Charlie And The Chocolate Factory Thesis

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a movie that focuses on a young boy named Charlie Bucket and his adventure through Mr. Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. Willy Wonka is the owner of the largest chocolate factory in town, and decides to open his gates to five lucky children. In order to enter the chocolate factory, the children must find one of the five golden tickets hidden inside of Willy Wonka’s famous chocolate bars. Charlie along with four other children find the winning tickets and are allowed to enter the factory with one adult. Charlie’s parents are hesitant about going because they have work, so Charlie and his grandfather plan to persuade his parents together to let his grandfather go. Once inside the factory, Willy Wonka tells …show more content…
As the day goes by, the children dwindle off and are removed from the factory for not following the rules; the winner becomes Charlie Bucket.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory showcased numerous parent and child interactions. Between Charlie and his father, his father was an active father, went to work and came back showed interest in his explorations, covers his ears when his grandfather swears. Charlie’s grandfather and Charlie had more of a relaxed and carefree relationship, where his grandfather let Charlie explore in the factory and float where it may not be safe. His grandfather was the main factor encouraging Charlie to seek out a golden ticket. The other families that were showcased in the movie were the ones of the other golden ticket finders. Augustus and his mother for instance had an indulgent relationship where his mother did not care and Augustus ate
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I think this assignment allowed for me to apply class concepts to a realistic situation, which reinforces the ideas we have learned. When I think about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory being used as a discussion starter, I would ask the intended audience what the general theme was in the movie, specifically when looking at parent child interactions. I would use this as an opportunity to discuss the impacts of indulgent parenting and how it can occur with numerous parenting styles. I would then ask my intended audience if they felt that money impacted the parent child relationships in the movie. We could then examine the effects of living in wealth and poverty, using this as a discussion to show that money does not directly influence the parenting style or child outcomes. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory could be helpful for supporting parent learning in many