Wonka helps him into the mold and gets distracted. So Charlie ends up in the Easter Room, where there are life-size candy molds of creatures, and one of these life-size molds is shaped like a chocolate boy. And of course Charlie Bucket - who in this version is a black boy, and is accompanied by his two doting parents.
There’s Veruca Salt, but also Marvin Prune and Miranda Piker. There are two more children, and some of the names are different: Augustus Gloop was Augustus Pottle. So he decides instead of letting hundreds of children in, he’ll give seven golden tickets. The setup is similar to “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”: There’s this magical chocolate factory, and its owner, Willie Wonka, is being inundated by children who want to visit it. But what was in the draft, called “Charlie’s Chocolate Boy”? Catherine Keyser, an associate professor of English at the University of South Carolina who has written about “Charlie’s Chocolate Boy,” spoke with Maria Russo about that discarded version of the classic story.Ĭan you give a brief rundown of the plot of “Charlie’s Chocolate Boy”? Dahl called it “a shame” that his agent persuaded her husband to make Charlie white. Romans, nouvelles, etc.Last week, Roald Dahl’s widow, Felicity Dahl, told the BBC that the children’s author had written an early draft of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” in which Charlie Bucket was black. Wonka's orders? That, dear reader, is the substance of this uproarious morality tale by the world-renowned storyteller, Roald Dahl.Ĭhildren's Middle Grade Action & Adventure Books, Willy Wonka? What happens when they pass through the big factory doors? What happens when they come upon the unknown factory workers who throw very tiny shadows on the windows and talk in rhyme? What happens when, one by one, the children disobey Mr.
What happens when these five children meet the famous Mr. Mike Teavee-a smart aleck who was addicted to television,Ĭharlie Bucket-Our Hero, who was honest, obedient, loyal, trustworthy, brave, good, kind, and starving. Violet Beauregarde-the world's champion gum chewer who was destined for a sticky end, Veruca Salt-a spoiled little rich girl who screamed until she was bought her heart's latest delight, And those five children were:Īugustus Gloop-a fat pig of a boy who would eat anything he could get his hands and teeth on, The lucky five would get to see all the mysterious machinery in the factory where the world's most wonderful candy was made.
Five children-and only five-were going to be allowed into Mr.
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