Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Greed Quotes Page 1
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| Quote #1 Many times a day, he would see other children taking bars of creamy chocolate out of their pockets and munching them greedily, and that, of course, was pure torture (1.15). |
Charlie literally can't afford to be greedy. He gets one chocolate bar a year. And don't forget – Charlie savors his. You won't see him eating the whole thing in one sitting.
| Quote #2 "He eats so many bars of chocolate a day that it was almost impossible for him not to find one. Eating is his hobby, you know. That's all he's interested in. But still, that's better than being a hooligan and shooting off zip guns and things like that in his spare time, isn't it?" (6.2) |
Hmm. Is it really better? Of course shooting off zip guns sounds dangerous, but so does almost drowning in a chocolate river, which is what Augustus eventually does.
| Quote #3 Fully grown women were seen going into sweet shops and buying ten Wonka bars at a time, then tearing off the wrappers on the spot and peering eagerly underneath for a glint of golden paper. Children were taking hammers and smashing their piggy banks and running out to the shops with handfuls of money. In one city, a famous gangster robbed a bank of ten thousand pounds and spent the whole lot on Wonka bars that same afternoon. (6.6) |
Willy Wonka's Golden Ticket offer certainly doesn't seem to be bringing out the best in people. Do you think Wonka is enjoying the commotion? Or is he horrified?
