Charlie And The Chocolate Factory: Comparing The Book And The Movie

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The book Charlie and The Chocolate Factory and the movie “Willy Wonka and The Chocolate factory” have differences and similarities. To differ, the boat in movie is blue. Whereas, in the book it is pink. On the other hand the oompaloompas use the ore’s and in the movie it is on a track. In the movie Charlie Buckets has no dad as in, the book he does have a father. To contrast, in the movie the date they went to the factory was on the 1st of october. On the contrary, in the book it was the 1st of february. Similar to, in the book and the movie the boat was controlled by the oompaloompas. In the book and the movie, the dad’s name is Mr. Bucket. Also, in the book and the movie the factory the chocolate room had a waterfall. I think that Charlie

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