| Thursday, December 10, 2009 |
| The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier pg 150-201 |
Summary
Brian Cocharn is the treasurer for the school, and he has noticed that for a week now, sales were dropping at a fast rate. When Brian tells Brother Leon, he becomes very angry. Leon blames Jerry for "infecting" the other students, causeing them to not want to sell chocolates. Goober is upset that Brother Eugene is not coming to teach because of what happened on room 19. Goober quites the football tema because feels that the school and the vigils are just bad, and wants nothing to do with them. Brother Leon becomes angry with Archie and yells at him because the sales are doing very poorly.Archie had recived information from Brian Cochran that Brother Leon had brought the chocolates in advance with money he was not suppose to, and now Leon is cought in the middle of the debt. In order to try and make Jerry sell the chocolates, the Vigils give him a new assignment that is to take the chocolates during the next roll call. Because of Jerry's rebellion, the Vigils have been harrasing gim, distroying much of his person all things. These can be seen as messages that something bad is going to happen. Due to the harrasment of the Vigils to the other students in the school, the chocolate slaes has begun rising.
Quote
"Everybody has to do things in this world they don't want to."(Cormier 172)
Reaction
Archie is trying to make a point to Jerry that even though you dont want to do certain things, you still have to. I feel that Cormier ment for this quote to go outside the reading as well. He allows the reader to pause and think about situations where they were forced to go things they did not want to do, therefore putting therself inside Jerry's shoes. This allows the reader to have a better understanding of what is going on in the book, and maybe the emotions of Jerry. |
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