The Chocolate War Character Analysis

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This passage elucidates the ending of Robert’s state of heartache and continuous thoughts about his sister’s death, Rowena, that are clouding up his mind in the novel The Wars. After the long period of sadness that is surrounding Robert ever since his beloved sister’s death, why did he go ahead and burn his only picture of Rowena so simply if he has been clinging onto her memory for so long? Robert does take initiative and destroys the only thing that he has left of Rowena; however, it is indeed for a worthy cause, and according to Findley, “an act of charity” instead of an “act of anger”. The charity that Findley notes of alludes to Robert himself than Rowena. From burning the photograph of his sister, he is releasing the guilt he has been

Can something so sweet like chocolate be the reason for someone's demise? The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier follows the story of a young boy named Jerry Renault not wanting to participate in his prestigious Catholic High School chocolate sale. However, this decision has dire consequences. This novel illustrates the theme of power and how it is used to psychologically manipulate and threaten the students of the school. Power and manipulation are explored throughout the book, from the characterisation of Brother Leon and Archie, to the conflict.

This ideal has been a staple of American life since the Revolutionary War. In fact, American authors often write novels about Katnisses or Trises fighting and even superseding corrupt governments and tyrants (Collins; Roth). However, these stories are often exaggerated and romanticized, yielding an inspirational, yet overdone plotline. Realistic writer Robert Cormier challenges this common theme by writing The Chocolate War, a story in which the protagonist isn’t necessarily a “good guy” and likewise does not “win”. In his novel The Chocolate War, Robert Cormier uses the cruelty of some characters and the indifference of others to show that it takes many

Motivated purely by self-interest, Mac the principal organizer, admits from the very beginning that the situation is hopelessly stacked against the strikers because the growers are unusually well organized and have commanding resources at their disposal. Despite this fact he is willing to risk lives in pursuit of what he deems a greater cause. This inherent selfishness breeds the greed and inhumanity that Steinbeck is so keen to expose in his novel, In Dubious Battle. Mac shows his true, selfish and greedy self when he takes advantage of situations as a chance for his own gain: to further his cause, manipulate the strikers’ emotions, steam up the crowd, and gain the public’s sympathy.

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¨The Joy Luck Club¨ by Amy Tan was an interesting novel. The book consisted of about eight characters, meaning eight different perspectives. Each of which, had a whole chapter or two dedicated to a short story in there life. They tell each other these life stories at a gathering they have every once in awhile to play mah jong. Throughout each story, or chapter, the mothers try to connect more with their daughters, and the daughters try to connect more with their mothers. It makes you wonder how well daughters know their mothers.

Walter M. Miller, a noteworthy author of A Canticle for Leibowitz, published this one and only novel, but he did accomplish several short stories, “The Hoofer” and the “Death of a Spaceman.” A Canticle for Leibowitz, the most renowned work of Miller, includes outstanding writing skills: symbolism, imagery, and allegory. These writing skills produce a comedy story that outlines the Dark ages, Renaissance, and Modern Era. Furthermore, the novel creates a panorama of humanity, religion, power, technology, reconstruction, past, and memory. Miller’s novel introduces readers to the 26th and 27th centuries when the nuclear war occurred, a war of fire. Also, a time that held peace, war, and death at the tip of its finger. Digging a little deeper, readers will find a hint of philosophy and theology. While sitting back and analyzing, the reader will begin to create a curiosity and wonder who controls life as a whole. The reader will first hit the surface and consider the individual; however, the reader will eventually go deeper and consider the church or possibly the government.

The setting of this novel, The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier, is set in trinity. Trinity is a school for the top tier students. Trinity is also known for doing what other schools can’t. This story has a very rebellious mood to it. The reasoning behind this is the rebellious behavior Jerry uses.

Harris said, “Children, even our very young children, do not live in bubbles. They live in the real world.” Once again this novel was written for Teens, and for them to get to know the world isn’t nice like they think it is when they were young. The Chocolate War shows the reader what happens in life and explains nothing is sweet. Robert Cormier even went on to say before he died that he did something right because “there wouldn’t be all these concerns about an ineffective book.”

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 his refusal to do this is a tragedy that could have been avoided. It is based on an incident which involves selling chocolates to raise funds for the school. These chocolates are supposed to be sold by all the boys but Jerry refuses to sell them and

In the novel The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier, the characters are over exaggerated, to state a clear point that this is not a normal story. The story does not follow a regular story line, but one that Robert Cormier decides is fit in his mind and he over exaggerates it aswell for an effect to state his point that, not every time you disturb the universe something good comes out.

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

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