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Jerry Renault Chocolate War
1,435 wordsJerry Renault in The Chocolate War appears to be going with the flow trying out for football, checking out girls but his inner character drives him to differ. He fights to grasp his feelings and lacks self-confidence when he needs it most. As Jerry begins to unearth his inner-self, other obstacles and ideas dealing with certain emotions arise. As he progresses and reaches a level of comprehension, he grows closer to his goal sense of self-rule. Jerry seems to be a typical freshman, in a period o...
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Sell The Chocolates Brother Leon
376 wordsJerry Renault is a Fourteen year old kid who goes to Trinity High School where the school is practically run and owned by the school gang called the Vigils. Most of the kids in the school are in the Vigils. A school tradition is to send non-Vigil students off on crazy "assignments" that are made to annoy the teachers and to give the Vigils a good laugh. One day, Jerry gets an assignment from the Vigils. It is for him not to participate in the school chocolate sale for ten days, and then start se...
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Trench Warfare War Effort
1,346 wordsGallipoli truly demonstrated the view points of Australians and the effects the war had on them. A deceiving perception of the war was emphasized, forgetting the warnings and traumas which were so evident by the end of the movie. Innocence was lost before young boys even had a chance to really live their lives. Misleading propaganda and nationalism encouraged the war effort. Much could have been prevented, yet the naivete of the elders and youth alike kept the inexperienced going on for more. Mi...
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Sell The Chocolates Brother Leon
737 wordsJerry Renault is not the best-liked kid in his school. He barely had any respect, even though he is the quarterback for his schools football team. In the beginning Jerry had lots of friends. But no one knew what is in store for Jerry. Jerry had no idea how his life is about to change. It is a tradition at Trinity to have a yearly chocolate sale. It is not mandatory to sell the chocolates, but no one ever refused. A secret underground group called The Vigils likes to make the lives of Trinity stu...
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Kevin Kline In Fish Called Wanda
778 wordsThe film A Fish Called Wanda is on the AFIs (American Film Institute) Greatest 100 Comedies list. Although this film features talented actors like John Cleese and Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline easily steals the show. Kline gives a brilliant performance as the pseudo-intellectual Otto. What makes Kline so remarkable is the way that he moves and makes his character dance across the screen. Right from the outset, in one of the films first scene, we see that Kline's Otto is no normal jewel thief. Ev...
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Is It A Chocolate Sale Or War
1,389 wordsChocolate "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 in...
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The Theme Of Power In Book Chocolate War
823 wordsPower good or bad? The book Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier, had many forms of power. The Vigils possessed power over Jerry, Goober, Brother Leon, the chocolate sale, and the school. This power that they possessed was used to manipulate the people and things for the further meant of the Vigils organization. Is it possible to ruin someones freshman year with on small thing, or in Jerry's case one small assignment? Jerry was told to rebel against the school. He was told to not except the chocolat...
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Thousands Of Years Town Meeting
1,593 wordsOnce upon a time, there was a town called D-town. IT was the home of all the gods of the ATL, the leading state in Fruitoria, the land of milk and homes. The people in Fruitoria enjoyed a higher standard of living than any other group of people in the world because the Atlien, the god of the whole world, originated from Fruitoria, the D-Town to be exact, and showed extreme favoritism upon these people. The Atlien had personally assigned his favorite cousin, Supacris, to look over and protect D-t...
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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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Third Person Omniscient Story Takes Place
957 wordsRobert Cormier wrote The Chocolate War. The copyright of the book is 1974. 2. In the exposition of The Chocolate War, Jerry Renault, the freshman quarterback, was receiving constant blows from opposing players. Jerry was trying to get the ball to his receiver, the Goober, but not having any luck. In The Chocolate War, the rising action was the majority of the story. At Trinity High School, the school that Jerry attends, there is a group of elite students called the Vigils. The Vigils give out as...
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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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Brother Leon Boxing Match
729 wordsIt is about how the to forces battle for superiority over one another. The book tells how one of the sides over powers the other to claim its spot on top. The people are like pawns to two of the characters, Archie and Brother Leon because they use the people to get what they want from them, and will stop at nothing 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 ...
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Jerry Father
1,504 wordsJerry Renault in The Chocolate War appears to be? going with the flow? ? trying out for football, checking out girls? but his inner character drives him to differ. He fights to grasp his feelings and lacks self-confidence when he needs it most. As Jerry begins to unearth his inner-self, other obstacles and ideas dealing with certain emotions arise. As he progresses and reaches a level of comprehension, he grows closer to his goal? a sense of self-rule. Jerry seems to be a typical freshman, in a ...
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Doctor Ainslie Cape Breton Chapter
569 words&# 65279; 1) Doctor Ainslie's role in the community is to take care of the injured people of Cape Breton. He works long hours to keep up with the demand of the patients. He is also very much respected by everyone in the community. Molly thinks that Doctor Ainslie is a very well educated person. She thinks of Dr. Ainslie as a great role model for her son. 2. ) Page 27 is saying that whatever the doctor does it is never good enough for him. He is too hard on himself, never being pleased with himse...
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Corporate Social Responsibility Basic Necessities
658 wordsCorporate Social Responsibility is a corporation that is responsible, not only for themselves, but also the employees, local community, environment and global impact. As history has shown us, a greedy or ignorant corporation can do vast amounts of damage to an environment, community, and people. Everything from using unsafe chemicals, to the clearing of acres of forest just to turn a profit. Almost always, in the past, business owners never looked to the future, or at any possible reactions to t...
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Make Him Feel Sell The Chocolates
1,654 wordsThe Chocolate War 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 c...
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Jerry Renault Brother Leon
684 wordsThe Chocolate War Robert Cormier New York: Dell Publishing, September 1986. 1 st Edition. pp. 191. Park. The Chocolate Wars Plot is centered around a boy named Jerry Renault, who is a freshman that attends Trinity Highschool. At Trinity High the young men are asked to sell boxes of chocolate as an annual fund raiser. No body has ever refused to sell the candy bars until Jerry Renault appeared. Throughout the years at Trinity, the students were asked to sell twenty-five boxes of chocolate at the ...
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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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Nation Of Islam African Americans
900 wordsThroughout history there have been many people who have stood out and made an impact in the way we think and comprehend things. During the late 1950 s and early 1960 s, Malcolm X was no exception. His militant views that Western nations were inherently racist and that black people must join together to build their own society and value system had an important influence on black nationalist and black separatist movements of the 1950 s and 1960 s. At the beginning of the movie, Malcolm X was born ...
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