ent origins, different modes of production, different audiences, and different criticisms.
             It is no surprise that the Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, claimed by the London Times as the "most popular children's book of all time," was adapted into a screenplay (Warren 66). Roald Dahl took on the role to write the screenplay himself; however, another writer named David Seltzer was brought in to rewrite Dahl's script. The director Mel Stuart sought after a more "realistic" story and kept in consideration the criticism the original novel had received in the past (Treglown 174). There are numerous alterations made to the original text. One change is the absence of the father on the story. In the novel, the father is the main source of the little income for the family. However, the father is acknowledged to have passed away in the movie version. This change reflects Seltzer's objective to construct a more realistic story. By stating that the father is deceased, the film explains the reason for Charlie's closeness with his Grandpa Joe. One may wonder the reason why Charlie appears to be closer to his grandfather than he is to his father in Dahl's original text. The absence of Charlie's father permits a sense of normalcy for the family to choose Grandpa Joe to accompany Charlie to Wonka's Factory. Also, without the father, the scriptwriters are able to present the role of the breadwinner to the mother and more importantly – to Charlie. We therefore witness an evident virtuous quality in Charlie that we do not see as clearly in the novel. One critic claims that Charlie is a poor example of a hero in Dahl's novel because "Charlie is a hero not because he demonstrates good qualities, but rather, by not possessing any bad qualities" (Treglown 176). This feature is also illustrated more visibly by the introduction of Slugsworth in the film...