| Monday, November 30, 2009 |
| The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier pg 102-149 |
Summary
After a discution between Caroni and Brother Leon about an "F" he recives, Caroni tells Leon that the reason Jerry refused the chocolate is beacue his assignment is to refuse the chocolate boxes for ten days. The Goober feels less tension after he found out that Jerry refused the chocolates because of his assignments. He is excited about todays roll call so everything can get back to normal when Jerry agrees to sell the chocolates. When Brother Leon reached Jerry he said no once again even though the ten days where up from his assignment.
Jerry spends a lot of time talking to himself trying to figure out why he said no to the chocolate sale. Not even he knows why he had done it. At school most of the students are congradulating Jerry on his refusal almost as if he is there hero. He has does something few students have dared to do, refuse the chocolate sale. Jerry tries explaining to Goober why he refused the chocolates, saying that it is about him now and how he is commited as Goober sugest to take the chocolates. Jerry refers to the poster in his locker by Eliot which shows a man walking on a beach and the words" Do I dare disturb the universe" written at the bottom which moves Jerry mysteriously. Jerry still refuses to take the chocolates.
Quote
"Cities fell. Earth opened. Planets tilted. Stars plummeted. And the awful silence" (Cormier 118)
Reaction
This quote is a perfect example of how Trinity School feels about the chocolate sale, or even an allusion to the reaction of the student of Jerry's refusal of the chocolate sale. Most of the students are not mad at Jerry's decison, infact most cogradulate him. The tension caused is because the students know that Brother Leon is very uppset because he places the chocolate sale at the top of his priority. I think that Brother Leon is fearful that more students will follow Jerry and refuse to sell the chocolate boxes. |
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anything at OB need to be shaken like the chocolate sale? Who are the Jerry's in our hallways?
is the poster too heavy with symbolism, forcing the significance on the reader?
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anything at OB need to be shaken like the chocolate sale? Who are the Jerry's in our hallways?
is the poster too heavy with symbolism, forcing the significance on the reader?