Anonymous wrote:In OP’s defense, Grandpa Joe encouraged Charlie to steal the Fizzy Lifting Drinks and went crazy when Willy Wonka told them it disqualified Charlie from winning the candy; Grandpa told Charlie they’d give the Gobstopper to Slugworth. It was good-hearted Charlie that gave it back. I always thought Grandpa Joe was a jerk.
The children are all corrupted of their innocence at the encouragement of or enablement by the adults to lean into one of their Seven Deadly Sins. Grandpa Joe is no exception - he encourages Charley's lust. Grandpa Joe - as an adult - is already sinful with sloth, greed, and envy.
Wonka is trying to find that innocent child who has the discipline and self-lessness to run the chocolate factory. Someone who has not yet given in to the sins that afflict us, or are able to stop themselves before traveling further down that path. Charlie rejects his lust and greed by returning the Everlasting Gobstopper to Wonka, instead of following Grandpa Joe's immoral advice to sell it to Slugworth.
So yes, Grandpa Joe isn't a good guy. In fact, the movie does an amazing job of making him a sympathetic and humorous villain.
Augustus Gloop: Gluttony
Augustus's manners portray a boy with infinite hunger, who continued to prioritize his hunger over authority and rules. He was punished for anger, not words, and slipped into the river and caught in a chocolate pipe.
Violet Beauregarde: Pride
In her quest for the Golden Ticket, she boasts of how long she has been biting the same gums that have been unrelated to her quest for the past month. As important as she feels when she encounters three-course chewing gum, she takes "her crazy" to a whole new level. When you chew on this prototype, she begins to swell, begins to turn blue, resembling a giant blueberry, and is finally seen rolled by Oompa Loompa. Her pride, arrogance, and her constant need must prove that she herself left a bruise on her face and entire body.
Veruca Salt: Greed
The least favorite child is Veruca Salt, the stereotypical spoiled brat who gets anything she wants from her father and still is not satisfied. She doesn’t like something later. She wants it now. This throws up a huge flag for greed. Nothing can stop her from getting something. She makes her father have hundreds of workers open candy bars so that she can have the golden ticket. Even after she inquires about the ticket, she isn’t satisfied. When in the golden egg room in the factory, she wants a goose immediately. Her greed for the egg makes her fall into the “bad egg” dump, showing the consequence of greed.
Mike Taevee: Sloth
Sloth can be represented by two different characters. Mike Teavee and Grandpa Joe both sit around doing nothing, but because Grandpa Joe has overcome his sloth and gotten out of bed, I'll take the role of sloth with Teavee. Mike Teavee is totally smitten by cowboys and Indians. He spends all of his time in front of the television and does very nothing else. Teavee refuses to turn off the television throughout the interview. "I serve all of Teavee's dinners here," Teavee's mother boasts. He's never sat at the table before." As a result, Teavee is the natural choice for laziness. He gets on the platform and shrinks down to a few of inches during his key scene when he wants to appear on TV. His fascination with television made him tiny, showing the consequence of sloth.
Charlie Bucket: Lust
Charlie Bucket is a symbol for passion. He desires the golden ticket beyond all else; he lusts for it. He maintained a tight eye on the remaining golden tickets, thinking about how the people who obtained their tickets first didn't deserve them.
Willy Wonka: Wrath
Willy Wonka was a psychopath with a volatile personality. Gene Wilder was fantastic as the crazed dictator who had no qualms about punishing people who violated his orders. He even yelled at Charlie, refusing to give him his lifetime supply of chocolate. "You don't receive anything!" You're out! "Hello, sir!"
Joe Bucket: Envy
Joe, rather than Charlie's mother or father, followed his Grandson Charlie and the plant. This is primarily owing to Joe's overwhelming yearning for Mr Wonka's chocolate factory, as well as his jealous attitude toward it. His enmity grows into a desire to see the other youngsters who shared a ticket with Charlie perish. Grandpa Joe, too, has a great yearning to be young, as seen by his continuous compliments about Charlie's carefree youth.
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