"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
Character List
Mr. Willy Wonka - The eccentric owner of the Wonka chocolate factory. He is old but filled with energy. He is physically small, but his persona is larger than life. He is also both charming and insensitive. He was resentful for many years with his father, and then Charlie helped to solve it.
Charlie Bucket - The protagonist of the novel. Charlie is modest and respectful toward everyone in his life. Even though he has every reason to complain, he never does. Charlie is exactly the kind of child that Mr. Wonka wants.
Grandpa Joe - Charlie’s paternal grandfather. Grandpa Joe spends all his time in bed with the other three Bucket grandparents. He is extremely imaginative and fun loving. He realizes a return of his childish energy when Charlie finds the golden ticket. Grandpa Joe is kind and loving and also sensible. He is Charlie’s greatest friend and confidant.
Augustus Gloop - A fat boy who loves nothing but eating. Augustus is rude and disobedient in his never-ending quest to fill his own face.
Veruca Salt - A spoiled . Veruca demands anything she wants and throws irritability until her parents meet her demands. She is mean and completely self-involved, and her parents always consent to her wishes.
Violet Beauregarde - An passionate gum chewer. Violet’s attempt to beat a gum-chewing record completely consumes her.
Mike Teavee - A boy who cares only for television. The more guns and violence on a show, the more Mike likes it.
The Oompa-Loompas - Fun-loving small persons from Loompaland.. They enjoy dancing, beating drums, and singing songs about what happens to bad children.
Mr. Willy Wonka - The eccentric owner of the Wonka chocolate factory. He is old but filled with energy. He is physically small, but his persona is larger than life. He is also both charming and insensitive. He was resentful for many years with his father, and then Charlie helped to solve it.
Charlie Bucket - The protagonist of the novel. Charlie is modest and respectful toward everyone in his life. Even though he has every reason to complain, he never does. Charlie is exactly the kind of child that Mr. Wonka wants.
Grandpa Joe - Charlie’s paternal grandfather. Grandpa Joe spends all his time in bed with the other three Bucket grandparents. He is extremely imaginative and fun loving. He realizes a return of his childish energy when Charlie finds the golden ticket. Grandpa Joe is kind and loving and also sensible. He is Charlie’s greatest friend and confidant.
Augustus Gloop - A fat boy who loves nothing but eating. Augustus is rude and disobedient in his never-ending quest to fill his own face.
Veruca Salt - A spoiled . Veruca demands anything she wants and throws irritability until her parents meet her demands. She is mean and completely self-involved, and her parents always consent to her wishes.
Violet Beauregarde - An passionate gum chewer. Violet’s attempt to beat a gum-chewing record completely consumes her.
Mike Teavee - A boy who cares only for television. The more guns and violence on a show, the more Mike likes it.
The Oompa-Loompas - Fun-loving small persons from Loompaland.. They enjoy dancing, beating drums, and singing songs about what happens to bad children.
The play tries to warn against the excesses of a permissive educational system and family that the youth has gone wrong until they were useless creatures and rebels. If parents do not pay attention about the waste time that children have with television, computers, video games would destroy the traditional values and family order. By contrast, Charlie Bucket, a boy who comes from a medium in which only the hardships abound-is a model of solidarity and respect for the rules of the adult world. Who is to blame for the poor education our children receive, parents, church or society???
