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Violet Beauregarde is the third child to find a Golden Ticket; she’s Mr. Beauregarde and Mrs. Beauregarde’s daughter. She’s an avid gum-chewer and has even broken a world record: the piece of gum she’s chewing when she finds her Golden Ticket (and that she still has at the time of the factory tour) is the same one that she’s been chewing for three months. She insists on chewing gum despite Mrs. Beauregarde’s insistence that it’s not ladylike. Violet and her mother have a poor relationship, as Violet regularly snaps at her mother when Mrs. Beauregarde tries to tell her to do something. Violet, like Augustus, Veruca, and Mike, needs to be restrained to stop her from clambering over the chocolate factory’s fence before the tour. On the tour, Violet is the second child to have to end her visit early. In the Inventing Room, Violet snatches a piece of gum that provides the chewer with a three-course meal from Mr. Wonka, ignoring his warnings that it’s not yet ready for consumption because it still has issues. Though she enjoys the tomato soup and roast beef courses, when she gets to the blueberry pie and cream, she turns blue and expands until she’s round like a blueberry. The Oompa-Loompas have to juice her to return her to her normal size. As she leaves the tour group for the Juicing Room, Oompa-Loompas sing about how awful it is when people chew gum all the time.
Violet Beauregarde Quotes in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Charlie and the Chocolate Factory quotes below are all either spoken by Violet Beauregarde or refer to Violet Beauregarde. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 8 Quotes
“‘And who’s she to criticize, anyway, because if you ask me, I’d say that her jaws are going up and down almost as much as mine are just from yelling at me every minute of the day.’”
“‘Now, Violet,’ Mrs. Beauregarde said from a far corner of the room where she was standing on the piano to avoid being trampled by the mob.
“‘All right, Mother, keep your hair on!’ Miss Beauregarde shouted.”
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During Violet’s interview with the newspaper after finding her Golden Ticket, she quips that her mother, Mrs. Beauregarde, has no right to criticize her for chewing gum when Mrs. Beauregarde scolds Violet all the time. Mr. Bucket is reading this exchange aloud from his newspaper. Violet and Mrs. Beauregarde’s exchange shows that Mrs. Beauregarde is an ineffective parent. Though she makes attempts to keep Violet in check (and makes those attempts often, if readers are to take Violet’s word for it), Violet doesn’t believe she has to listen to her mother. Instead, Violet knows that she can shout at her Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas.
Chapter 13 Quotes
The tall bony old figure of Grandpa Joe could be seen standing quietly among them, and beside him, holding tightly on to his hand, was little Charlie Bucket himself.
All the children, except Charlie, had both their mothers and fathers with them, and it was a good thing that they had, otherwise the whole party might have gotten out of hand. They were so eager to get going that their parents were having to hold them back by force to prevent them from climbing over the gates.
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On the morning of the Wonka factory tour, all five children who found Golden Tickets gather outside the factory. But Charlie is the only one who stands politely as he waits for the tour to begin, while the other four children try to climb the factory fence. This is the first time that readers see Charlie—the hero of the novel—beside all the other kids, who are antagonists. This encourages readers to compare Charlie to the other kids, and to see that he’s more well-behaved than the others. Notably, Charlie isn’t just standing quietly and politely to wait for the tour Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia sol
Chapter 15 Quotes
“Don’t you think they look pretty? I told you I hated ugliness! And of course they are all eatable! All made of something different and delicious! And do you like my meadows? Do you like my grass and my buttercups? The grass you are standing on, my dear little ones, is made of a new kind of soft, minty sugar that I’ve just invented! I call it swudge! Try a blade! Please do! It’s delectable!”
Automatically, everybody bent down and picked one blade of grass—everybody, that is, except Augustus Gloop, who took a big handful.
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In the factory’s chocolate room, Mr. Wonka excitedly points out his chocolate river, the candy trees and bushes, and the sugar grass to the awestruck tour group. First, this passage shows just how interested Mr. Wonka is in making his factory into a place where things are beautiful, awe-inspiring, and somewhat absurd. Indeed, he sees making things beautiful as the antidote to “ugliness,” particularly ugly factories (which he mentions earlier in the tour). The world, he seems to imply, is full of ugliness. It’s therefore important to him to create something like his chocolate factory, which inspires wonder and awe Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae
Chapter 21 Quotes
“I want the gum!” Violet said obstinately. “What’s so silly?”
“I would rather you didn’t take it,” Mr. Wonka told her gently. “You see, I haven’t got it quite right yet. There are still one or two things….”
“Oh, to heck with that!” said Violet, and suddenly, before Mr. Wonka could stop her, she shot out a fat hand and grabbed the stick of gum out of the little drawer and popped it into her mouth. At once, her huge well-trained jaws started chewing away on it like a pair of tongs.
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In Mr. Wonka’s Inventing Room, Violet demands and then takes Mr. Wonka’s three-course meal gum without permission. With this, Violet demonstrates her vices clearly for the reader: she not only chews gum, something the novel frames as a vice; she’s also selfish and greedy, and she can’t take no for an answer. Notably, Violet grabs for the gum despite Mr. Wonka telling her no and gently telling her why taking the gum isn’t a good idea. But the novel has already shown that in general, Violet has had no practice listening to authority figures who tell her no. Just as Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas.
Her body was swelling up and changing shape at such a rate that within a minute it had turned into nothing less than an enormous round blue ball—a gigantic blueberry, in fact—and all that remained of Violet Beauregarde herself was a tiny pair of legs and a tiny pair of arms sticking out of the great round fruit and a little head on top.
“It always happens like that,” sighed Mr. Wonka. “I’ve tried it twenty times in the Testing Room on twenty Oompa-Loompas, and every one of them finished up as a blueberry. It’s most annoying. I just can’t understand it.”
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When Violet gets to the dessert course of the three-course meal chewing gum, she turns into a blueberry. The novel intends for this to act as a lesson as to why chewing gum is rude and a vice, while also punishing Violet for her greed and selfishness. It’s a play on the saying “you are what you eat”—in this case, Violet literally turns into a version of the blueberry pie she was eating through the gum. But while Violet turning into a blueberry might provide a cautionary tale as to why chewing gum and being greedy is bad (per the Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta perspiciatis. Ut minima autem. Modi omnis iure. Sint qui qui. Qui similique praesentium. Ex consequatur magnam. Aliquid iste enim. Sequi aut max
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Violet Beauregarde Character Timeline in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The timeline below shows where the character Violet Beauregarde appears in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 8
...two more Golden Tickets have been found. After supper, Mr. Bucket reads that a Miss Violet Beauregarde found the third ticket. When the paper’s reporter arrived at the Beauregarde house, Violet...
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Mr. Bucket reads that Violet told reporters that Mrs. Beauregarde doesn’t think chewing gum is ladylike, and Mrs. Beauregarde tried...
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Chapter 13
...as their fathers scold them to be patient. People in the crowd point out Augustus, Violet (still chewing her piece of gum), Mike Teavee, and Veruca Salt. They discuss how spoiled...
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Chapter 14
...he comments that Veruca’s name is odd—he thought a “veruca” was a wart. He greets Violet and Mike in the same fashion, and then Charlie steps forward and whispers his name...
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Chapter 18
The boat continues down the river into a tunnel, going faster and faster. Violet asks how the Oompa-Loompas know where they’re going, and Mr. Wonka says there’s no way...
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Chapter 19
...kids without much pocket money. You can suck them forever and it will never disappear. Violet insists that it’s like gum, but Mr. Wonka says it’s not—chewing an Everlasting Gobstopper would...
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Chapter 20
...strip in the drawer. Mike Teavee is disgusted that that’s all the machine made, but Violet says she knows what it is: gum. Mr. Wonka says that she’s right.
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Chapter 21
...mess. This particular piece of gum is tomato soup, roast beef, and blueberry pie. When Violet asks how this works, he explains that the chewer can feel the food going down...
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Gently, Mr. Wonka says that the gum isn’t quite right yet, but Violet grabs the gum with a “fat hand” and shoves it in her mouth. As Mr....
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Violet shouts that she’s gotten to the blueberry pie and cream. It’s wonderful—but Mrs. Beauregarde shrieks....
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...all turn into blueberries. He doesn’t understand it. Mrs. Beauregarde commands Mr. Wonka to fix Violet, so Mr. Wonka snaps his fingers. Ten Oompa-Loompas appear to take Violet to the Juicing...
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...chewed her tongue in half. She spent the rest of her life in a sanatorium. Violet is still young, so the Oompa-Loompas will try to save her. They hope that she...
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Chapter 22
...are “two naughty little children gone,” and “three good little children left.” Charlie asks if Violet will be okay again, and Mr. Wonka assures him that they’ll juice her, and she’ll...
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Chapter 29
...home, full of candy. He points out Augustus Gloop—who is now “thin as a straw.” Violet is back to her normal size, but she’s still purple. Veruca, Mr. Salt, and Mrs....
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