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Charlie Bucket
Charlie Bucket is one of the lead characters in British author Roald Dahl’s 1964 book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Charlie also makes an appearance in the sequel of the 1972 book, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.

About Charlie
Charlie is recognized as one of the five lucky children who finds a golden ticket to enter Willy Wonka's magical chocolate factory. Charlie has always loved the treats that Wonka creates in his factory, and could only ever imagine about the life lived by the chocolatier. Ever since Charlie's Grandpa Joe had worked for Willy Wonka in his chocolate factory, he had nothing but fascinating stories to share with Charlie about Wonka's life. Once Wonka's secret chocolate and candy recipes got leaked by past employees the factory closed the doors to the public and no one had seen Willy Wonka since. One day, Wonka announces a contest where the prize is to tour the factory and have a lifetime supply of his products. Wonka slips five golden tickets into his chocolate bars and they are shipped around the world for children to find. The first four tickets are awarded to greedy, spoiled, children, but luckily the fifth ticket falls into the hands of Charlie Bucket. Charlie could never imagine eating more than a few Wonka candy bars a year, let alone being granted a lifetime supply of chocolate by being the winner of the golden ticket contest. Once Charlie discovers that he has found the last golden ticket and he is allowed to bring one family member, without hesitation he knows that he has to bring his Grandpa Joe. He decides to bring his grandpa Joe with him and they end up being the last child-adult pair to make it through the factory tour. In the end, Willy Wonka offers the factory to Charlie and his life is changed forever.

Family
Charlie Bucket is a young boy who lives in poverty with his parents and both sets of grandparents on the edge of town Mr. Bucket works very hard at his job in order to provide for his family and without him, the family would have no income. On the other hand, Mrs. Bucket stays at home and spends most of her time worrying about Charlie, so much that she wants him to finish her meals as well. Grandpa Joe is Charlie's closest grandparent who had previously worked at Wonka's factory which is why Charlie was so keen to bring him to the factory with him. Charlie's other grandparents, Grandpa George, Grandma Josephine, and Grandma Georgina spend the majority of their time in bed as they love and watch Charlie grow.

Novel
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Roald Dahl’s novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was is the first place where Charlie Bucket had been created. In 1961, soon after Dahl had finished his novel James and the Giant Peach is when he began to work on this book. Roald Dahl is a British author who has written various children's novels such as Matilda, and The BFG. After Dahl had written up a few drafts of the story, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was first published in 1964 by Alfred A. Knopf, it has since been currently published by Penguin Books. The book has been spread throughout various cultures as over 20 million copies have been sold worldwide and it has been translated into 55 other languages. During September 2014 for the celebration of the 50 year anniversary of Dahl's original novel, Lucy Mangan published a book that takes a look at how the story of Charlie came to be in the first place.

Film
Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory Movie

The first place that Charlie Bucket was visually brought to life was during the 1971 film directed by Mel Stuart. Roald Dahl produced the screenplay for this film and cast Peter Ostrum as the protagonist, Charlie. Stuart's film can be recognized as a family musical that was produced by Paramount Pictures. Although the film was supposed to be set in England, the final shot of the movie revealed that it was actually shot in Germany.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Movie

The remake of Mel Stuart's movie original movie was directed by Tim Burton in 2005 and was renamed to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. This version of the film starred Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket and included other well-known actors such as Johnny Depp who played as Willy Wonka. Although the remake generally followed the same plot as the book and original movie, there are still some differences that can be pointed out in the 2005 version. Some of these differences consist of the added storyline about Wonka's past relationship with his father that had led him to his life in his chocolate factory.

Musical
Charlie Bucket has not only been featured in a novel, and then seen turned into two films, but he has also been recently brought to life like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has turned into a musical. This musical features songs from the original movie, such as "The Candy Man", and "I've Got a Golden Ticket". The Broadway show has run across the United States of America and continues to sell tickets. Charlie Bucket is played by the young Henry Boshart who has been part of the Fun Home National tour.