The myth of King Midas, who loved gold above all things, targets greed as its main theme, while The Chocolate Touch highlights another of the Seven Deadly Sins, gluttony. Both stories deal with self-centeredness versus compassion, though The Chocolate Touch does so in a manner accessible to children.

He found a rare gold coin. 6. The doctor gave it to him to make up for the vitamins he doesn’t get because he doesn’t eat the right foods.

When he goes to band practice, his trumpet turns to chocolate. John comes home crying after a party, and his father takes him to the doctor who says there is no cure for his chocolatitis. John runs back to the store, and the curse is finally lifted.

He found a silver coin with his name on it. He paid for the chocolate with his coin.

John Midas

The Chocolate Touch is a 1994 comedy film written and directed by Elliot Strange, based on the book of the same name by Patrick Skene Catling. The film notably took liberties, such as the inclusion of a foil to John Midas and equal attention being given to the candy shopkeeper who gets the story going.

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Patrick Skene Catling

The first setting of The Chocolate Touch takes place in John’s house when his parents are trying to get him to eat healthy food. Another setting in this book is on the street where John finds the coin and where he goes into the candy store that he buys the magical chocolate box.

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Why did John’s parents take him to the doctor’s office? His mother saw red bumps on his nose. His father saw him get sick. His mother was worried that he had a concussion.

Midas react when Mary told on John for eating the toothpaste? She got mad and sent John to his room. She scolded Mary for telling on him. She thought Mary was telling a story.

What did John do in hopes of not turning food into chocolate? Cut his food up with his knife.

One side had the initials JM and the other side was a picture of a fat boy. Describe what John found when he opened his box of chocolates. He was disappointed because he only found 1 small piece of chocolate in the whole box.

What was strange about the coin John found on the street? The coin was strange because it looked like a quarter but on one side there was a picture of a fat boy, and the other side had the initials J.M., the same as John’s initials. 5. Describe what John found when he opened his box of chocolates.

2. When the chocolate store reappeared what was unusual about its windows? When the chocolate store reappeared it had all of the items that John had turned to chocolate hanging in its windows.

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Then one day, John finds a strange coin on the sidewalk and uses it to buy a box of chocolate at a mysterious new candy store. Suddenly, everything John’s lips touch turns to chocolate!…The Chocolate Touch.

Plant owner Alfred “Sugar” Cane recognizes Henry’s illness and explains that the only way to cure chocolate fever is by eating the opposite of chocolate: vanilla.