Why does Mr. Wonka not want adults to inherit his factory?

Wonka assures him that he is not. He explains to Charlie that he is an old man and cannot go on forever. He is looking for a child like Charlie who will run the factory exactly the way he has always run it. He believes an adult would want to change things, and he does not want that.
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Did Charlie inherit the chocolate factory?

Charlie is congratulated as the only remaining child and Wonka takes him and Grandpa Joe home via the Great Glass Elevator. As soon as they arrive, Wonka is introduced to the Buckets and reveals the grand prize: Charlie is Wonka's heir to the factory and his company.
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Where will the bucket grandparents live when Charlie and inherits Mr. Wonka's factory?

Bucket that he won't need his house anymore. It takes a while, but eventually Grandpa Joe and Charlie are able to tell the family about their day—and that they're going to live in a chocolate factory. Grandma Josephine, Grandma Georgina, and Grandpa George refuse to go, so Mr.
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Why did Mr. Wonka order all the employees to leave the factory?

According to Grandpa Joe, this was because Mr. Wonka, the owner of the chocolate factory, had fired all his workers because he found some spies among them who stole his secret chocolate recipes. Because he didn't trust them anymore, Mr. Wonka let all the workers go and shut the factory.
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Why does Mr. Wonka decide to give the factory to Charlie?

Mr. Wonka decided to give away his factory because he is too old. Then he decides that Charlie is the one who will run the factory exactly the way he has always run it.
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Film Theory: Willy Wonka and the Golden Ticket SCAM! (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory)



Why does Mr. Wonka say he needs a child to run the factory?

He is looking for a child like Charlie who will run the factory exactly the way he has always run it. He believes an adult would want to change things, and he does not want that. Charlie immediately understands the idea behind the golden tickets. Mr.
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What's the story of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker. When Willy Wonka decides to let five children into his chocolate factory, he decides to release five golden tickets in five separate chocolate bars, causing complete mayhem.
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How many children and how many adults were visiting Mr. Wonka chocolate factory?

Mr. Wonka asks everyone to hang their coats on the pegs provided and follow him. He hustles the five children and nine adults along at a swift pace.
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What happens in chapter 15 of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

The Chocolate Room is beloved by Willy Wonka: it's the heart of his factory and it's beautiful, he says. And boy, is he right. In the room, there's a beautiful valley with a river running through it. Along the river, there is a marvelous waterfall, with dozens of glass pipes going into the river.
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What happens at the end of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

The film ends with the Bucket family's home, now transplanted into the factory's Chocolate Room, with Willy Wonka sitting down to dinner with Charlie and his family.
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What happened to Charlie Bucket in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

Peter Ostrum (Charlie Bucket)

After his starring role as Willy Wonka's Charlie Bucket, Ostrum decided the film industry “just wasn't for'' him. Instead, he pursued a degree in veterinary medicine and earned his doctorate from Cornell University in 1984.
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What was so mysterious about the newly opened factory?

What was so mysterious about the newly opened factory? No workers came in or out and there were shadows in the windows. How does Grandpa know that the spies were successful? They started selling Wonka's recipes in their factory's.
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Why did Wonka forgive Charlie?

The whole contest was set up for Charlie. if Charlie would fail and one of the other children won it, they would just get the candy. Only Charlie had the possibility of winning the factory. That's why Wonka apologizes to Charlie for putting him through all of it.
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What happens in chapter 16 of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

After a small scuffle with Mrs. Salt over the existence of Loompaland (the Oompa-Loompas' home country), Willy Wonka begins to tell the story of how he found them. Loompaland is a terrible place because of the snozzwangers and whangdoodles (stick with us for a second, you'll get used to it).
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How many children were invited to the chocolate factory?

On the day of the tour, Wonka welcomes the five children and their parents inside the factory, a wonderland of confectionery creations that defy logic.
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How old is Veruca Salt in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

In the original novel, Veruca is blonde and small-sized while in the movies she is brunette (2005 only, unlike 1971 where she is a dark blonde) and 12-years old.
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What does Wonka say in German?

Meine Damen und Herren: der Inventing Room". He even pronounces the German "r" correctly, and says "Inventing Room" with a proper German accent. The speech translates: "Ladies and gentlemen, please give me your attention. You now come into the most interesting room of my factory, the most secret room at the same time.
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What is the moral lesson of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

Punishment is used to underscore the moral code in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Good children are dutiful and respectful, whereas bad children are the opposite. It is not a bad child's fault that he is bad—his parents are largely to blame. However, bad children must be reformed through whatever means necessary.
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What is the main conflict in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

Major Conflict

The Bucket family's poverty makes it seem impossible for Charlie to get what he wants more than anything -- a Golden Ticket. After the children enter the factory, the conflict centers on which child will receive Wonka's ultimate prize, ownership of his factory.
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What did the Oompa-Loompas want children to do?

The Oompa-Loompas begin to sing once more about the dangers of sitting in front of the television set all day, and how children used to read instead before television. It tells parents to give their children books instead, and later each child will thank them for it.
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What does each child represent in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

I've watched this film many times, so I'm pretty sure that Augustus Gloop is Gluttony, Violet Beauregarde is Pride, Veruca Salt is Greed, Mike Teavee is Sloth, Charlie and his grandpa Joe are Lust and Envy respectively, and Willy Wonka himself is Wrath of course. They kind of live the Seven Deadly Sins.
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What happens in chapter 26 of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

In Chapter 26, the Teavee family and Grandpa Joe and Charlie enter the Television-Chocolate Room, which is all white and where Oompa-Loompas in strange suits are gravely working. Charlie feels uneasy and in danger, realizing that this is the first time the Oompa-Loompas are truly serious about their work.
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What was different about the elevator Mr. Wonka took the remaining few people in?

Mr. Wonka explains that the elevator can travel in any direction and that it is made entirely of glass to allow for full viewing. Grandpa Joe reacts in wonder.
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What did Grandpa Joe tell Charlie about Wonka's factory?

They're all old and tired and never get out of bed. When Charlie asks about Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, Grandpa Joe tells him lots of stories, including the one about Prince Pondicherry. He also tells Charlie about the spies, and those mysterious workers who never leave the factory.
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What did Mr. Wonka do when he came to the long flight of stairs?

Willy Wonka do when he reaches the long flight of stairs? He slides down the bannister.
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