Jerry In the novel "The Chocolate War" a character that helps develop the plot is Jerry Renault. The story is based on the students selling chocolates. Jerry as a character plays an integral role in the plot. The following essay will outline how Jerry plays an important part in the plot. Jerry helps develop the plot by an assignment given to him by "The Vigils". He has to refuse to sell the chocolates from Brother Leon ... mistake his locker had been destroyed like every one was out to get him "he closed his locker quickly so no one would see the damage he felt ashamed. To conclude Jerry help...

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... syphilis. Yet, when Candide remarks on Pangloss's poor state, the philosopher simply remarks that it is for the best. He rationalizes that since the transmission of the syphilis could be traced back to the New World, and Christopher Columbus also brought back chocolate from the New World, all had worked to the best possible ends. Upon reading such a ridiculous anecdote one ... aspect of their world. A proposal, that proved in the situation of Jacques, to be quite fatal. Pangloss's ridiculous optimism continues straight on till the last pages of the novel. After Candide, Pangloss, and all...

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... first novel Now and at the Hour (Bryfonski 133). It was the story of a New England mill worker who was dying of cancer. In his fourth novel The Chocolate War Cormier uses his own son's refusal to sell chocolate as a school fund-raiser as a prompt. The Chocolate War is Cormier's most controversial novel ever. The use of darkness and hopelessness as themes made people critical of The Chocolate War. Many schools banned together ... to get Cormier's writings out of their libraries. Many of the students signed petitions saying they wanted Cormier's writings ... ...

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... . Power is a recurring theme throughout the novel. It presents itself through the governing style on the first island of Lilliput. The island is ruled by an Emperor with ultimate power among the Lilliputians. He has a palace, servants, and the power to appoint men for war. Gulliver shows his loyalty to the Emperor when he narrates, "I desired the Secretary to present my humble duty to the Emperor, and to let him ... characters smaller than normal carries over into many other fictional stories, two of which are Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, and The Wonderful Wizard of O...

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... foreboding that will keep teens turning the pages." The success of this book is essentially summed up in this statement outlining what it is that makes the readers read. "Cormier returns to the gritty form that made him famous. His new novel is sure; accordingly, to inflame the same parental passions and excite the same critical controversies that visited the publication of The Chocolate War. It is also sure to ... find a devoted following among the kids themselves, who will recognize and embrace the authenticity of the achingly awful adolescent world that Cormier has created.... Cormie...

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