The Chocolate War: An Analysis

“Do I dare disturb the universe?” This was the message posted inside Jerry’s locker in the Novel The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier. Like Jerry, many others have disturbed the universe. Disturbing the universe can occur in many forms as well. Adolf Hitler, like Jerry, is a prime example of someone who disturbed the universe.

The positives of being an individual are more present in the media but the negatives are normally overlooked . In the novel named The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier the main character Jerry has to deal with reality that it's not so easy to go against the grain .The novel does an excellent job highlighting how his individuality affects his social , personal life, and societal pressures and bullying .

During the time frame of 1450-1750, the Columbian Exchange was at its height of power and influence. Many products were introduced from foreign lands, like animals such as cattle, chickens, and horse, and agriculture such as potatoes, bananas, and avocados. Diseases also became widespread and persisted to distant lands where it wreaked devastation upon the non-immunized people. One such influential product during this time period was the cacao, or more commonly known as chocolate. First discovered and used in the Americas, cacao beans quickly traveled to and became a popular treat in European lands. It was valuable in the New World and even used as a currency by the Aztecs. Only the rich and privileged

If the company we outsource with has some sort of issue with its equipment or is running behind schedule it will delay our orders and reflect poorly upon our company. If we choose not to do anything we will continue running at inefficient levels costing us more and more money as time goes on.

Its value is that they will be caring and considerate of their employees, customers, suppliers, shareholders, the community and the environment by showing respect to each other and valuing diversity, working together to achieve a safe, friendly and positive working environment, setting clear expectations, recognising contribution and developing their people, leading by example and taking responsibility for their actions, communicating clearly, inclusively, honestly and in a timely manner, having pride in their product and passion for the business, its heritage and its future and contributing to the community through corporate benevolence and environmentally sustainable practices (Haigh's Chocolates).

The basic characteristics of the marketing concept that could be identified in Clare’s Chocolates are as follows:

What kid doesn 't like chocolate? Thanks to the iconic Milton Hershey brand, we now have sweets such as Hershey kisses, Reese 's cups, Kit-Kats, and so many more! This essay will discuss Milton Hershey’s life, contributions to society, his companies, and some facts that might not be well known about him and his company.

People are not prone to agree with one another. If you gather a dozen people together for a dinner party and the subject turns to politics or religion, then there is inevitably going to be an argument. There is one thing, however, that there is a near universal consensus on: chocolate is a wonderful and delicious thing.

Imagine being a young child walking into a chocolate museum where chocolate lines the walls, you can create your own one of a kind candy bar, thousands of different types of chocolates, and chocolate bars line the walls.

John Abbott a lawyer, statesman, and prime minister of Canada from 1891 to 1892 once said “Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture.” (http://en.proverbia.net). This shows that every person’s personality is different because of their culture with examples like ‘My Favorite Chaperone’ by Jean Okimoto , and ‘The Chocolate War’ by Robert Cormier. Stories also explore what happens to culture when it attempts perfection and fails such as ‘The Giver’ by Lois Lowry. ‘My Favorite Chaperone’ explains how cultural differences create conflict in families. ‘The Chocolate War’ is a story about how school settings also have a culture that influences how students and faculty treat each other. The novel ‘The Giver’ gives an example of a dystopian society that tries equality and fails. In a compare and contrast of these texts, all the cultures determined what are the acceptable norms, the social and the degree of of punishment for breaking the standard which mirrors our cultures.

In The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier the combatant Jerry Renault, must endure many challenges against the enemy, he is challenged by a physiological bully and the leader which reign supreme at the high school he attends. Jerry is going to have a lot of tough challenges ahead of him and a group is always after him. Jerry is going to have another problem when a sale has started at his school. Jerry Renault is a fourteen year old freshman who goes to a all boys catholic school called trinity. He play football as a quarterback and likes to run track he always tries to be the good kid in school and get good grades.

July 16, 2011. After many hours of preparation, Operation Chocolate Chip has been officially declared a success. Upon a subtle head turn of the enemy – my brother – the target, codename C.O.O.K.I.E., was successfully acquired! Now I enjoy the spoils of my endeavor and toast to victory!

The industry that I chose is the chocolate industry. Growing up in Pennsylvania the Hershey Company is well know throughout the state and is a factory I have visited on multiple occasions. While the chocolate tycoon has made some negative headlines over the past few years with outsourcing and layoffs, they have done a good share of philanthropy work for the state and the Dauphin County area.

Opening a facility in Kentucky allows the company to ship their products to the Scharffen Berger retail stores located in New York City (Upper West Side and Greenwich Village), and other upscale department and retailers, such as Trader Joes, located throughout the United States. This will save transit time and freight costs substantially[2] .as compared to shipping directly from California to the stores. In a cost comparison researched showed that there was a delta of $4,167.43 when shipping from the West Coast facility to New York compared to shipping from the East Coast facility to New York. This opportunity to reduce transit time can ensure the integrity of the chocolate to conceal the freshness. With a new

Chocolate Slavery is becoming worldwide problem. So, Fair Trade is rising up as a good solution. The purpose of this research is checking up BYUH students’ knowledge about Chocolate Slavery and Fair Trade. We conducted survey for 32 students in BYUH. We asked five different questions to them (Appendix). As a result of this research, we could understand their knowledge about Chocolate Slavery and Fair Trade. Also, through this research, respondents who didn’t know about Chocolate Slavery and Fair Trade could get information of these. This research also suggested them what they can do to help for solving Chocolate Slavery.