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The Chocolate War By Robert Cormier Black Box
707 wordsThe Chocolate War By Robert Cormier (The Black Box) The Chocolate War exposes a web of unsentimental power and control which, exerts bullying. This war was instrumented by both the adults and the students at a Catholic High School. The focus of this paper will surround the Black Box that controls Archie Costello, the Leader of a Mafia-like club (the Vigil) that has not only influence on students with its psychological tactics but the staff as well. I will discuss the effect this box has on Jerry...
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Robert Cormier The Chocolate War
812 wordsRobert Cormier's the Chocolate War In my essay I will reflect on Robert Cormier's the Chocolate War. This book is focused on the problem of unrestricted power of authority that can rule over and swallow people. The main idea of the novel is shown in the destiny of the main character. Jerry Renault tried to fight the authority of the mafia in his school. In this way he dared to disturb the universe and embodied the opposition of a morally strong and independently thinking personality to miserable...
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Cultural Diversity And Psychology Counselling
2,500 wordsCultural Diversity and Psychology Counselling Cultural diversity is one of the most important issues that contemporary psychology counselors have to face, since it means that they have to ensure that the methods used for client with one cultural background would be alike suitable for the client with completely different cultural background. Cultural diversity poses a number of problems for professional counselors, however the theories and methods they use do reflect the notion of cultural divers...
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Jerry Renault Brother Leon
1,417 words" Do I dare disturb the universe" (172). With these words Robert Cormier clearly shows his purpose for writing The Chocolate War. He writes it to give insight into the consequences of standing up for what you believe in. Through his portrayal of characters, and plot, Robert Cormier achieves his purpose. Cormier shows what happens to Jerry Renault and his protagonist Archie Costello. Through The Chocolate War Robert Cormier clearly shows his feelings towards conformity and the abuse of ...
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Jerry Brother Leon
544 wordsThe Chocolate War Why would a person decide to betray the beliefs they had fought so hard for? In Robert Cormier's novel The Chocolate War, the character of Jerry Renault changes drastically from a rebel to a follower in the end. The school gang known as the vigils and his moral beliefs motivates Jerry? s actions. He feels he must take a stand against evil. Jerry can be considered a hero because of his beliefs. In the end however he gives in to the things he fought against and becomes a follower...
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Truth And Justice Adam
1,704 wordsHeroes are not always credited for their honesty and righteousness. This is the view towards society that Robert Cormier exhibits in the novel? ? I am the Cheese? ? , where the individual is punished for standing up to himself. In this society, the non-valiant are rewarded for their ignorance and compliance, narrated through the characters of Grey and Whipper. Moreover, Robert Cormier portrays this society to be void of truth and justice. This is seen through exploring the innocence behind Adam?...
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Julius Caesar Caesars Funeral
1,386 wordsLeaders Among Us The death of a tyrannical emperor and the refusal of a teenager to sell chocolates are two very different story lines. Yet the leaders in both stories use the same techniques and act similarly. The followers also are also depicted in similar manners in the ways they respond to being led. The leaders also used the same methods in gaining and maintaining their power through manipulation and fear. In these two pieces of literature, The Chocolate War, and Julius Caesar, the leaders ...
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Recommend This Book Sell The Chocolates
511 wordsThe Chocolate War The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier is a realistic fiction book about one boy? s struggles to fight for what is right in a school ruled by a group of sharp-witted, clever individuals. This group, known as the Vigils, play the largest role in the story. True, they? re not exactly the people you want to be rooting for in the end, but they keep the story interesting. Because of this group, the story never turns out how you think it will or how you want it to. Which is why I would ...
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Robert Cormier Chocolate War
227 wordsRobert Robert Cormier Robert Cormier Robert Cormier was born on January 17, 1925, in Leominster, Massachusetts and has lived there for most of his life. He is the second of eight children in his family. When he was in elementary school his seventh-grade teacher read one of his poems and told him that it was very good and he could be a writer. When he was in college one of his teachers liked one of his stories so much that she submitted it to a magazine and that was his first ever published work ...
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