Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

This is a story about chocolate. Charlie, a poor, skinny boy, who lived in a shabby house of some nails and boards, had few chance of getting his favorite chocolate. His family was so poor that they could only afford cabbages and potatoes as their daily staple food. They could not buy him any chocolate, except one bar on his birthday, once a year.

One day, the greatest chocolate maker in the world, Willy Wonka, declared that he was to invite five kids to his factory which was never open to the world before, by sending out five golden tickets in his Wonka chocolate bars. Four lucky children with affluent family but nasty characters gotten the golden tickets, the world was waiting for the last winner. It turned out that Charlie Bucket had found the last ticket! An amazing and exciting trip beckoned Charlie, as well as the four other kids. What would be waiting for them in this wonderful and mysterious chocolate factory? Mr. Wonka would be glad to take you to see…

《查理和巧克力工厂》一直是我很喜欢的一个儿童读物。我先接触到了电影，整个电影十分梦幻，造景非常有童话的意味。

整个故事其实情节十分简单，也就是穷苦的孩子查理，凭着他守规矩听话的本分，竟然意外得到了威利·旺卡的巧克力工厂，其他的孩子都因为各种原因被淘汰掉了。书的主题感觉只是达尔老爷子在教育孩子要懂事听话才有奖励，不然就会遭到各种惩罚。

懂事听话固然是好事。但是仔细一想，从儿童的教育层面来讲，对其他四个坏小孩的惩罚未免有点暗黑。奥古斯塔贪喝巧克力河水，被吸进了玻璃管；维鲁卡任性无端，只要旺卡的松鼠当作宠物，一家三口被松鼠推进了洞里；维奥莉特疯狂沉迷口香糖，结果自己变成了紫色的怪物。迈克被电视传送，被压成了纸片人。其实仔细看看，达尔先生对熊孩子的惩罚还是很重的。不过作为未来教育者的我们，无论是老师或者是父母，应该认真思考如何评判一个孩子的性格是否合理。

其实在现在情况看来，我并不敢苟同查理的这种性格，也就是老实守规矩本分就是最后的赢家。其他的孩子其实也很有特色。尤其是迈克，他爱看电视，整个人表现出浓浓科幻迷的感觉，甚至可以感觉到他的科学天赋。

之前看这部影片，我单纯认为查理是一个好孩子，应该得到他应有的奖励，但是现在再来看应该思考一下，作者所推崇的老实守规矩是否是教育的良好的模范。不过一点共识：好运总是垂青心地善良的人。

但是电影拍摄还是很不错，制作精良，在视觉效果上能打动人。

巧克力工厂确实是个造梦的地方，因为糖能带给人快乐。