The Chocolate War Summary

Brother Leon is manipulative person that makes people bend to his will. It is thought that all of the kids(excluding Jerry) go with the chocolate sale because they are forced to, because if they do not, they think something bad will happen to them. It is also said that leon can keep the class in order. “Leon could hold a class in the palm of his hand” (Archie 22). Brother Leon uses fear, similar to a demagogue(like Hitler) to induce fear into his students.

Before, he didn’t really respect the germans rules and didn't take it seriously. As soon as Leon's family was sent to the concentration camp, he was terrified. He had heard rumors about the gas chambers. He saw to much at his age, including people dying and starving to death. He saw that if the jews didn’t work hard enough, they would get punished and beaten. They eventually would have died. This motivated Leon because he didn’t want to end up like that. When he was sent to Oskar Schindler, he was given a task that required hard work. Leon didn’t want to be punished like the other jews he saw before at the concentration camp. He worked harder than anybody else. He was on schindler's list as the youngest jewish survivor. This is part of the reason Leon's family

This illustrates how Jerry is the cause for the whole imbalance in the school hierarchy, essentially ruining the power dynamics in the school. This is able to express the idea that the whole "universe" is disturbed due to Jerry's resistance to the manipulation and unfair power

Jerry only has one friend throughout the entire story. The Goober is the only one who tries to stick up for Jerry. The Goober hates the vigils and does not agree with any of the things that they do. He tries not to sell the chocolates to show his support for Jerry, but the vigils mark that he did anyway. He also decides not to go to the boxing match because he does not want to get involved with the vigils or school

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.

Jerry, despite his relative decency, is victimized by the power structure of the school as well as his peers (Bagnall). “Choosing to disturb the universe means that Jerry himself is thrown into chaos” (Junko). His refusal to conform makes him the prime target of both the Vigils and the school officials, despite admiration from his peers. Cormier makes it clear that moral individuals can not survive unaided in a corrupt, oppressive system (Harris et al.). Jerry, while standing up for what he believes is right, is constantly torn down and abused by Archie’s goons. No one, not even his best friend Goober, came to his rescue to combat his oppressors. Arguably, “the reason Jerry was not saved was because he stood alone” (Harris et al.). Jerry stood alone in refusing to take the chocolates, his abuse by the Vigils, and his eventual physical and mental destruction by Janza. In fact, his destruction makes him into a martyr. His surrender in the end makes him an even more realistic hero and shows that it takes more people to fight powerful figures (Peck). Cormier challenges the perception of the modern “Superman” figure and replaces him with an “Average Joe”: a jack of all trades but master at none. Despite his defeat, Jerry’s legacy will live beyond him, whether publicly celebrated or privately discussed by Trinity students (Siegler). Jerry’s battle could have been won if his peers acted against the power structures as

Jerry’s new identity does not last long. He cannot challenge the authority of the Vigils without facing any consequences. Jerry is to be made an outcast rather than a hero.

Think about if the boys were the ones who had the tea parties, and the ladies were the ones who had the boxing matches- it doesn't make sense, right? In today’s society we see women as the gentle sex, the women are seen to be the ones who wear dresses, cook, and do “girly things”. On the other hand we see men as strong, hardworking, in control, and ready to fight. This comes into play in the book The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier. In the book there are boys like Archie and Carter the leaders of the Vigils, who follow the male gender stereotypes, and are manipulative and use violence to show they have power and control. The author, Cormier shows he believes this is wrong, because he gives evidence of the pain and negative outcomes of the fighting.

Both main characters had to endure the horrors of the cattle cars and the gnawing starvation. Both charters were hanging on to the edge of life, grasping at anything, especially for food. The bread and soup that they were both given were not even enough to sustain an infant. As a result, both boys shrunk considerably in size from the lack of nutrients. Walking around like corpses, the boys try not to work too much or too little.

Both Brother Leon and Archie are very manipulative characters and don’t care about the results that may come from their actions. The two characters are alike because they both use each other for power and protection. “That’s why Leon had called him here...practically begging for his help,” is an example of Brother Leon using Archie and his influence to benefit himself (Cormier 29). Brother Leon used Archie’s power as a member of The Vigil to allow for the success of the chocolate sale because without Archie, the students would not be motivated to sell any boxes of chocolates. Similarly, Archie plans events he knows will lead him to punishment knowing that he can use Brother Leon as protection from any possible harsh punishments.

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

In the shop Janie makes a mistake when giving a customer tobacco and Joe verbaly degrades her in front of the entire store. Janie snaps due to her holding in her emotions for so long that she replies by saying he looks like "de change uh life" when naked. Joe feeling threatend hits janie in front of the store crowd. 3.

The third character is the old man. What we know of him is that he is deaf and passes every night getting drunk at the café. It is believed by the waiters that he has plenty of money. After all, he can afford to sit and get drunk every night. Even when he is drunk, he is incredibly neat. “This old man is clean. He drinks without spilling. Even now, drunk.” He is filled with despair, which may be the reason that he tried to hang himself the week before. He is taken care of by his niece, since she was the one who saved him when he tried to kill himself. He may have been married at one time. He has no real desire to go home, since he waits until the waiters cut him off before he leaves.

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The major conflict in The Chocolate War is the conflict between Jerry and Archie. Archie has assigned Jerry to decline his share of chocolates to sell for ten days. Jerry carries out this assignment; but on the eleventh day he continues to decline the chocolates. Archie reminds Jerry that he is only to decline for ten days. Jerry continues to disobey. He is committing ultimate betrayal; he is intentionally ignoring the orders of The Vigils. Archie and Jerry become enemies, and they continuously quarrel. Archie finally orders a fight between Emile, a Vigil wannabe, and Jerry.