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Summary: The Chocolate Controversy
Review: I think that The Chocolate War was a fairly decent novel. Honestly, I liked it because Jerry stands up for what he believes in when he refuses to sell the chocolates as a requirement. He takes a stand against not only a gang of demanding students, know as The Vigils, but the whole school of Trinity and its traditions of selling chocolate. His assignment is not to sell chocolates for ten days, but he defies all odds and will not sell them at all once the assignment is over. I also am intrigued with how The Vigils control and manipulate everyone at Trinity. It is odd, but partly true in some high schools today. This book is a good book for just about anybody to read.
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Summary: MORE LIKE WORLD WAR 3(but more tasteful)
Review: This is the greatest book that I have ever read. The best part was when the class room fell apart. Well, I am not going to tell you anymore. You have to read to find out. This is an execelent book, I'm telling you. BUY IT! READ IT! YOU WILL LOVE IT!
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Summary: Great Book
Review: I read this book in 7th grade and again in 10th and I think it is one of the best book I've ever read, if not the best. The descriptions of the characters, and the way he makes their lives intertwine is a true reflection of the life of a student (middle or high school for that matter). I've always like the idea of conspiracy's in school and people actually working together to stir up the world, although the Vigils push it to the edge, it shows that it can be done. So many themes, so many great things, flow through this book. I'm recommending it to everyone I see, includiing you!
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Summary: A masterpiece every teen should read.
Review: I was forced to read this book as a Freshman for a class, and I was shocked. I love to read, but never have I liked anything that a teacher has pushed at me. I got the book in class, read the first chapter, and hated it. It seemed like a sports book, all about football. I was not interested. But when the second chapter rolled around I was mesmerized by a character. Archie Costello was the epitomy of evil, and I loved it. My attention was caught, and I was in for a ride. That weekend I read the entire book. I love Robert Cormier's style of writing. How in certain chapters he introduces new characters that seem like they have no place at all in the story, but later in the book you realize what was planned, and they end up playing major roles in the chaos. This book teaches some life lessons. Like, the good guys don't always win. The main thing that shocked me about the book is the way the teachers were portrayed. They were all so evil, uncaring, and manipulative. It was hardly a book I would expect to read in school. I loved the book, and I'm sure any teen would. Or any adult for that matter. Just read it! You won't regret it!
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Summary: Chocolate War is bittersweet
Review: This book has some decent ideas and themes that are relevant to teens and adults but I found the plot to be a bit of a stretch. The character of Jerry I thought was portrayed with sensitivity and realism. Cormier gets into his head and voices his fear and insecurity with precision. It's worth reading because it raises important questions that teens and adults should always be pondering. Where is your life going? Why are you here? What are you going to do? What should you fight for?
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Summary: Don't disturb the universe
Review: This book deserves high praise. What a novel, one that works on so many different levels and tells it like it really is. On one level, it works as your typical teen angst novel, but there is just so much more to it than that. The Chocolate War is really about the effects of Group Think and the ways in which society goes about proliferating conformity. Jerry's anguish is of the type we can all relate to: wanting to declare ourselves different from everyone else, to forge our own identity, and yet being blocked by social constraints at every turn. Jerry is made to face these hard facts and learns a lesson that many of us learned in our high school years (although maybe not in such a harsh manner): follow the herd or face it's wrath. A hardnose piece of literature that will no doubt be read by people of all ages well into the future.
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Summary: the chocolate war
Review: Kelly Call Language Atrs 3 3rd hr 12-11-2000 THE STORY OF JERRY RENAVLT Jerry Renault was not the most popular kid in school. He was a 14-year-old boy that just did not at all fit in. he went to a catholic school. He was a freshman at the Trinity High, it was a boarding school. Jerry Renault was a good kid, he never was a follower he was a leader, he always stuck threw with what he believed in. All the trouble started was when he went into the school and saw the vigils. There was a group of kids in a gang that told other kids to do stuff for them. That's just say they were not the nicest kids in the world. They are not like kids that believe in violence really they are just demanding kids. The assignment that Jerry had to do was not to sell chocolates for 10 days. Selling chocolates are a tradition at Trinity High. If you did not sell chocolates you were such a disappointment to the staff and the students. Jerry ended up not selling and something else became of this. The chocolate war was a good book and it was hard to put down, it would rather be pointed out to guys to read though. It is dealing with a boy's boarding school and fighting.
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Summary: A Great Book- The Chocolate War
Review: The Chocolate War The Chocolate War is not only a book that provides a great view at what real life is, but it also symbolizes fascism in a modern society. The characters are wonderful and I think that anyone who reads this book can think of at least one person in their own life that reminds them of that character. Therefore the characters make the book what it is. It is a very simple plot that makes a strong point. I would never have thought that a chocolate sale would be the beginning of something so big. It all starts because just one freshman boy won't sell his share of the chocolates. That is where the act of fascism all begins. The book is not a very long book, but I found it very hard to quit reading when i started. It is such a straight forward book to read and very interesting. Overall I think that this is a very good book. I was able to relate to almost every situation in the book. It may sound like the plot is boring, but actually it became very interesting. It is a book that is on almost every classics book list, and it is a very good book!
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Summary: this is NOT a happy-ending book
Review: sometimes i just hate robert cormier. but i still read many of his books because he has that way of showing us a side of humanity we don't dare admit to ourselves: the dark side so real, we want to pretend it doesn't really exist. well, in other people it does - in criminals and their kind - but not to us. and then i bought a copy of 'the chocolate war', probably his best work. if you're after happy endings, or at least the comforting hints that everything will still turn out okay after the story ends, read fairy tales. and if you still think in terms of good guys vs bad guys, this book ain't for you. 'the chocolate war' is a dark mirror of humanity. it's frightening because when you're reading this book, you will see yourself - in archie, in obie, in goober, in the mob of students, you're in there somewhere - and not know if you're with the good guys, or if there are good guys after all. you'll see people lie, cheat, lust, conspire and it's frightening because these people are just like us; they are us. if you're catholic, the story has one or two things you'll find intriguing. sorry noncatholic readers, this is not me being biased, it's just you're not likely to spot the meanings behind some catholic rituals and traditions cormier uses. the story after all is set in a catholic school. but i assure you it doesn't affect much your reading whether you're religious or not. what matters is whether you'll be WILLING to go on reading after you've begun. this book will make you think, make you mad, make you sick, and make you worry. for sure 'the chocolate war' disturbed my universe. the question is, do you dare disturb yours?
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Summary: My favorite book
Review: Life at Trinity HS seems pretty simple on the surface maybe, but below the Catholic school image there is something incredible. The Vigils. An organization with Archie Costello as the frontman. The vigils are a non-violent organization that run the school, although the name is never spoken. When brother Leon asks the vigils to support the chocolate sale, reprocussions unimaginable make the story facinating. If you've seen the movie, it's nothing compared to the book. The character is uncaputurable on film,
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