The Chocolate War Essay

I originally selected to read the The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier. I read this book because of all of the debate on whether it was right for this person to reject to do an annual school chocolate sale for the school. The Chocolate War starts with out with Archie needing to recruit people for selling all of the chocolates. The church school sells chocolates every single year and Brother Leon ordered twice as many chocolates as he did last year. This introduces the main characters Archie who is

Consequences of Conformity in The Chocolate War Throughout Robert Cormier’s The Chocolate War, the theme of the consequences of conformity, or nonconformity, is expressed. Although The Chocolate War was first published in 1974, this theme still pertains to the youth of today. This novel is timeless because teenagers will always face the choice of whether to be true to themselves, or to conform to what other’s expect of them. In response to this theme, David Peck states, “what this idea becomes

. 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 . The first thing The Chocolate War highlights is the effects individuality has on the protagonist Jerry Renault throughout the story. After Jerry decides to not sell chocolates there seems to be a ripple

The Order of Things      Disturbing the universe is one of the main themes of Robert Cormier’s novel, The Chocolate War. Jerry Renault, the protagonist of the novel, goes against Trinity, the all boys school, and The Vigils, a powerful school gang. He gets admired and then bullied because of his defiance of authority.      In the beginning of the story, we are introduced to Jerry Renault. As he is trying out for the school’s football team, Archie

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. Robert Cormier wanted the characters be different, he did not make them how others wanted, being socially acceptable

The Chocolate War The main character in the novel “The Chocolate War”, written by Robert Cormier, is a freshman named Jerry Renault. This bold character tries to disinvolve himself from a big problem in his High School Trinity. The problem involves the Chocolate sales and his defiance. He feels that he can exercise his rights that the chocolate sales are voluntary and he does not need to do it if he doesn't want to. He has his mind set to not sell the chocolate’s but some people get in his

The book The Chocolate War written by Robert Gormier, was made into a movie directed and scripted by Keith Gordon. Although the movie was based of the book there are many similarities and differences. Both the movie and the novel are about good versus evil. Keith Gordon added extra scenes as well as removing some to try and create an effective movie. The most obvious and major difference between the book and the movie is the boxing match. The purpose of the the fight was to raise money to buy Jerry’s

Inspired by the actions of his son, Robert Cormier decided to write this novel titled The Chocolate War. Cormier’s son Peter, had refused to sell chocolates at his school’s annual sale as a matter of principle (Kemp1), so Cormier thought that it would be an interesting plot for a book. In this book, Robert Cormier introduces us to many characters that personify evil in order to try to control and manipulate each other to gain power. The concept of power is represented in many different ways throughout

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 is Jerry

positive and negative perspectives to either side. When reading The Chocolate War and An Absolute Diary of A Part-Time Indian, I experienced both sides of tribalism. When, reading An Absolute Diary of A Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie, I saw how the protagonist Arnold was able to gain support from his tribes while discovering strengths inside of himself that he never knew existed. In comparison, I discovered while reading The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier, the protagonist Jerry had the foundations