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Chapter 29
Settings: Glass lift - gates of factory -
Characters: Mr. Willy Wonka Grandpa Joe Charlie Augustus Gloop Mike Teavee
Veruca Salt Miss Violet Beauregarde
Summary: the story, in this chapter, starts with Charlie and his grandpa in the glass lift with Mr. Wonka. Suddenly the lift stopped just in front of the factory’s entrance.
So Charlie could see Augustus Gloop getting into the first truck with his mother and father and Violet Beauregarde that, after the de-juice, was purple in the face. There were also Veruca Salt and his family. They were completely covered with rubbish. The last component of this company was Mike Teavee. The latter was tall and thin as a basketball player. As Charlie finished admiring the funny scene, Mr. Wonk pushed a bottom and the lift started flying in the
sky.
Personal comments: this chapter introduces the end of the book and, at the same time, leaves us with a sort of suspense. Whit this chapter, the author conceals a teaching of life: only good persons could go straight in the life’s walk… This is one of the aspects that makes this book so interesting.
In fact, through a mask of irony, Roald Dhall criticizes some human behavior as the voracity and the incapacity to listen to the others.
Relevant quotation: - 'Nonsense,' said Mr Wonka, 'he's very lucky. Every basketball team in the country will be trying to get him. But now,' he added, 'it is time we left these four silly children. I have something very important to talk to you about, mydear Charlie.' –
This is the quotation I considered the most important in the 29th chapter. I do this because I see this sentence as the key that opens the door to the rest of the story. In fact, through it, we can feel the suspense that invades our mind and, at the same time, the desire to know the end of the story growing up in our heart.
Chapter 30
Settings: the great glass lift, the sky below Charlie’s
city, Charlie’s house
Characters: Charlie, Willy Wonka, Grandpa Joe and all the
other grandparents, Charlie’s parents
Summary: Charlie is the only child remaining. During his
travel on the great glass lift Willy Wonka tells him an amazing
piece of news: he will be his heir. Suddenly this news crashes
on Charlie and grandpa Joe that can’t believe in what Mr Wonka
is telling them. But Charlie can’t accept this proposal because
he knows that, even if Mr. Wonka wants to bring with him not
only Charlie but all his family as well, surely his grandparents
won’t come with them because of their weaknesses. No problem: Mr
Willy Wonka, with the help of grandpa Joe, “convinces” the other
old persons to go with him and, from that moment on, Charlie and
his family will live in the chocolate factory helping Mr. Wonka
and his workers make the most delicious and amazing sweets in
the whole world!
Personal comments: this last chapter is really beautiful
but also sad: I mean, for a person like me that has become a
Charlie and the chocolate factory- addicted, this is the end of
a dependence and coming back to the normal life won’t be easy
(I’m joking, don’t worry). Anyway, even if the happy ending is a
bit obvious, the situation the author creates is really funny
and makes this happy ending really ….HAPPY!
Relevant quotation: 'You see, my dear boy, I have decided
to make you a present of the whole place. As soon as you are old
enough to run it, the entire factory will become yours.' Why
choose this sentence? Simple, because this sentence has changed
Charlie’s life and, all the readers will agree with me, it is
the only thing we were looking forward from the beginning of the
book!
by Stefano and Cecilia
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