The Chocolate War Analysis

You can put a band-aid on a cut but nothing can heal your mind. Within The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier, Archie Costello’s psychological tactics of violence are more useful than Emile Janza’s physical tactics. Archie manipulates the student body of Trinity with mind games such as the assignments. Meanwhile, Emile is not very manipulative, he uses brutal and physically hurtful ways to get to people. Archie is more effective of getting what he wants with using his tactics of mind games, rather than

Cormier’s message in the The Chocolate War is that of survival. Theme is the main or central idea that the author wants to portray to the reader. Does the protagonist, Jerry Renault, survive at Trinity? Does Goober pull through? Does Brother Eugene also make it? Are these individuals destroyed, and if so, then how? Jerry Renault does not survive at Trinity, because he refuses to sell chocolates and is harassed for his decision. Jerry’s refusal to sell chocolates began as a Vigil assignment

The Chocolate War Perhaps if Jerry had a more forthcoming and open relationship with his father, the ending of the story could have changed. Jerry keeps the troubling situation secret at home because he doesn’t want to bother his dad with it since his mom died not too long ago, as Obie pointed out in chapter 2. Jerry doesn’t talk to his dad about anything because he doesn’t want his dad to have to deal with the drama of the chocolate sales and pain of getting beat up. This is not only seen in

The most memorable character in the book "The chocolate War" was Jerry Renault in my view because he was a very influential character and stood up for what he believed in. The first thing that stood out to me was that Jerry's mother had just passed away which was a very hard thing to over come. He is also becoming a stronger person because he has decided to stand against the universe, because he is tired of getting pushed around and told what to do. Also with the vigils breathing down his neck

The Chocolate War Essay “You see Carter, people are two things: greedy and cruel.” (Cormier, 241) This quote said by Archie in The Chocolate War shows us the type of person Archie is. This quote not only describes the type of person Archie is it describes Brother Leon as well. Archie and Brother Leon are both very manipulative between abusing their powers and doing wrong things. Archie is the Assigner of the Vigils and is in position of power which causes students the be afraid of him. Archie and

My essay is about the climax in the book The Chocolate War. In this essay will describe events that built the climax and what resolved it. Jerry is first introduced in chapter one. Jerry is at football tryouts. Although Jerry is taking hit after hit: he does not give up. The coach is very impressed by Jerry’s effort because he never gives up, so the coach asks Jerry to come back the next day. At football practice, the Vigils sit in the bleachers and make fun of Jerry. “Singled out by the Vigils

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. Goober’s personality changes throughout The Chocolate War, however, not as drastically Jerry’s. From the beginning, Goober is a tall, skinny

During my study of The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier, I have found an interesting idea within the text and I will be describing why this idea is interesting as a whole. The general idea of The Chocolate War is to show that there is one main theme in the book which is the study of the effects of good versus evil. Jerry represents the good in people whereas Archie shows the evil side of them. The book is set at a catholic school where sport plays a huge part in their curriculum and the result of

A Literary Analysis of Robert Cormier's "The Chocolate War"     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

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