult to restore in my head a complete route of the path traveled, but this is already lyrics. The halo of mystery that has long surrounded this place does its job, impressing the parents who were allowed to accompany their children. Be it chocolate shop with cocoa river and edible grass or workshop of modern amazing discoveries , allowing you to transfer chocolate bars through the TV screen - this is definitely something unusual, especially for Charlie, who lives a gray mediocre life. Children with imagination tend to think out their own details to fantastic worlds - I remember from myself. Therefore, it is very easy to imagine how readers and listeners of different ages continued Dahl's story in their heads. They came up with their own workshops of sweets, songs ompa-loomp(in the translation that I read - sympathy) and new heroes.

My rating: 8 out of 10

Differences between the book and the Tim Burton movie (2005)

In the original story, the Bucket family did not have a TV, and they received news, including about the found golden tickets, from a local newspaper, which was read in the evenings by the father of the family.
Grandpa Joe's line was expanded in Tim Burton's film adaptation and added a line with Willy Wonka's last job at the factory. Dahl does not say anything about what this elderly man used to work for, especially that he witnessed the destructive influence of ill-wishers on the creation of his employer.
Since the difference between the release of the book and the film is forty years, some realities have been revised. Mike TV was originally watching a violent action movie, not playing a computer game. Also, a quick monologue about calculations was added to the movie, which helped an advanced teenager, having bought only one tile, to get the prize that many people want.
In the film adaptation, the emphasis is on the only ingredient on the Bucket table - cabbage, because cabbage is tastier, only she herself. In the story, the family also had other products, vegetables, but these people almost never saw meat dishes, except on store shelves.
At Dahl, Violetta Salt actively chewed gum as an opportunity to stand out among her peers, but in Burton's film this idea was greatly developed. From the disapproval of the mothers, they came to complete delight and added trophies in this difficult task for the jaws.
In the story, Charlie found a 50 pence coin in the snow, ten times the value of a chocolate bar. He bought one first, and in the second he already got a golden ticket. The boy planned to give the rest of the money to his parents for more pressing family needs.
In the book, after Charlie found the last lucky golden ticket, reporters flooded their rickety house, which was omitted from the 2005 film adaptation.
In the original, the pass to Wonka's factory allowed you to bring two close people with you. The rest of the children came with two parents, and only Charlie traveled around the plant with one grandfather Joe.
The hero of Johnny Depp meets children rather squeamishly, in contrast to the well-meaning bookish Willy Wonka.

"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" summary

Little boy Charlie Bucket lives in a very poor family. Seven people (a boy, his parents, two grandfathers and two grandmothers) huddle in a small house on the outskirts of the city, of the whole family, only Charlie's father has a job: he spins corks on tubes of toothpaste. The family cannot afford the bare necessities: there is only one bed in the house, on which four old people lie, the family lives from hand to mouth, eats potatoes and cabbage. Charlie loves chocolate very much, but only gets it once a year, one bar for his birthday, as a gift.

Eccentric chocolate magnate Mr. Willy Wonka, who has spent ten years in reclusion in his factory, announces that he wants to arrange a drawing of five golden tickets that will allow five children to visit his factory. After the tour, each of them will receive a lifetime supply of chocolate, and one will be awarded some special prize.

The lucky ones who found five tickets hidden under a chocolate wrapper were:

August Gloop- a greedy and gluttonous boy, "food is his favorite pastime";
Veruca(Veruca) Salt(Eng. Veruca Salt) - a spoiled girl from the family of the owner of a nut processing factory, used to having all her demands immediately fulfilled;
Violetta Beaurigard(Beurgard) - a girl who constantly chews gum, set a world record - chews one chewing gum for three months;
Mike Teavee- a boy who watches TV from morning to night.
Charlie Bucket is the main character of this story.

In addition to children, their parents participate in the tour of the factory: each child came with his mother and father, except for Charlie, who is accompanied by his grandfather Joe. In the process of visiting the factory, all the children, except for Charlie, ignore Wonka's warnings and become victims of their own vices, taking turns in various situations that force them to leave the factory.

At the end, only Charlie remains, who gets the main prize - he becomes the assistant and heir to Mr. Willy Wonka. The rest of the children receive the promised lifetime supply of chocolate.

Chocolate factory premises

chocolate shop

The workshop is a valley in which everything is edible and sweet: grass, bushes, trees. A river of liquid chocolate of the highest quality flows through the valley, which is mixed and whipped with the help of a “waterfall”. In the chocolate shop, the company loses August Gloop: ignoring Mr. Wonka's warnings, he greedily drinks chocolate, leans over from the bank, slides into the river and almost drowns, but is sucked into one of the glass pipes through which chocolate is distributed throughout the factory.

Oompa-Loompas

In the chocolate shop, the heroes first meet the Oompa-Loompas: little men, no taller than the knee, who work in a factory. Mr. Wonka brought them from a certain country of Umplandia, where they lived in tree houses, under extremely difficult conditions, hunted by predators, forced to eat disgusting green caterpillars, while their favorite food is cocoa beans, which they now receive in unlimited quantities. at Wonka's factory.

The Oompa-Loompas are the only workers in the factory. Wonka does not hire ordinary people, as he has encountered the fact that many of the human workers were engaged in industrial espionage and sold Wonka's secrets to competing confectioners.

Oompa-Loompas are very fond of singing and dancing, after each incident they sing songs in which they ridicule the shortcomings of a child who got into trouble through his own fault.

Workshop of inventions

The research lab and experimental production is Mr. Wonka's favorite brainchild. New sweets are being developed here: perpetual lollipops (lollipops that you can suck for a year or more and they will not disappear), hairy toffee (those who eat such toffee begin to grow thick hair on their heads, mustaches and beards) and Wonka's pride - chewing gum -dinner. The chewer of this gum feels like he is eating a three-course meal, while he is satiated, as if he really ate lunch.

Before starting to inspect the Invention Workshop, Wonka warned the children and parents to be careful not to touch anything in the laboratory. However, Violetta Beaurigard, despite the warning cries of the confectioner, grabs the experimental chewing gum-lunch and begins to chew it. Unfortunately for Violetta, the gum isn't finished yet, and the dessert part of the gum, the blueberry cream pie, causes a side effect: Violetta swells up and looks like a giant blueberry. The Oompa-Loompas take her to another workshop to squeeze blueberry juice out of her.

Smiling candies (square peepers)

Traveling through the factory, the sightseers get to the workshop where smiling sweets (or square peepers) are prepared - sweets with live faces. In the English original, they are called, which can be understood as "square sweets that look around" and as "square sweets that look round." This ambiguity leads to a rather heated argument between Mr. Wonka and Veruca Salt: Veruca argued that "candies are square and look like squares", Wonka argued that candies really "stare around."

Nut shop

In this workshop, trained squirrels sort nuts: good ones go to production, bad ones go to the garbage chute.

Veruca Salt begins to demand that one of the scientist squirrels be immediately bought for her, but this is impossible - Mr. Wonka does not sell his squirrels. Veruca, despite Wonka's prohibition, tries to catch one of the squirrels with her own hands, and this ends in failure for her: the squirrels pile on her and throw them into the garbage chute, and then the squirrels push Veruca's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Salt, into the garbage chute.

TV chocolate shop

The heroes get to the Telechocolate Shop with the help of a "large glass elevator", which in its essence is not an elevator, but an aircraft capable of moving freely in any direction. Wonka's latest invention, television chocolate, is being tested in this workshop. Wonka developed a way to transmit chocolate over a distance, similar to how television signals are transmitted over a distance. The chocolate transmitted in this way is received by an ordinary TV, it can be taken from the screen and eaten. During the transfer process, the chocolate is greatly reduced in size, therefore, in order to get a regular-sized bar, the chocolate bar being sent must be huge.

Mike Teavee, wishing to become the world's first person to be televised on chocolate television, steps under a television chocolate camera, makes a journey and finds himself on a television screen. He is alive and well, but has shrunk in the course of the journey, his height is no more than an inch, and he runs in the palm of his mother. In order to return the boy to normal size, Mike has to be sent to the chewing gum test shop for stretching on a special machine.

Other workshops of the factory

The story mentions more than twenty-five other workshops and laboratories of the factory, which the excursionists did not visit. In most cases, these are just signs with the name of unusual treats, such as "Colorful dragee to spit with all the colors of the rainbow" or "Lollipop-sucking pencils." Sometimes Mr. Wonka tells a story related to his inventions. For example, he talked about how one of the Oompa-Loompas drank a "fizzy lifting drink" that lifts a person into the air and flew off in an unknown direction. To land on the ground, he had to burp the "lifting gas" contained in the drink, but the Oompa-Loompa did not.

Journey's end

For Charlie, the journey through the factory ends happily. He becomes Mr. Wonka's assistant and heir, and all his relatives, six people, move from a poor house to a chocolate factory.

Other children receive the promised provision of chocolate. But many of them suffered greatly as a result of accidents that happened to them at the factory. Violetta Beaurigard managed to squeeze out the juice (as a result of which she became so flexible that she even moves acrobatically), but her face remained purple. Mike Teavee was overstretched, and now he is as thin as a match, and his height after stretching is at least three meters. Fat August Gloop and the Salt family suffered less: the former only lost weight, and the Salts got dirty while traveling through the garbage chute. Characteristically, Mr. Wonka does not show the slightest regret about what happened to naughty children: apparently, this even amuses him.