While it sounds like a fun place to live, Willy Wonka describes Loompaland as being a desolate wasteland with nothing but thick jungles and terrifying beasts. Hiding out in trees and eating green caterpillars in order to escape the beasts, the Oompa Loompas were all too happy to go work for Willy Wonka and get out of their hometown. Willy Wonka sure hired a lot of Oompa Loompas to work in his factory. Did they have a particular skill set? Was it their small stature that made them valuable for certain work?
Why did he have such affinity for the little folks? It seems aside from Willy seeing the chance to save the Oompa Loompas from the terrifying beasts in Loompaland, he also had selfish reasons for employing them.
Willy was paranoid, worried about hiring anyone for fear that his candy-making rivals could steal his secrets. So he opted to hire the Oompa Loompas, who previously lived on an isolated island, because there was zero chance of potential industrial espionage with them. Rather, they are paid in a currency most valuable to them: their favorite food, cocoa beans. During the times in Loompaland when the Oompa Loompas would hide out in trees from beasts like the Hornsnozzlers, Snozzwangers, and Vermicious Knids, they had nothing to eat but green caterpillars.
As they munched down on the unappetizing snacks, they craved cocoa beans. In the movies, Oompa Loompas all wear traditional worker uniforms. Men wear skins, women wear leaves, and children wear, well, nothing at all. Interestingly, only male Oompa Loompas work in the factory, while female Oompa Loompas apparently stay mainly in the village. In illustrations in the book, this explains why some female Oompa Loompas are seen helping take rather roll Violet away after she turns into a blueberry.
Their favourite food is the cacao bean, the central ingredient in a bar of chocolate, and in the Wonka Factory they have access to as many cacao beans as they could possibly wish for.
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About Stories Characters Timeline Archive. The name itself is mysterious, and in fact the Oompa-Loompas are quite the mystery themselves. These little guys and gals don't say much, but they sing, and quite well. In fact, despite the fact that they don't talk a lot, we can be sure they're pretty smart, because their songs are witty, rhyming, and made up on the spot.
Impressive stuff. So what do we know about them? Let's see. Of course they're small — even smaller than Charlie. According to our narrator, "they were no larger than medium-sized dolls. We also know what they look like: they've got white teeth, rosy-white skin, and long golden-brown hair. Plus they're also from a far-away land although, then again, so is Veruca.
We find out from Mr. Wonka that the Oompa-Loompas were originally from a place called Loompaland. But they were being attacked by various beasts, and were forced to survive on gross food, even though, "The one food they longed for more than any other was the cacao bean. As it turns out, that's exactly what chocolate is made of. So Mr. Wonka, visiting Loompaland, tells the Oompa-Loompas that they can come live at his factory and eat all the cacao beans they want, if they'll agree to work for him.
They all speak English now. They love dancing and music.
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