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THIS is for my english literacy homework! I'm doing the AR activity- review and blog it! :D *to teacher: erm, please dont bother bout e sentence up thr =x*
The chocolate war. By: Robert Cormier
High school freshman Jerry's mother has recently died. The novel opens with his tryout for the football team, a scene in which he is continually battered but keeps getting up and trying again. His preparatory school, Trinity, is effectively run by "the Vigils," a secret school society who keep the other students under control by giving cruel "assignments." The novel alternates among several points of view, including Jerry; Archie, the Vigil "assigner"; Obie, Archie's sidekick; and other Trinity students. The novel explores Jerry's loneliness and sexual frustration, and Jerry frequently ponders the quotation posted inside his locker: "Do I dare disturb the universe?" from T. S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock".
Brother Leon, the assistant headmaster of the school, is striving to be headmaster. He believes that if he gets the students to sell twice as many boxes of chocolates at twice the price during their annual chocolate sale, the funds raised will aid him in getting the headmaster position. To motivate the students, he asks Archie and the Vigils for their help. The Vigils promise to support the chocolate sale, but give Jerry an assignment to refuse to sell chocolates during the first ten days of the sale and then take the chocolates afterwards. Even after the ten days are past, Jerry still refuses, angering Brother Leon and the Vigils. His continued refusal results in his becoming the victim of harassment and violence. In the end, the Vigils con Jerry into participating in a 'boxing match' with school thug and bully, Emile Janza, in which he is completely beaten. Jerry is severely injured and tells Roland Goubert, his only real friend, to do whatever the Vigils say, regardless of whether or not you want to.
The story ends with Obie confronting Archie for his cruel actions, and telling him that someday, he will regret what he has done. Archie barely even listens, clearly having no remorse for what has happened.