Nathalie Ramprashad July, 28, 2015
Bayside High school English Summer Reading Assignment The Chocolate War, written by Robert Cormier is essentially about Jerry Renault, a freshman at Trinity all boys’ school who was assigned to sell chocolates at the school sale by the Vigils, a secret organization at Trinity that keeps everything in the school “under control”. Jerry refuses to sell them because of what the Vigils are doing to harass the other students, giving the Vigils a hard time. After several days of refusing to sell, the Vigils punishes Jerry because his choice by trashing his locker, even getting beaten up by other students after his football practice, however, Jerry was still reluctant to not sell chocolates. …show more content…
For the most part the narrator focuses more of the main characters and a small glimpse on the other students to support the plot and to see how the other boys feel about selling chocolates. However lacks in background information and other personal experiences that left as a mystery. For example, through the student’s observations and Leon’s behavior we can only guess on what goes on in Leon’s ominous mind and what he would do …show more content…
Within Trinity, have a few dangerous areas such as the Gym, where the Vigils hold secret meetings and create assignments in the supply closet, in addition to the field where Jerry gets beaten up. The passage talks a small amount of Jerry life outside of Trinity. In the bus stop is where he meets a girl, Ellen Barret who becomes his friend and also an opportunity to to meet girls since he’s in an all-boys school. This also reveals that the passage took place around the 1970s because of the types of people he come across such as “Hippies, flower children and Drop Outs”. As a reader, I can relate to Jeremey’s situation by what he was going through, which is being forced to do something he doesn’t want to do and having a serious consequence. To me, chocolates were a metaphor of Jerry’s refusal and how that leads to breaking the order of the school and power of the Vigils. This shows how one thing so small can have a huge effect on others, in this case negative. Since Jerry was the only student that didn’t sell chocolates he had to fight for only himself against the whole
Bayside High school English Summer Reading Assignment The Chocolate War, written by Robert Cormier is essentially about Jerry Renault, a freshman at Trinity all boys’ school who was assigned to sell chocolates at the school sale by the Vigils, a secret organization at Trinity that keeps everything in the school “under control”. Jerry refuses to sell them because of what the Vigils are doing to harass the other students, giving the Vigils a hard time. After several days of refusing to sell, the Vigils punishes Jerry because his choice by trashing his locker, even getting beaten up by other students after his football practice, however, Jerry was still reluctant to not sell chocolates. …show more content…
For the most part the narrator focuses more of the main characters and a small glimpse on the other students to support the plot and to see how the other boys feel about selling chocolates. However lacks in background information and other personal experiences that left as a mystery. For example, through the student’s observations and Leon’s behavior we can only guess on what goes on in Leon’s ominous mind and what he would do …show more content…
Within Trinity, have a few dangerous areas such as the Gym, where the Vigils hold secret meetings and create assignments in the supply closet, in addition to the field where Jerry gets beaten up. The passage talks a small amount of Jerry life outside of Trinity. In the bus stop is where he meets a girl, Ellen Barret who becomes his friend and also an opportunity to to meet girls since he’s in an all-boys school. This also reveals that the passage took place around the 1970s because of the types of people he come across such as “Hippies, flower children and Drop Outs”. As a reader, I can relate to Jeremey’s situation by what he was going through, which is being forced to do something he doesn’t want to do and having a serious consequence. To me, chocolates were a metaphor of Jerry’s refusal and how that leads to breaking the order of the school and power of the Vigils. This shows how one thing so small can have a huge effect on others, in this case negative. Since Jerry was the only student that didn’t sell chocolates he had to fight for only himself against the whole