Masonic Motifs in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Authors

Bradley Kime, Brigham Young University

Keywords

Willy Wonka, Masonic Motifs, moral universe, Charile and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie Bucket

Abstract

In Roald Dahl's classic story, Charlie Bucket is one of five lucky children allowed to tour Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory. The tour is designed to test the character and integrity of each child. Ultimately only Charlie proves his virtue and commitment to keeping the secrets of the factory, while the tour itself reveals the character flaws of the other four children. Charlie's reward is to learn all of Wonka's "most precious candy-making secrets" and to eventually preserve and operate the factory as the candy-maker's heir.

Recommended Citation

Kime, Bradley (2013) "Masonic Motifs in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing: Vol. 42: Iss. 1, Article 5.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/thetean/vol42/iss1/5