Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

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Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Mind Map: Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

1. 1. The book as an object

1.1. Layout: The title is at the middle, with an illustration of Charlie and Willy Wonka, the name of the author is at the tag line.

1.1.1. Outlook: Easy to read, short and funny

1.2. https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/CharlieAndTheGlassElevator_1541.JPG https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6687.Charlie_and_the_Great_Glass_Elevator

1.3. 1972

2. 2. The author: Roald Dahl

2.1. Short Biography

2.1.1. Born: September 13, 1916 Death: November 13, 1990

2.1.2. Wrote several books for children

2.1.3. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

2.1.4. Fairy tales

2.2. Other importants books:

2.3. James and the Giant Peach, 1961

2.4. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 1964

2.5. Fantastic Mr. Fox, 1970

3. 3.The contents

3.1. Science fantasy and children's novel

3.2. The story takes place out of the chocolate factory, into a elevator which took Mr.Wonka, Charlie and his family into the space.

3.3. Plot diagram

3.3.1. Mr.Wonka and Charlie's family let off, inside the glass elevator

3.3.2. The elevator is shot into space

3.3.3. They enter into a Space Hotel, where they are chased by monsters called knids

3.3.4. The family, returns to the chocolate factory saving in their way three astronauts from the Knids

3.3.5. They receive a invitatiom from the President to the White house as a thanks for saving the astrounats

3.4. The characters

3.4.1. Protagonists: Willy Wonka and Charlie

3.4.1.1. Antagonists: The Vermicious Knids and President

3.4.2. Round and flat characters: Mr. and Mrs. Bucket, Grandpa Joe and Grandma Josephine, Grandpa George and Grandma Georgina. ""Do please stop talking and let me concentrate" Mr. Wonka said."

3.4.3. Stock characters: The president "Could you please bring me a few wonka fudgemallow delights"-The president p.155

4. Learnt: Our imagination has no limit

5. 4.The meaning

5.1. Title meaning: A big part of the story takes place in a glass elevator

5.2. Author style: Children's litterature

5.2.1. Narrative technique: Even if the story is narrated at 3rd person we don't know the thoughts of the characters, just their feelings "... even Charlie began to feel a trifle nervous."

5.2.2. Tone: Playful "he was now a slim and sprightly young Oompa-Loompa of thirty[...] he gave whoop of joy and started dancing around the room..." p.97

5.2.3. Type of language: Casual ""Fire your rockets, you idiot, and make a reentry!" shouted the president" p.73

6. 5. My personal opinion

6.1. I would recommend because: it's out of the communs novels, it's funny, it's the sequel of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"

7. 6. My work ressources

7.1. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator - Roald Dahl

7.2. Stock character - Wikipedia

7.3. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator Literary Elements

8. Antonella Giammattei