The Chocolate War Analysis

In The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier, Roland Groubert or the “Goober” functions as a foil to the protagonist Jerry Renault. In other words, Goober is a close friend of Jerry who possesses contrasting character traits when compared to the character traits possessed by Jerry. As a result, the contrast of their personalities further develops Jerry’s character.

The Chocolate War is a story which takes place in New England in the 1970's. Most of the events happen in a Catholic school. Since this school was exclusively for boys, they were constantly trying to prove their power over each other. The story is told in third person omniscient. The story's mood is suspenseful. With each page turn one wonders if Jerry will take or refuse his chocolates. The protagonist of this story is Jerry Renault and the antagonist in Archie Costello. Jerry is a very quiet fifteen year old boy. He is also the quarterback for the Trinity High junior varsity football team. He is a very troubled individual due to his mother's

Robert Cormier wanted the characters be different, he did not make them how others wanted, being socially acceptable, he wrote the book how he thought it should have went in his mind, and doing so he gave the readers some new to read not just the everyday novel. Cormier gives the reader many examples of figurative language to express the real meaning of the story for example, “Caroni watched the chalk in Brother Leon’s hands, the way the teacher pressed it, rolled it, his fingers like the legs of spiders with a victim in their clutch.” (90) In this quote Cormier gives a similar to exaggerate about how Brother Leon was holding the chalk in his hands. It sends a powerful message to the reader that Brother Leon is a horrible man, who had no mercy and he is seen by others as a powerful administrator in the school using quid-pro-quo in his own evil type of way. Cormier also uses more figurative language to give a specific emotion that Cormier was trying to express throughout his novel, that not every time someone disturbs the universe something good comes out of it. “What happened with Renault was bad enough, but there was violence in the air.”(209) This quote is the the example that even though Renault did disturb the universe and did try to stop the chocolate sale, he failed and something bad happened to him for trying. In the end Jerry's attempts to stop the chocolate sales failed, and still there was still violence in the air meaning the enemy he tried to defeat was angry, but still undefeated. And many readers dislike Cormiers way to end the book in a way that the hero does not defeat the villain(s). Like Richard Peck said ”The young will understand the outcome. They won’t like it but they’ll understand.” (10) And this is exactly what Cormier had in mind when he was writing the book, that the readers wouldn’t like the ending, but

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).

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.

Jerry Renault in The Chocolate War appears to be “going with the flow”—trying out for football, checking out girls—but his inner character drives him to differ. He fights to grasp his feelings and lacks self-confidence when he needs it most. As Jerry begins to unearth his inner-self, other obstacles and ideas dealing with certain emotions arise. As he progresses and reaches a level of comprehension, he grows closer to his goal—a sense of self-rule.

The Civil War caused a shift in the ways that many Americans thought about slavery and race. Chandra Manning’s What this Cruel War Was Over helps readers understand how soldiers viewed slavery during the Civil War. The book is a narrative, which follows the life of Union soldier who is from Massachusetts. Chandra Manning used letters, diaries and regimental newspapers to gain an understanding of soldiers’ views of slavery. The main character, Charles Brewster has never encountered slaves. However, he believes that Negroes are inferior. He does not meet slaves until he enters the war in the southern states of Maryland and Virginia. Charles Brewster views the slaves first as contraband. He believes the slaves are a burden and should be sent back to their owners because of the fugitive slave laws. Union soldiers focus shifted before the end of the war. They believed slavery was cruel and inhumane, expressing strong desire to liberate the slaves. As the war progresses, soldiers view slaves and slavery in a different light. This paper, by referring to the themes and characters presented in Chandra Manning’s What this Cruel War Was Over, analyzes how the issue of slavery and race shifted in the eyes of white Union soldiers’ during Civil War times.

Like Water for Chocolate chapter eleven take place with the recipe Bean with Chile Tezcucanna-style. The ingendents in this chapter used to display the actions of the characters such as, the beens being boiled in banking soda and washed then boiled again. This part of the preparation is when Tita and Pedro being to bring up their feeling about the relationship between them to. As baking soda is meant to wash away painful memories, the reboiling of the beans only brought them back up. In process of getting ready to tell John who is Tita finance, she want to stop the wedding. With representation of John the pork and Pedro the pork rinds, the applied pork to this recipe was to seemed in the beams . Tita had to think long and

Many people have used their power in a way they shouldn't or used it to their advantage. In The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier we see how two people use their power to bring other people down or get what they want from people. Brother Leon and Archie both use their power to their advantage. Brother Leon hurts a student during class and makes another student give him information while Archie bribes fellow students and makes them do things he should be doing.

In the film, Jerry has no control of himself, his thoughts or anything going around in his life. He harbors negative thoughts. Moreover, when he goes to his friend at the garage who vouched for Grimsrud, he is unable to get access to the duo and thus totally lost control of the situation even though he had changed his mind. Epicureanism is also evident in the scene where Jerry shows frustration when removing ice from the vehicle. He was frustrated because he could not be like his father in law and upon realizing that he has been outwitted by the father in law decide to channel his frustrations on the windscreen.

The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier, uses various language techniques to explore the theme of disturbing the universe. Jerry Renault, a freshman, is victimized for a special task by the leader of the Vigils Archie Costello. This Task soon corrupts the daily routine of school. Characterisation is used to introduce the characters roles within the school and the chocolate sale, influencing the reader as to what the social pecking order within the school is. Cormier also used to conflict to show the corruption of Brother Leon in the bid to sell chocolates, and how to the Vigils have an unspoken power in the school. Symbolism is used to perceive chocolates as a disruption to the universe of the school, influencing the reader to believe that something

Their biggest competitors in the overall chocolate industry are regional companies because Roger’s is relatively focused in a small area, but not all of these companies offer the high end chocolates like Roger’s. There are also only a handful of big chocolate companies, like Nestle and Ghirardelli, that they compete with outside of their local regions. This presents a very good opportunity for Roger’s to increase market exposure and increase their sales and profit potentials.

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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