Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

When most people think of Tim Burton, the first thing that comes to mind is something of creepiness, or with a grim undertone to it. This is a widespread perception when taking into consideration the sense of wicked otherworldliness built up in his films. Many different stylistic characteristics contribute to this feeling through the use of different cinematic techniques. One common idea throughout Burton’s films is the misfit. The main personality is always considered strange and different from…

Tim Burton is a misfit in the film directing scene. Tim Burton’s directorial style is characterized by being unusual, gothic, and quirky. He is famous for films such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which is a story about love keeping people from making mistakes they will regret later on. Furthermore, Burton’s film, Edward Scissorhands is about making sacrifices for loved one and lastly, Corpse Bride is a film about true love setting you free. Film director Tim Burton utilizes powerful…

The character Forest Gump vividly described life as being “like a box of chocolates.” It was not very hard for one to figure what Forest Gump meant by his statement. He simply was saying that a person can sometimes never know what life has in store for him or her. Life can be just like picking a piece of candy out of a box with no enclosed description of the different pieces of candy to choose from. With one thing is for sure and that is the presence of different pieces of candy-a variety to…

any destination I wanted, I would want to visit Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory. Imagine all of your childhood dreams come true and you win a ticket to a place that is completely filled with all of your favorite and sweetest candies. Even containing treats that are new and have never been heard of or tasted before. Who hasn’t had that fantasy? Ever since I was a kid, I remember watching the movie “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”and often asking my parents if we could pay a visit there.…

installation is a one person surrealism performance which took place inside at the gallery's restroom. The side of the location proximately measures 80 square feet and covered with black and white tiles. The restroom’s walls were smeared all over with chocolate fudge; furthermore, written on one of the walls was the title of the installation “Eat Your Peas “which it seemed to be a focal point of the installation. The room lighting environment was minimal and just a bit a light from the gallery…

Charlie was an 19 year old fisherman from a religious family. Charlie's family were blacksmiths, but he decided that he wasn’t interested in doing that. Charlie always liked going to the pier and watch the fisherman come off the boat with their catch of the day. When he was 10 years old he decided to become a fisherman. Ava was an 18 year old baker and grew up in the house next to Charlie’s. THey went to church together and became very good friend. It was a usual Sunday after church and Charlie…

I believe that errors in scientific experiments cannot be failure. Some errors in the tests are accidental and sometimes they are there for a purpose. Not all the time, of course, but there are plenty of examples that show that miscalculations in science are proven that create gigantic success and discovery. “We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.”…

The most prominent candy factory in The Candymakers by Wendy Mass is named Life is Sweet. This year the factory is hosting four twelve year olds to compete in the Annual New Candy Contest. One of the main characters, Logan states “having three other kids spend two whole days at the Life is Sweet was so out of the ordinary…” Being trained by the Life is Sweet for two whole days is a once in a lifetime opportunity, not to mention all the candy. The factory Life is Sweet is aptly named for the…

“Using a Chocolate Tub to Grab Children's Attention During a Holocaust Talk”, by the Los Angeles Times tells the story of a unique experience. His life was once as sweet as chocolate can be, but without any notice it had spiraled downward. Leon Prochnik used chocolate as an escape from the real world during the Holocaust; chocolate was his way of surviving and prospering so that when the time came he could tell his story to others. When Prochnik was only a young boy, his family owned a…

If you give a mouse a cookie is a children’s book written by Laura Numeroff, it was published on November 20, 1985. The book is rated to be a 5 star book that has humor but yet teaches responsibility at the same time. The book is more animated than words to grab the children’s attention. The story is about a young boy that decides the give a mouse a cookie, but he never imagined what would come out of that decision. Once the boy gave the mouse the cookie he starts to get other responsibilities…