Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Characters
Charlie Bucket is eight years old and poor. He lives with his parents and four grandparents in a small home. They seldom have much food to eat, and Charlie gets a chocolate bar only once a year, on his birthday. He loves chocolate and therefore is curious about the big, mysterious candy factory of Willy Wonka. Dahl presents just enough of Charlie's personality to make him a sympathetic figure, who bears his miseries well, attends school faithfully despite his constant hunger, and is loving toward his family — all good traits of a heroic figure.
Of Charlie's family only the...
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