The Chocolate War2
The Chocolate War is a book written by Robert Cormier. It is about a teenaged boy named Jerry and his life as an individual at an all boys catholic school called Trinity. Every year the school sells chocolates to raise money. Every student is meant to sell fifty boxes, and they all do, except for Jerry. Jerry was forced not to sell the chocolates for 10 days by the Vigils, a school gang. At first that's what he planned to do, but as the 10 days went on, Jerry started to feel control over his life and decided to continue not to sell. By doing so, Jerry disobeyed the Vigils and made them look like a bunch of fools. Jerry is a fourteen year old freshman at Trinity. He is 5"9' and 145 pounds. He plays football for the school team. His mother just recently died of cancer and he lives alone with his father. While dealing with his mothers death, Jerry felt that he had absolutely no power or control over his life, that is until he stood up to the Vigils by refusing to sell chocolates. Archie is a part of the Vigils. He plays the role of the assignor. For this job he has to select students and give them assignments. In this case, He assigned Jerry the duty of not selling chocolates for 10 days. Ar
Let it be, let it be, like the beetles sang. Soon enough the ignoring stopped and the brutality began, Jerry was no longer an outcast, he was now a victim. A victim by definition being a person or animal sacrificed, injured or destroyed. For instance, in football practice he would get tackled from behind when the play was over. When he'd look around to see who had done it, there was no one to be seen. He suspected members from his own team were doing the hitting, but he wasn't sure. Also in the hallways, someone tried to push him down the stairs. -"Would you ask Jerry why he isn't selling the chocolates like everybody else??" -"Hey, Renault, you got guts, know that??" "Boy, you really let Leon that bastard have it. Beautiful."
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Approximate Word count = 1650
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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