Thursday, May 30, 2019

The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier :: The Chocolate War

The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier was a book that we read in class, it was more or less good and evil. It is about how the to forces battle for superiority over one another. The book tells how one of the lieus over powers the other to claim its spot on top. The people are like pawns to both of the characters, Archie and Brother Leon because they use the people to get what they want from them, and will stop at nonentity to get it. Both of characters will stop at nothing to have what they want, which is to have the power over the school.The good characters even though few in number are willing to go the distance (especially for Jerry). Jerry is the main(prenominal) character of the story. He has a struggle with in himself to do the right thing. He mess with the wrong people in the school and they make him manufacture for it, because no one can mess with the Vigils and get away with it. He was to refuse to take chocolates for ten days. However he still refuses to take the chocolates after(prenominal) the ten days. Brother Jacques is another one of the good guys because he sees that Brother Leon is truely an evil man and abuses his power the power that he has over the kids. He saves Jerry at the of the story from the boxing match. Goober is a good person with a big heart, but is not to smart to get out when in to thick(p) helping Jerry to get out. All that he wanted to do was to play football and to run.There is more of a power struggle among the evil side for them to want to work together. Archie is the Vigils Assigner giver. Archie has a struggle with Brother Leon and Carter. First a struggle with Leon because both are exhausting to carrie the power of the school. Second with Carter both trying to control the Vigils. Carter the president of the Vigils set ups Archie on probation tries to stab him in the back at the boxing match using the black box. He smashes Jerry in practice each day just because he can do the. B rother Leon is a sadistic teacher because of the things that he does to the kid in his class, like when he put Bailey in front of the class and smacked him on the cheek with a pointer.

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