Is It a Chocolate Sale...or a Chocolate War..??
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Chocolate "sale" or.....chocolate "war"? Although you describe this novel as
being mainly based on simply the chocolate sale, the correct answer is more like the
war of the chocolate sale. Already from the opening page of this exclusive book,
where quarterback Jerry Renault is clobbered by a relentless defense, The Chocolate
War is relentless in its portrayal of the vicious, sometimes violent world of high
school. Through Jerry Renault, Robert Cormier who is the author of this book,
thrusts us into the tormenting world of Trinity High, an all boys prep school.
The Chocolate War isn’t all about the schoolwide chocolate sale Brother
Leon presented to Trinity. The sale is part of the "war" going on through the school,
but even before the sale was put out, problems already were occurring. The theme in
their school was always "the students vs. the teachers". It then lowered down to "the
Vigils vs. the teachers", particularly talking about Archie Castello, head and assigner
of the Vigils, and Brother Leon, assistant headmaster of Trinity. These conflicts were
already existing before the sale was given by Brother Leon. The characters are
guided by peer pressures and the desire to please (or displease) their teachers. All of
this is just a piece of the war at Trinity.
The real chocolate war all started out just as Brother Leon announced and
introduced the chocolate sale that all the students were supposed to participate in.
Everyone was perfectly fine about the idea of the sale since it is held as one of the
biggest fund-raisers all year to help the school. But once Leon changed around the
expectations on the sale, conflicts around the school began to...
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