Wonka didn't care about the Oompa-Loompas because he didn't see them as people. If anything, Wonka saw himself as the hero, the liberator of the bedraggled primitives who, in the novel, were hunted by Snozzwangers and Whangdoodles.
The Oompa-Loompas were a pure labor force whose role was to work for a white man. Whether it was himself or Charlie—or any of the other four white children who secured golden tickets—was immaterial. They were implicitly, if not explicitly, not to be trusted.
The Oompa-Loompas were a pure labor force whose role was to work for a white man. Whether it was himself or Charlie—or any of the other four white children who secured golden tickets—was immaterial. They were implicitly, if not explicitly, not to be trusted.
