Veruca is not fair because she does not find it by herself. Grandpa Joe understands what Charlie feels, and then he gives him an understanding that parents, who spoil
their children just like Mr. Salt does to her daughter, will cause her daughter cannot face difficulties in the future. She may become a person who relays on
other in solving problems. It will be hard for her to become independent and responsible person.
4.1.9 Maintaining focus on achieving the highest goal
Parents suppose to help their children in determining goals and always support them to be focus and concentrate with their plans. Planning is one of important
thing to be arranged, hopefully it will help them to step the stairs of their success. 16 Violet
: I am gum chewer mostly, but when I heard about these ticket things, I laid off the gum, switched to
candy bars.
Mrs. Scarlett : She is just driven young women. I do not know
where she gets it. Datum 15 The first statement is said by Violet to the news reporters who interviewed her.
She explains to them how she gets the golden ticket. She is a girl who likes participating competition very much. She has won many trophies and medals form
many competitions. Now she is joining gum chewing championship. The bold sentence indicates that Violet wants to participate in gaining one of the golden
tickets. She decides to stop chewing for a while and focuses in obtaining the golden ticket. The second statement is said by Mrs. Scarlett, Violet’s mother. She
tells the news reporters what kind of child her daughter is. She will do anything to be the winner and would never give up until she gets what she wants. A good
thing that can be seen from Violet in getting the golden ticket is, she focused and
concentrated to get it. The dialogue below emphasized that maintaining focuses in achieving the highest goal is one of important things which should be had by
children.
17 Grandpa Joe: Charlie…my secret horded. You and I are going to have one more fling at finding that last ticket.
Charlie : You are sure you want to spend your money on that?
Datum21 The dialogue above is between Charlie and Grandpa. It takes place when they
heard that only one golden ticket left. The bold sentence indicates that grandpa gives support to Charlie to be focused in obtaining the last golden ticket which
hopefully can be the ticket to get the biggest prize promised by Willy Wonka.
4.1.10 Emerging self-confidence in achieving goal
