The five children that eventually found them were Augustus Gloop, Mike Teavee, Charlie Bucket, Veruca Salt and Violet Beauregarde. The search for them turned into a worldwide mania and each ticket find was a press sensation. The possibilities are endless making it all the more fascinating to dig behind the scenes of these characters mentality, and motives.A Golden Ticket as seen in the 2005 film.Ī Golden Ticket is the pass that allows the owner to get into Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory.įive Golden Tickets were hidden in Wonka Bars and shipped out into countries all over the world. My psychoanalytic analysis has given me insight on the background behind Willy Wonka’s peculiar ways, Augustus’ care for self care and consumption, and why Veruca is such a stingy pest. This essay has allowed me to learn a lot about something I didn’t even know I was interested in. His top priority is her happiness as soon as possible, whatever the cost is. He always try’s to please her no matter who or what it hinders. Veruca is greedy and spoiled while she is permitted to act like that as much as she wants by her father that appears to fear her. As per usual, she gets what she wants and this trend continues throughout the film. She is one of the other children to discover a golden ticket after demanding to her father that she must receive one at all costs. Augustus Gloop’s excessive consumption represents the epidemic of obesity in western culture and leads him on the path of a loafing, glutton.įinally, there is Veruca Salt, the most annoying character I have ever discovered in any movie.
His parents do not appear to think this is a problem and continue to feed him and allow him to feed himself to his hearts desire.
Before entering a completely edible world of candy and sweets to have at his disposal, he eats a donut to tide himself over. As the film progresses, there are more and more scenes of Augustus stuffing his face with as much food as he can possibly find. He is seen eating a large feast his parents rewarded him with after literally being awarded a lifetime supply of chocolate by receiving the golden ticket. He first appears being interviewed after discovering a golden ticket in a Wonka bar. Secondly, there is a young German child that takes a journey to Wonka’s factory with his mother that is obviously a big fan. Willy Wonka appears to have narcissistic personality disorder. According to research I have done on mental illness, these actions are all characteristics of a narcissist. He takes control of every situation during the tour, and wears a ridiculous yet stylish outfit in an attempt to be the center of attention at all times. He is easily offended when asked any question throughout the tour he gives to the lucky golden ticket Wonka bar competition winners. He then locks the gates and lives alone at his chocolate factory, only accompanied by his foreign midget friends, called Oompa Loompas, and trusts no one else. He felt the need to fire all of his chocolate factory employees after catching a few spies, thus devastating him. To begin, Willy Wonka has displayed some concerning performances. What is most interesting, is the information gained by analyzing their behaviour, what caused it, and what we can infer from it using the literary critical psychoanalytic lens. They caught my eye merely because of their dialogue throughout the story. Have you ever thought about how peculiar the characters of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory are? This film has all sorts of children and other odd balls with bizarre personalities.
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