Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” is a story of a poor child who continues to demonstrate moral behavior. Willy Wonka offers five people a chance to tour his famous chocolate factory. The protagonist, Charlie, was one of the fortunate few who are able to enter and learn the secrets of the candy facility. We see the adult desire through the actions of the children touring the factory: the desire to reward the good and punish the bad. Besides Charlie, the kids break a rule or misbehave and end up being “removed” from the factory. Adults want children to grow up knowing that there are incentives to acting proper. There is also the desire of inheritance. As the only good child, Charlie was able to receive ownership of Wonka’s factory; the purpose of gathering the children and educating them with the secrets of the factory was to select the right candidate for succession.

Dahl, Roald, and Joseph Schindelman. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. New York: A.A. Knopf, 1964. Print.