Her skin was blue. She was no longer allowed into competitions. She was bullied. Her mother acted like she didn't care, but the girl heard her crying every night. Her mother's sadness brought her to tears. Violet Beauregarde's violet colour had attracted the attention of many schoolyard bullies. She spat out the gum and tried her hardest to get on with life, but nothing seemed to work. She found herself coming to school daily covered from head to toe, trying to hide the blue. But as she found out, nothing is a secret in school.
He was starving himself. His mother took away all of the chocolate. He no longer felt like eating. He worried day and night about body image and became a self-conscious, unhealthy teenager. Mrs Gloop had always encouraged her little boy, Augustus, to eat, but after the tour, he refused to eat any food at all. His mother and father worried about him and he lost weight. School stressed him, and previously, the schoolchildren teasing Augustus about his weight had not bothered him, but now, it mattered most of all.
She was a disgrace. Her family's business went downhill. Her home was dark, the curtains always shut to avoid the cameras. She lived alone, all day, and alone all night. She cried, and it was all her fault. Salt's Nut Company had almost gone bankrupt, and Veruca knew she was the sole person who caused it. Nobody could look at her the same way. It was almost impossible to hide from the media, and she knew that the family would soon be moving out of their mansion, and into a less luxurious residence. That frightened her.
His every step was painful. He had to learn how to walk again. His Wednesday afternoons were spent at the doctor's as they constantly checked on him. His video game collection was hidden under layers of untouched dust. There was no way to reverse the stretching effect, and Mike Teavee's limbs were constantly in pain. He was constantly being pestered about his 'adventure' at the dreaded factory. Everything seemed to happen 'constantly' in his world, and he didn't like it.
Their lives were hell. Lonely, sad, tear-filled hell. And it was all because of Willy Wonka.