Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964) is one of my favorite childhood book's. Packed full off treats, sweets and an exciting adventure!  Poor Charlie Buckett lives in a house that is falling down and all the family can afford to eat is watery, cabbage soup. Not my idea of a treat! And it clearly isn't Charlie's either!

Charlie longs for chocolate, he's tired of cabbage. This is evidently clear by the use of ellipses and capitals of 'CHOCOLATE'. Charlie doesn't think of much else and chocolate is one of his favourite things. However his family can only afford to buy him one chocolate bar a year, on his birthday.

This is a  recipe for cabbage soup:

The soup looks pretty gross in my opinion! Dull and soggy.

However as the story moves on and Charlie wins the golden ticket and goes to the factory there is a lot more description of magical foods and delights in Willy Wonka's factory.

Charlie listing all the wonderful things he has seen displays his excitement and disbelief. He is experiencing things he never thought he could, even in his wildest dreams! There is huge contrast to his life before and his life now. 

I went to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in theatre with my boyfriend and it was BRILLIANT! The whole theatre was full of children, obviously they love Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as much as I do. The theatre production captured the essence of the book perfectly and a lot of the scenes were even better than I imagined, like Augustus and the chocolate fountain and Violet turning into the blueberry, I wish you were allowed to take pictures!