Comparing 'Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory'

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Some scenes in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and in “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” have some similarities they also have many differences. The family life they had was interesting. Something similar about the book and the movie is that they both had 4 grandparents in bed. Something that is different about both of them is that the movie didn't have a dad unlike the book where he did have a dad. Willy Wonka had many similarities and differences about himself as well. One thing that is not the same as the book is that in the movie he has a brown top hat unlike the book where he has a black top hat. On the other hand there is something that is the same about both and that is that Willy Wonka ha s a very funny sense of humor! On the

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