3. Introduction

"The Invention of Vita-Wonk" is an excerpt taken from a novel called "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator" written by Roald Dahl. It is a sequel to his book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". In this first novel, Dahl addresses the issue of poverty by mixing it with themes such as kindness and empathy. The novel has Charlie Bucket, a young boy, as its protagonist. Charlie hails from a poor family that comprises his parents and four grandparents. The town has a chocolate factory that is owned by Willy-Wonka. Charlie wins a golden ticket to visit the factory along with four other kids. The factory turns out to be magical, where the rest of the kids behave in a self-centred manner and are punished. Wonka finally rewards the factory to Charlie for being kind and empathetic. The novel ends with Charlie and his family boarding a glass elevator to own the factory.

 

The sequel "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator" picks up from this, as the flying elevator accidentally goes into orbit. Wonka takes them into a Space hotel. They are mistaken as space invaders. The place is ruled by dangerous alien monsters named Vermicious Knids. Wonka and Charlie engage in rescuing a certain group of astronauts from the Knids. Charlie's three grandparents refuse to move out of their bed during the process. To rejuvenate them, Wonka makes the Wonka-Vite. But they take more than \(3\) pills instead of one, which makes two of them babies and the other one vanish as she goes to stage-2. In order to bring them back, Wonka makes a reverse potion named Vita-Wonk. The lesson deals with this one episode of Willy Wonka making Vita-Wonk, to bring the grandparents back to normal.