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Character Analysis Of Jerry Renault In The Chocolate War

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Jerry Renault is the most memorable character in the Chocolate War. Jerry is a freshman in highschool and is one of the new kids who has to fight for his spot in school. Jerry is a kid that has to fight for his spot on the football team as being the quarterback of the football team. The football players pick on jerry during practice because the coach is testing him to see how much he can handle. Jerry is a shy kid but he has the determination to fight. Jerry doesn 't stick up for himself and gets pushed around by the older kids. Jerry is a nice kid who comes from a different family to where his dad and him don 't have a very good relationship and don 't talk a lot. He has to fight for himself and stick up for himself in school so he doesn

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