The novel The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier is a story about a boy named Jerry Renault who refuses to sell chocolates for a fundraiser in his school. It started out as a Vigils ... trouble for it. Jerry learns that being yourself isn't always what people want you to be and this is why the novel is a coming of age story. The Chocolate War contains all the components of a coming of age novel. Jerry has grown and developed throughout the story in the context of a defined social order. Jerry has gone ... is long and gradual. The story ends with the assessment of Jerry himself, and his place in ...

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... Laura Esquivel Laura Esquivel's novel Like Water For Chocolate, explores issues and asks questions about our society, in a way that is a thought provoking and relevant. It is presented in such a way that the novel flows with pace and does ... " rights are a dominant point in society, to the point where the President of the United States of America, Mr George W. Bush, gave it as the main reason for justifying his war on Afghanistan. Esquivel has succeeded in discussing this delicate topic in a mature way that appeals to readers as it does not just state what is happening but allows the r...

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... be reduced from thirty grams to twenty" (28). Whenever news of victory appear, Winston learns to expect a reduction of some ration. The war is used as a buffer against any unhappiness which could result from the decreased chocolate ration. In this way, the Party prevents any rebellious tendencies from appearing. As Winston does his stretches, he reminisces about his parents, and ... mentions that "war had been literally continuous" (33). Here, it appears that the war can be used as propaganda to raise patriotic fervor for Oceania. ... general standard of living" (188) because it became...

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... . The telescreen could also send out messages like a television. Music for the most part was often played. News reports were broadcasted for everyone to hear. Things such as how the war was going or if a food ration was increasing or decreasing was common as well. At one point in the novel, Winston was watching the news reports and observed that: "It ... appeared that there had been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, the ration was reduced to twenty grams a week" (51). The government was able to t...

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... time. Gatsby flaunts all these material possessions only as a means of winning over Daisy, his true love. When Gatsby meets Daisy for the first time since he left for the war, Nick says, "he hadn't once ceased looking at Daisy", which reflects his love for her and the assumption that she also still loves him. Gatsby invites her and Tom to ... -needed change to the sleepy town. She opens a luxuriant chocolatier in the middle of Lent. The parish priest sees this as an act against religion, and so the war between the church and chocolate begins. At first, no one accepted Vianne as they thou...

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• Grade Level: High School