Charlie and the Chocolate Factory chapter 7+8

1. CHARLIE AND THE
CHOCOLATE FACTORY
Roald Dahl

2. CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
CHAPTER 7 :
CHARLIE'S BIRTHDAY
SUMMARY

3. Summary
◦ It's the next morning, and Charlie
has just come into his
grandparents' room with his annual
birthday candy bar. His family waits
eagerly for him to open it, but
Charlie is reluctant, fearing the
disappointment that's almost
certainly in store. Everyone tries to
cheer him up in advance. The odds
are incredibly small. The candy will
still taste good. Still, they—like
Charlie—know the chance is there
...

4. Summary
◦ Charlie tears off a small corner of
the paper, then quickly rips it
down the middle. A plain, ticket-
less chocolate bar falls into his
lap. Charlie smiles sadly and
offers his family a bite. "I want
everybody to taste it." But his
elders refuse, and his mother
sends her disappointed son to
school.

5. CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
CHAPTER 8 :
TWO MORE GOLDEN TICKETS FOUND
SUMMARY

6. Summary
◦When Mr. Bucket comes home from work
on the night of Charlie's birthday, he
brings news that the third and fourth
Golden Tickets have been found. The
third was found by a girl named Violet
Beauregarde. Violet's passion is gum,
which she chews nonstop. She took time
off gum-chewing to buy Wonka candy
bars, but as soon as she found the ticket,
she went back to gum.

7. Summary
◦ The fourth ticket-finder is nine-
year-old Mike Teavee, a toy-
pistol-toting TV addict. Mike
won't stop watching television
long enough to tell reporters how
he found the ticket. Instead, he
orders them to stop interrupting
his show, every now and then
firing one of his pistols into the
air.

8. Summary
◦ Once again, Charlie's grandparents are disgusted
by the behavior of the latest winners, and both
children do seem loathsome. Violet likes to stick
used gum onto elevator buttons; Mike dreams of
being a gangster so he could shoot and stab
people all day long. It certainly seems as if the four
Golden Ticket winners are an undeserving bunch.
And now there's only one chance left.

9. CHAPTER 7+8
QUESTIONS

10. 1. AS CHARLIE OPENED HIS CANDY BAR,
HIS PARENTS HOPED THERE MIGHT BE A
GOLDEN TICKET INSIDE. WHY DID THEY
PRETEND TO BE VERY CALM?
The adults pretended to be calm to not show their disappointment, and make
little charlie sad.

11. WHAT WAS VIOLET’S
MOST PRIZED
POSSESSION?
A piece of chewing gum that she’s been chewing for 3 months straight.