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.