Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Social Concerns/Themes
The principal controversy over Charlie and the Chocolate Factory focuses on the Oompa-Loompas, a seemingly cheerful tribe from an ill-defined part of the world called Loompaland. There, they hide in tree houses, afraid of being eaten by hornswogglers, snozzwangers, and whangdoodles. They are half-starved when Willy Wonka finds them and brings them to work in his chocolate factory. They are a cheerful people who seem quite happy on their diet of chocolate, but some critics object to the way they are treated. For instance, in one scene, Oompa-Loompas row a boat on a river of chocolate, as...
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