what was the meaning of the boat ride?

What did it mean? Just because you do not look for trouble does not mean that trouble will not look for you.

True creativity requires an openness to the darkness, it’s unsafe and unpredictable, you can only create wonderful bright things by understanding the dark as well.

It’s like all the colourful joy of the chocolate factory has a dark underbelly, and this is true of Wonka himself. He gave them a preview of his soul in that tunnel.