Summary
See there is Janza and I really don't like him as a character in the book. I t wasn't supposed to happened the way it happened it was just supposed to be him. I think he only did that just because he is trying so hard to get into the vigils. By doing that to someone it can really mess you up and it isn't something to play with. All of a sudden Jerry is being ingorned. He really doesn't understand why but it is probably because of the chooclates. It seems like the who school doesn't want to talk to him at all. To me I think they shouldn't treat Jerry like this. First of all he is a new kid in the school and going through a lot of things. Just because he didn't want to sell chocolates eeryone has turned against him. A thing that could have injured him is that he was going down the stairs someone pushed him and he held on to the railing and people was laughing in the background which was horrible. I want to know the real reason why people dont't like him even teachers. It is just chocolates not every year is the same. So as of now the school is 50 boxexs short and it is because of Jerry, so Archie came up with the idea of having him make a raffle off his chocolates. But there was a twist that shocked me. It wasn't benifiting him it was to help the school. Instead of him doing that he has to fight Janza, so once again Jerry has felled for Archie schemes. WOW as reading the story it takes a twist that shocked me and I know it probably docked other people. Going back to the being of the story looking back on when I was talking about how Archie had to pick either a white marble and that indicates that he has to do the assignment and a black marble he doesn't have to do it. Well in the ring he has to pick from the box without looking, and knowing that everyone knows that he have never picked a white yet. As he puts his hands in the box and pulls out a marbel it is white. Everyone is shocked even Archie. That makes Archie nervous but he doesn't show it, then he pulls another marble out and finds out dat there is another white marble. I thought that was pretty weird because there is only suposed to be one. But the thing I didn't get was why Archie didn't do the assignment. So as of now Jerry and Janza is fighting back and forth and Jerry passes out and then the lights go out. Goober runs to Jerry and calls his name and he finally answers. He is brought to the hospital and Brother Jacques didn't like how this turned out. One thing that killed me was that they got away with it again. Hopefully Archie will get what he deserves. The ending got me so mad I really don't understand all of this and that happends.
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A quote I decided to chose is "Some animals from my neighborhood. They'd beat up their own grandmothers for a quarter"(Cormier 161). This quote is really weird to me and it stood out. This quote shows that it was really crazy. For kids to want money why don't they just ask and plus it is just a quarter nothing major. Then again i find that this quote is funny because I have never heard of this in my life. SOme families grown up differently then other families. Some are polite and others isn't.
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Well I love Robert Cormier writing and his style. I am still mad of how the book ended. I felt as if there should have been something else added to the ended. The thing that he does have you thinking one way but the outcome is so different than what you expected and that is what happened to me. But oerlall I thought it was a good book and I would recommend this book to other people and I would also like to read more of his books.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Sunday, December 13, 2009
The Chocolate War (127-160)
Summary
Lately Jerry has been thinking about not selling the chocolates. He thinks that it is a good idea of him not selling and saying no , because when he did that it made other people realize and think that you don't have to be scared to say no to something you don't want to do. The next day someone new have to do the assignment and it has to be a junior. So far Archie has never gotten the black ball. The junior that they decided to pick is Frankie Rollo. This boy is very unique and I say that because he is actually not scared of them. Usually everyone is scared of the Vigils and Frankie somewhat challenges them. The president of the Vigils see something wrong with that and they think it is all because of Jerry and him saying no. I think it was a good idea for him to say no because it shows that you do things that you want to do and not getting forced to do it. This thing really shocked me. In school there was a poster board that said "Screw the chocolates and screw the Vigils" . Someone must have been really brave to put that on the wall. Now that has happened the president is getting really mad and he blames Jerry and he also blames Archie so he puts archie on a break from the vigils until the sales are done. The next day pretty weird things have been happening to Jerry. When Jerry gets home from practice he has been recieving prank calls even late at night waking up him and his father. Many things have been happening to him and many things was ruin at school. At first the selling of the chocolates was doing really badly but all of a sudden it started to do good. At first it didn't make since to me, but then to put it together since the vigils made threats to Jerry they was making threats to many other people. In class people was asking why Jerry isn't selling chocolates and asking him does he thinks he is better than other people and he simply answers no. As Jerry is at practice he is released early because he wasn't doing a good job. As he is leaving he sees Janza and it is just them two. Sooner or later people jump out the bushes and they started to beat him up and then they left. Now he is home and he cleans himself up and lays in the dark. I feel bad because noone knows what he is going through besides him. Later the phone rings and usually noone would say anthing, but then someone says come out and play and when he looks out he sees that there is a shadow. The phone keeps ringing and then his father takes it off the hook. I think Jerry should tell his father, but as his thought he doesn't want his father to know that is going on or get involved in it.
Quote
The quote I decided to pick is "Because you put on a bid act, kid. You try to get by with a sincerity act. But you're not kidding me. you live in the closet( Cormier 152)." I decided to pick this quote because I thought it was one of the best quotes. I say that because i see this as being wrong of what Janza is saying. Just because someone stands up and says what they feel they shouldn't be judge on that. To say something like that is harsh because you don't know their life or what they have been threw to say that, so it can really hurt someone. I think Robert Cormier put that in there to show or to send a message on how hurtful things are said by bullies or just people in general. As I was reading this I was becoming so mad because you just don't say that to people.
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So far the book is really good and many things are really coming out and people's true side is revealing. I love the way Cormier have this book set up. At first I didn't know what The Chocolate War title meant and what it was for the story. As im reading it and understanding it more im starting to know how the title fits in with the story. Knowing that you can see what many people would do to sell chocolates and do what they have to do. So far I'm loving the book and I can't wait to finish reading the rest of it.
Lately Jerry has been thinking about not selling the chocolates. He thinks that it is a good idea of him not selling and saying no , because when he did that it made other people realize and think that you don't have to be scared to say no to something you don't want to do. The next day someone new have to do the assignment and it has to be a junior. So far Archie has never gotten the black ball. The junior that they decided to pick is Frankie Rollo. This boy is very unique and I say that because he is actually not scared of them. Usually everyone is scared of the Vigils and Frankie somewhat challenges them. The president of the Vigils see something wrong with that and they think it is all because of Jerry and him saying no. I think it was a good idea for him to say no because it shows that you do things that you want to do and not getting forced to do it. This thing really shocked me. In school there was a poster board that said "Screw the chocolates and screw the Vigils" . Someone must have been really brave to put that on the wall. Now that has happened the president is getting really mad and he blames Jerry and he also blames Archie so he puts archie on a break from the vigils until the sales are done. The next day pretty weird things have been happening to Jerry. When Jerry gets home from practice he has been recieving prank calls even late at night waking up him and his father. Many things have been happening to him and many things was ruin at school. At first the selling of the chocolates was doing really badly but all of a sudden it started to do good. At first it didn't make since to me, but then to put it together since the vigils made threats to Jerry they was making threats to many other people. In class people was asking why Jerry isn't selling chocolates and asking him does he thinks he is better than other people and he simply answers no. As Jerry is at practice he is released early because he wasn't doing a good job. As he is leaving he sees Janza and it is just them two. Sooner or later people jump out the bushes and they started to beat him up and then they left. Now he is home and he cleans himself up and lays in the dark. I feel bad because noone knows what he is going through besides him. Later the phone rings and usually noone would say anthing, but then someone says come out and play and when he looks out he sees that there is a shadow. The phone keeps ringing and then his father takes it off the hook. I think Jerry should tell his father, but as his thought he doesn't want his father to know that is going on or get involved in it.
Quote
The quote I decided to pick is "Because you put on a bid act, kid. You try to get by with a sincerity act. But you're not kidding me. you live in the closet( Cormier 152)." I decided to pick this quote because I thought it was one of the best quotes. I say that because i see this as being wrong of what Janza is saying. Just because someone stands up and says what they feel they shouldn't be judge on that. To say something like that is harsh because you don't know their life or what they have been threw to say that, so it can really hurt someone. I think Robert Cormier put that in there to show or to send a message on how hurtful things are said by bullies or just people in general. As I was reading this I was becoming so mad because you just don't say that to people.
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So far the book is really good and many things are really coming out and people's true side is revealing. I love the way Cormier have this book set up. At first I didn't know what The Chocolate War title meant and what it was for the story. As im reading it and understanding it more im starting to know how the title fits in with the story. Knowing that you can see what many people would do to sell chocolates and do what they have to do. So far I'm loving the book and I can't wait to finish reading the rest of it.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
The Chocolate War(93-127)
Summary
The next morning Jerry feels hung over and he is very nauseous. When he got on the bus a junior came and sat next to him and told him that he has guts for standing up to Leon like he did. At first he changed his mind about selling the choolates, but his final answer was a no he refuses to sell them. At school the Goober asked him why he refuse the chocolates and all Jerry can say is he doesn't know. Throughout the day people keep congratulating him on what he has done. Brother Jacques is a new teacher and for a week now everytime he says the word environment everyone gets up and dances insanely. Brother Jacques doesn't know what is going on and why they are doing that. He has no idea on the Vigils, so that is an easy target for them. So what he did was when someone asked a question it involved using the word so he kept using the word until the boys got exhausted, and there was a little smile on his face. Now it starts to focus again on the progress that the students is having selling the chocolates. Kevin Chartier was on the phone with Danny telling him that he cannot sell any chocolates. He hopes that next year when he is a junior he an become a member of the Vigils. The story talks about two more students who names are Howie Anderson and Richy Rondell. Howie tells Richy that he is also going to stop selling chocolates also. Now the kids are in the gym and Obie asked Archie to meet him. When they meet Obie tels Archie that Jerry refuses to sell the chocolates. Now that he isn't going to sell chocolates, many students are giving up on selling chocolates and that is a problem. Brother Leon is getting really angry and he keeps repeating Jerry's name like it is an infection. Then Goober announces that he is quitting the football team and Jerry gets upset and ask why. He feels as the school is rotting and there is evil and he really doesnt want to go to the school and never come back. Finally Brother Leon went to Archie and starts to yell telling him that the sales is failing. So he treatens Archie and he says if the sale goes down the drain, you and the Vigils also go down the drain. Then later Jerry gets a summons from the Vigils. As Archie is sitting at the table he offers Jerry a chocolate and he says no. So Archie asks him how many boxes did you sell and he said zero, and then he started to ask everyone else in the gym. Obie was listening and he heard the usage of "asking" and that shows that Archie is frighten because he knows if Jerry doesn't accept the chocolates then its trouble for him and the Vigils.
Quote
A quote would be "And now along comes a freshman. A child. He says no. He says I'm not going to sell the chocolates. Simple. Beautiful. Something I never thought of before-just stop selling them(Cormier 105)". I chose this quote because I felt like many people was recongizing on how a young boy made an impact on many people. He finally stood up to someone that many people are scared of and that shows braveness. To me that is what you call a leader and a person that believes that you really don't have to do what someones says to tell you to do. If you don't like it then you don't have to do it. I think Robert Cormier was trying to show that now many people are starting to realize that they don't need to do somthing that they have no interest in doing.
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So far I am loving the book. In the book it has so many twists and turns and it grabs you in. As your reading more and more you learn more about the characters and their thoughts. The book is like told from different people's points of views. The main character that it revolves around would be Jerry. You hear and vision his thoughts as you are reading the book. I think that Robert Cormier does that so you can have a better understanding on how the characters really are and how people you think wouldn't act a certain way, or do things would. It goes back and fills you in on what they are saying, but a more clearer version.
The next morning Jerry feels hung over and he is very nauseous. When he got on the bus a junior came and sat next to him and told him that he has guts for standing up to Leon like he did. At first he changed his mind about selling the choolates, but his final answer was a no he refuses to sell them. At school the Goober asked him why he refuse the chocolates and all Jerry can say is he doesn't know. Throughout the day people keep congratulating him on what he has done. Brother Jacques is a new teacher and for a week now everytime he says the word environment everyone gets up and dances insanely. Brother Jacques doesn't know what is going on and why they are doing that. He has no idea on the Vigils, so that is an easy target for them. So what he did was when someone asked a question it involved using the word so he kept using the word until the boys got exhausted, and there was a little smile on his face. Now it starts to focus again on the progress that the students is having selling the chocolates. Kevin Chartier was on the phone with Danny telling him that he cannot sell any chocolates. He hopes that next year when he is a junior he an become a member of the Vigils. The story talks about two more students who names are Howie Anderson and Richy Rondell. Howie tells Richy that he is also going to stop selling chocolates also. Now the kids are in the gym and Obie asked Archie to meet him. When they meet Obie tels Archie that Jerry refuses to sell the chocolates. Now that he isn't going to sell chocolates, many students are giving up on selling chocolates and that is a problem. Brother Leon is getting really angry and he keeps repeating Jerry's name like it is an infection. Then Goober announces that he is quitting the football team and Jerry gets upset and ask why. He feels as the school is rotting and there is evil and he really doesnt want to go to the school and never come back. Finally Brother Leon went to Archie and starts to yell telling him that the sales is failing. So he treatens Archie and he says if the sale goes down the drain, you and the Vigils also go down the drain. Then later Jerry gets a summons from the Vigils. As Archie is sitting at the table he offers Jerry a chocolate and he says no. So Archie asks him how many boxes did you sell and he said zero, and then he started to ask everyone else in the gym. Obie was listening and he heard the usage of "asking" and that shows that Archie is frighten because he knows if Jerry doesn't accept the chocolates then its trouble for him and the Vigils.
Quote
A quote would be "And now along comes a freshman. A child. He says no. He says I'm not going to sell the chocolates. Simple. Beautiful. Something I never thought of before-just stop selling them(Cormier 105)". I chose this quote because I felt like many people was recongizing on how a young boy made an impact on many people. He finally stood up to someone that many people are scared of and that shows braveness. To me that is what you call a leader and a person that believes that you really don't have to do what someones says to tell you to do. If you don't like it then you don't have to do it. I think Robert Cormier was trying to show that now many people are starting to realize that they don't need to do somthing that they have no interest in doing.
Reaction
So far I am loving the book. In the book it has so many twists and turns and it grabs you in. As your reading more and more you learn more about the characters and their thoughts. The book is like told from different people's points of views. The main character that it revolves around would be Jerry. You hear and vision his thoughts as you are reading the book. I think that Robert Cormier does that so you can have a better understanding on how the characters really are and how people you think wouldn't act a certain way, or do things would. It goes back and fills you in on what they are saying, but a more clearer version.
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