2. CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE
FACTORY
CHAPTER 5 : THE GOLDEN TICKETS
SUMMARY
3. Summary
◦ Mr. Bucket excitedly reads the
newspaper article aloud. Willy
Wonka has decided to allow five
children to visit his factory. He
will give those five a tour of the
factory and show them all its
"secrets and magic." At the end
of the tour all five winners will be
given lifetime supplies of
chocolate and candy.
4. Summary
◦ Golden Tickets have
been placed in five
random chocolate
bars, which may be
"in any shop in any
street in any town in
any country in the
world," anywhere
that Wonka's candies
are sold.
5. Summary
◦ Grandpa Joe is elated. Wouldn't
it be wonderful if Charlie found
one of the tickets? Sadly, Charlie
says there isn't a hope. But
Grandma Georgina reminds him
his birthday is next week. He'll
get a chocolate bar then.
6. Analysis
Here's another chapter that's studded
with fairy-tale touches: golden tickets, a
lifelong supply of candy, only five
children will be chosen, and those five
could live anywhere in the world. It's
true: Charlie doesn't have a hope. The
odds against him are overwhelming.
7. Analysis
◦ It's a touching sign of Charlie's sweetly
melancholic nature that he himself
realizes he has no chance of finding a
ticket. At this moment he seems more
mature than his grandparents—a sad
detail. Luckily, Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory is a fairy tale, if a
modern one. Charlie won't have to be
sad, and the reader won't be kept in
suspense, for very long.
8. Analysis
◦ Mr. Wonka is comically self-important. Here he
calls himself "the candy-making genius whom
nobody has seen for the last ten years." Other
hints at his vanity will surface throughout the book,
but they'll always be good-natured. After all, he's
worth it—especially from a child's perspective.
10. “The man’s dotty!’ muttered Grandma Josephine. ‘He’s
brilliant!’ cried Grandpa Joe. ‘He’s a magician! Just
imagine what will happen now! The whole world will
be searching for those Golden Tickets.”
The grandparents have differing opinions. The grandmothers think he is crazy. But
grandpa Joe thinks he is a genius.
What does the grandparents think of Willy Wonka?
12. What would
each child, who
found a Golden
Ticket, receive?
◦ The lucky five will be shown
around personally by Mr.
Wonka, and they will be allowed
to see all the secrets and the
magic of the factory. Then, at
the end of the tour, as a special
present, all of them will be given
enough chocolates and sweets
to last them for the rest of their
lives
13. 2. Why might
this prize be
especially
important to
Charlie?
◦Because Charlie was
always very hungry. So
having a lifetime supply
of candy means he
would never be hungry
again.
14. 3. Why did
Grandpa
George say,
“There isn’t a
hope.”?
◦Grandpa George was
being realistic. The
whole world wanted a
golden ticker. Charlie
would only have 1
chance and that
wouldn’t be enough.
