conclusion on the story charlie and the chocolate factory
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Conclusion for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Due to practical constraints, I have limited my discussion of the capitalist representations in the text to only the most salient. Other areas which could be further examined are the various aspects or flaws of modern capitalist culture that the other four children represent. In broad strokes, Augustus Gloop personifies gluttony or greed, Veruca Salt is a spokesperson for excessive demands; Violet’s gum chewing could be an analogy of repetitive, unfulfilling consumption by over-achievers in society and Mike Teavee, like Mrs. Wormwood as the representative of the media obsessed, unthinking consumerist generation.
In his discussion of the flâneur , Baudrillard has suggested that the city as a consumerist space is a hyper-reality where people are constantly exposed to commodities they desire but would be unable to attain. In this vein, the glass elevator too can be envisioned as a form of reverse window shopping, the elevator being a tool and exhibitor of capitalism that brings one around the spaces of consumerism.
Due to practical constraints, I have limited my discussion of the capitalist representations in the text to only the most salient. Other areas which could be further examined are the various aspects or flaws of modern capitalist culture that the other four children represent. In broad strokes, Augustus Gloop personifies gluttony or greed, Veruca Salt is a spokesperson for excessive demands; Violet’s gum chewing could be an analogy of repetitive, unfulfilling consumption by over-achievers in society and Mike Teavee, like Mrs. Wormwood as the representative of the media obsessed, unthinking consumerist generation.
In his discussion of the flâneur , Baudrillard has suggested that the city as a consumerist space is a hyper-reality where people are constantly exposed to commodities they desire but would be unable to attain. In this vein, the glass elevator too can be envisioned as a form of reverse window shopping, the elevator being a tool and exhibitor of capitalism that brings one around the spaces of consumerism.
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