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Apart from the fact there were several books about the same story and so you can suppose it is an important one, maybe the title rang the bell.

It is “The Importance of being Ernest”, and its author is Oscar Wilde. The double sense which is used in the title gives an idea about the subject of the play and this words game is unique. So, the author emphasized sarcastically the different characters and how Jack and Argy tried to avoid their unwelcome responsibilities and conquer the love of Gwendoline and Cecily respectively. With a theatre comedy like this, Oscar Wilde is trying to get across to the reader a funny description about the hypocrisy of English society in Victorian era.

My favourite character is one of the main ones: Jack takes the identity of Earnest because he knows that Gwendoline is in love with that name.

The characters may seem quite real and believable because they represent some typical behaviours even in our society nowadays.

The course of the story evolves into an amazing mess, which is typical in many comedies like this one.

Of course I would recommend it. I think this theatre play is one of the best works written by Oscar Wilde, and it can be considered an English Literature masterpiece.

Manuel C. Lázaro

The reason why I chose “Bridget Jone’s Diary” was I had seen its film some years ago and I found it quite funny and romantic.

As I started to read this book, it gave me a nice first impression. The introduction is original and unexpected. Bridget starts to write this diary because she wants to record her New Year’s resolutions: not smoking, being more confident, improving her career, lose weight… She wants to achieve lots of goals. For this reason, everyday she writes down how many cigarettes she has smoked, what is her weight and how much alcohol she has drunk. But, suddenly the story turns into a romantic comedy…

In my opinion, “Bridget Jone’s Diary” could be considered an ironic sight or a satire of modern love relationships. The author tries to emphasize the comic side of relationships and the importance of having a positive opinion about them.

My favourite character is Bridget Jones. I would describe her as a lovable loser. She is a thirty-something spinster, unattractive, who has a disastrous sentimental life. For this reason her lifestyle is absolutely unhealthy; she usually smokes and gets pissed. Bridget doesn’t set a good example, but she is unique and funny. She seems real because of the way she acts, what I really love about her is how she copes with all the unexpected situations she had along the story.

The two other main characters who get involved in the story are Mark Darcy and Daniel Cleve. Mark is a famous rich lawyer who seems to be unfriendly at first, but finally he becomes Bridget’s boyfriend. On the other hand, Daniel, Bridget’s boss, seems to be the perfect lover, but he evolves and is said to be a womanizer.

I would recommend you this book if you want to have fun and, what is more, if you need a different point of view about love relationships.

“Charlie and the chocolate factory” is set in a chocolate factory, Willy Wonka’s factory. It isn’t known the city or the place where the factory is. This factory is very special because it has Ompaa-Loompas instead of workers and chocolate is not made in a traditional way.

The author tries to show how the social class influences the behaviour of some people. Charlie and his family are poor but the other four children have a higher social class and they are self-centred, mean and they have always what they want. In the end only Charlie wins the prize and the four children are given a lesson by Wonka’s factory. So I think that the author wants to criticise this behaviour and this kind of people.  

My favourite character is Willy Wonka because he doesn’t care what people say about him and he lives in his own world. Moreover, he makes the book funny and entertaining. He was also the character that made me learn new vocabulary such as “dumbfounded” or “flabbergasted”. I don’t know people like Willy Wonka and I think there’s no one like him, however, the children and their parents are a good example that show the bad behaviour that children have nowadays. Parents don’t know how to bring up their children because they think that punishment is the wrong way; and because of that, their children are self-centred and mean.

The characters don’t change in the story, they represent a role until the end of the story, and it doesn’t change. I would recommend it to people who like fantasy. I think that the book is funny and original. I prefer the book than the film because with the book you can imagine the story, the factory although in my opinion Johnny Depp plays a very good role in the film.