Gobstoppers There are many similarities and differences between Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory“. In the book there were square candies that looked round unlike the movie that had exploding candies for enemies. Speaking of enemies, Charlie Bucket had none, but he did have a loving family and Charlie chose his grandpa Joe in the movie, in comparison to the book where he also chose grandpa Joe. In the movie his mom has a job and unlike the book where his dad works and not his mom. In the movie “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” the paddle boat is made out of wood dissimilar to the book where it’s made out of a pink candy.
In “Forged by Fire” by Sharon M. Draper, Gerald, the main character in the story, grows into a brave man. In the beginning, Gerald starts a fire in his mom’s apartment. Gerald gets scared from the flames, sounds, and heat that he goes behind the couch to hide from the fire. After the fire, Gerald lives with his aunt. On Geralds’s 9th birthday, Gerald’s mom came to the house with a sister for Gerald, but he doesn’t want to see neither of the two.
He sees himself with wealth because of his child's pride in him. Willy's children, Biff and Happy, embrace Willy's propensity for denying or controlling reality
An example of how he is not right for his time is “If that old man Wagner was alive I’d been in charge of New York by now. That man was a prince, he was a masterful man, But that boy of his, that Howard, he don’t appreciate.” (Miller, 4). This quote shows that while Willy could have been successful back in the day, he is not as useful as he use to be. His age has stopped his ability to adapt, which is why he is not as vital to the companies success as he once was when his friend was in charge.
Success is a nearly unmeasurable variable as to each individual it entails a different thing. For Willy Loman from Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller success was being the most loved and valued salesman, traveling the country from one open arm to the other. While for King Lear from King Lear by William Shakespeare success was the utter devotion and worship from his daughters and the kingdom. However, it is both their desire for success that leads to their downfall. King Lear and Willy Loman are both tragic figures and share many characteristics, but it is the difference in time that leads to their conflicting values and dissimilar downfalls.
Willy Loman was a troubled man who didn't have respect for his wife and degraded his children every chance he got when it came to their failures, especially with his son Biff. He only cared about achieving the American dream which he did not succeed because of all his problems that stood in his way. His constant obsession with achieving the American dream only made his family distance themselves from him more only due to the fact that he believed that achieving this would lead him to happiness and success. This also leads to the other major theme which is resilience. Willy came from a poor socioeconomic background and he is making all the efforts to pull himself out of his current situation through whatever he can do in hopes for something better that will make him feel like he's achieved his
“The man who makes an appearance in the business world, the man who creates personal interest, is the man who gets ahead” (33). In Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller uses foil characters to elucidate Willy’s flaws that ultimately prevent him and his family from succeeding. The contrast between Charley and Willy and Bernard and Biff serves to highlight how Willy’s obsession with achieving his version of the American Dream impacts both his life and his children’s. His poor values are passed on to his children producing even more failures. ¬¬¬¬Both Charley and Willy work as salesmen, however Charley represents what Willy desired to become – successful.
Willy too, like Troy, showcases similar characteristics to the father from “Those Winter Sundays”. The most prevalent being the extremely high work ethic. Willy for years has been a traveling salesman, driving long distances on a weekly basis in order to sustain his family. Also much like the father Willy rarely gets emotional, although uniquely to him, what emotions he does show usually seem like way too much or way too little for the given scenario. His dedication to his hard work is demonstrated when his wife, Linda, says, “He works for a company thirty-six years this March, opens up un-heard-of territories to their trademark, and now in his old age they take his salary away” (Miller).
While it is hard for Willy to be well liked there is one person throughout the entire play that he can count on and that would be Charley. Charley is Bernard’s father, but also someone who Willy can depend upon when needed. Charley has given Willy money numerous time, so that he can save him from the mortification of not being able to provide for his family. Charley also happens to be the only one who attends and pays his respects at Willy’s funeral. Having nobody there is a perfect example that Willy is not well liked and that he cannot live by the slogans he said all along.
Willy always found his dreams in someone else which is why his happiness never came. At first it was his father then it was his brother Ben, and then it was famous sales man Dave Singleman. He looked for others inside of himself which led to him not being satisfied. Dreams can not be rented or borrowed. Willy never realized this and in turn it caused his mental health to deteriorate even more than it already had.
Both Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory mirror the overall original storyline quite well; however, there are several subtle character differences and a multitude of dramatic film enhancements within the films that make each film stand on its own. Roald Dahl wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for children of all ages. The central plot was about Charlie Bucket and how his character throughout the story proved himself worthy of taking over Willy Wonka 's chocolate factory. In Willy Wonka (1971), the portrayal of Charlie as the main character remained; however, in Charlie (2005), the role of Willy Wonka was in the spotlight more than Charlie was. The titles for
However, pursuing this goal came with a price. Since he was highly motivated to becoming a successful salesman, he rarely stayed at home. Instead, he spent most of his time travelling around the country to conduct sales. He became a workaholic, forcing himself to make sacrifices in his family life in order to seek his own ambitions. Therefore, Willy’s perfectionistic ideals led to his demise.
Even when his neighbour Charley offers him a job with a salary, Willy declines because he is too proud to work for Charley. He rather blames his failure on the superficiality of the business world and fixates himself on the idea that personality, not hard work, is the key to accomplishment. Perhaps, this is because Willy is living in a world where the pursuit of the American Dream is a predominant part of people’s lives, and the materialistic pressures of the superficial were beginning to permeate its actual values. Under this particular pressure, Willy has been fighting his entire life to achieve "the dream," but unfortunately, no one ever explains to him what its true values are or how to really make it. Therefore, Willy manages his life based on his overwhelming sense of pride and ambition, and in this way, Miller seems to criticize the idea of compromising happiness for success-- even though Willy truly believes that happiness is achieved through success.
In Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, there is a thirty-two year old, intellectually disabled man, Charlie Gordon who undergoes an operation to increase his intelligence. Charlie works at Donner’s bakery and before the operation, Charlie is not treated very nicely by his peers at his job and even his family throughout his childhood. After the operation, he is able to realize how he was treated and what the situation looks like to “normal” people. Daniel Keyes wants to argue the treatment of disabled people compared to the “normal” people in society.
Virgil was Dante's spiritual guide and helped him get through Hell. By doing so Virgil acted as Dante's voice of reason, helping him understand what he did wrong and how to redeem himself. In Willy Wonka, Willy Wonka himself acted as Charlie's voice of reason. Wonka tested Charlie throughout the factory all the while guiding him through it. When Charlie failed a test he called him out on it and waited for Charlie to redeem himself.
