The Chocolate War
Chapter1: The first chapter begins with football team tryouts. The young man, who is apparently the lead character, is amongst those trying out for the team…although he isn’t doing very well. The boy is being tackled left and right on every play. The internal monologue of this boy makes it very apparent to the reader that more than anything he wants to make the football team. As the third paragraph approaches we can start to see that discouragement is setting in. It even says: “He had never felt so lonely in his life, abandoned, defenseless.” He becomes so discouraged that he finally resorts to falling asleep on the fifty-yard line. This is the first glimpse that we receive of his name; the coach calls him Renault…but is this a first name or a last name? Now we are also starting to see a very prominent character trait…he is a COWARD! This is apparent when his internal thoughts are the exact opposite of what he says, he will do almost anything to avoid confrontation. !Now, all of a sudden, this “boy” is being referred to as Jerry Renault. Despite all of Jerry’s messed up plays he still fulfills his goal of making the team. It is now that Jerry again begins
Chapter29- Brian Cochran is thrilled. He is re-checking the figures over and over, just to make sure it’s not a mistake. According to his totals the sales are going up quickly. As he is doing the books Carter comes in and throws money at him. Brian counts it and then Carter tells him who to put it down for. Not that these people have sold the chocolates, but The Vigils have. The Vigils are going out and selling chocolates then putting down for people that that person sold them, so that everyone will make their quota. “He saw Leon’s hand trembling.”
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Approximate Word count = 12087
Approximate Pages = 48 (250 words per page double spaced)
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