... themes are expressed in the novel The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier. The two themes that are most prevalent in this novel are god versus evil and courage. The main character Jerry Rennault is completely involved with these themes. One theme that is very prevalent is good versus evil. Good versus evil is shown throughout the entire novel but is mostly expressed towards the end. When Jerry and ... Janza have to fight at the ... not cheat. In this case good triumphs over evil. Another theme shown in The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier is courage. Jerry Rennault shows courage when he ref...

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Chocolate War BOOK REPORT TITLE: The Chocolate War AUTHOR: Robert Cormier PUBLICATION DATE: 1974 PLACE SETTING: The story is set in New York. TIME SETTING: The story takes place in the modern day. POINT OF VIEW: The story is told in third person. THEME: The theme is fighting the establishment. Jerry is all by himself against the Vigils and, it seems, the faculty of the school, who blindly let the chocolates become their number ... Jerry's friend PLOT SUMMARY: Jerry is a young, anonymous kid at a Catholic school. One day he gets an "assignment" from the Vigils, a group of upperclassmen that h...

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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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... regulations on us as individuals as to what is OK and what is not. We must decide for ourselves whether to conform or not to follow rules and regulations. In the Chocolate war Jerry is confronted with the choice to conform, sell chocolates and lead a relatively problem care-free and contented life at Trinity. Or to be an anti-conformist and defy ... the might of Archie and the vigils, the brutality of Brother Leon and the sheepish cruelty of his peers. Slowly the 'baddies' (Archie & Brother Leon) break Jerry down, in a similar way to George Orwell's '1984' conclusion. Until he is fearfu...

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... . Brother Leon, Archie Costello, and Emile Janza misuse these two actions in the novel. By browbeating their peers or students, they maintain their power and get what they want until one individual, Jerry, stands up to them and breaks the awful trend that has been set. In the Chocolate War, Robert Cormier uses the third person perspective so he could get everyone's actions in together to ... explain the uses of power even better. Emile Janza, being one of the meanest and most intimidating guys in the school, browbeats all of the students out of his own volition so he can ... as feared, ...

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