

He tells Charlie many stories about Wonka’s factory, as he shares the same love of Wonka chocolate that Charlie does. He is the oldest of the grandparents, being 96 and a half years old. Grandpa Joe is Charlie’s grandfather, Mr. Dahl has said the "Knid" should be pronounced "K’nid." "Vermicious" means "worm-like." "Knid" is likely a derivative of the phylum Cnidaria, which includes many aquatic stinging invertebrates. The Knids are killed in Earth’s atmosphere. The Knids nearly eat all of the characters by destroying the Elevator, but Charlie’s quick thinking saves them all. Whenever they are about to attack, they change their bodies to spell out SCRAM, the only English word that they know. Knids have the ability to manipulate their body to form any shape they please, although they stay the same color and texture. The Knids are huge, dark, egg-shaped predators. The Knids are from a planet that is 184,270,000,000 miles away. They play an important role in Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, as they nearly devour the whole group. The Vermicious Knids are a species of carnivorous alien from the planet Vermes. Wonka is an excellent improviser, an he is very knowledgeable about little-known topics.

He also saves their lives by recognizing the Vermicious Knids and preventing the others from getting near them.

Wonka’s Elevator sends the Buckets up into space and they are stuck in orbit. In the book, Wonka has a goatee and bright, mischievous eyes. Wonka loves nonsense and mischief, but he can’t abide ugliness. Wonka confuses most of the people who meet him, but Charlie is fascinated by him. Wonka is exceedingly eccentric, with many odd qualities. The chocolate business has made him very rich, but he doesn’t care about money. Willy Wonka is the owner of the Great Glass Elevator and Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. Charlie would rather put himself in danger than see others be hurt this is proven when Charlie uses the Elevator to tow a space shuttle back to Earth in order to save the shuttle occupants from the Vermicious Knids. Charlie is shot up into space in the Great Glass Elevator along with the rest of his family and Wonka. Now, Charlie’s luck has turned: he is very wealthy and well off, and he has a whole chocolate factory to run.

His whole family is allowed to come with him. At the end of the previous story, Wonka bequeathed the factory to Charlie as a reward for his good heart. He is the only one who would have been fit to run the factory. He lives with his mother, his father, and his four bed-ridden grandparents. He is very kind and brave, but unfortunately also extremely poor. Charlie is the titular character and the protagonist of Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.
