Robert Cormier The Chocolate War

A person's individuality makes life more fascinating. Jerry Renault, in the novel The Chocolate War, is a high school freshman trying to fit in Holy trinity high school that has an annual chocolate sale that everyone participates in. Jerry decides to not sell the chocolates which allows for him to express his individuality because he is breaking a tradition of every student in Holy Trinity. His decision is influenced by the bullying and abuse of the Vigils and the monotonous routine of his father. However, his decision is mainly influenced by a random encounter with a hippie on the street.

He had done this a few other times in the book, and it was usually because he was to lazy to go to a pay phone. Holden was an average teenage boy with inherently evil tendencies. Eventually, Holden went to see his little sister Phoebe, late at night, when his parents were out of the house. Holden and Phoebe ended up talking until his parents got home and, then he snuck back out of the house. A while later, Holden went to Phoebe's school, and while he was on the staircase, he saw swear words written on the wall and tried to wipe them off.

on page 15 and Holden has a little hissy fit. I think Holden running away from his problems throughout the novel is something any teenage boy would do if he didn’t have the right support

All of Charlie’s life he has been wishing to be smart. One day Charlies wish came true, by having a special surgery down as an experiment by two doctors gives Charlie all the knowledge he's ever wanted but it's not permanent. In both of the stories, the main characters go through hard times; like Noah having to travel from Texas, the place he grew up in, to Colorado.

The book Huckleberry Finn, written by Mark Twain is a story written about a young boy Huck, who ran away from home with a slave Jim. He battles his feelings towards slavery and learns various other lessons along the way. Allowing this book to be taught to high school students is a never-ending controversy that has been happening since the book has been written. Huckleberry Finn is a brilliant piece of writing that addresses issues that United States still struggles with. There have been many arguments that have been against teaching Huckleberry Finn mostly over the usage of an offensive word, “nigger” which was commonly used in that time period.

The worse thing the pressure brought to Hughes was his loss of faith. He no longer could believe in Jesus, and he lost that faith while making other people happy that he had been “saved.” Orwell doesn't buy what society believes about beggars. Beggars have to go through a lot on the streets, to still be detested by society. Society doesn't care what beggars have to go through, they only care about who has a lot of money.

Barrio Boy and A Day’s Wait are two stories about young boys. Barrio Boy tells the story of a first grader who takes on the journey of going to a new school in a different country, and he faces the struggle of having to learn a new language. At first, he feels very uncomfortable but eventually settles in once he realizes there are other kids there who are going through the same battle. A Day’s Wait is the story of a confused little boy who is sick. When he hears the doctor say his temperature is one-hundred and two he just sits and waits for his death.

Instantly, Willy Wonka remembers all the emotion damage his father caused him, since he wasn’t allowed to eat candy. Burton adds these flashbacks in his films so the audience can understand how the characters came to

Negroes do not like it in any book or play whatsoever, be the book or play ever so sympathetic in its treatment of the basic problems of the race.” If true, how is Huckleberry Finn an exception? There are many accounts and complaints of white students acquiring foul racist behavior within Huckleberry Finn. One is the case of students racially abusing an African American child’s father after they have learned the novel.

Neelum Shah Ms. Bailey English 9 Period 2 9 November, 2016 Brother: The New Windex Most times removing a stain from a glass window seems as simple as squirting some Windex and wiping it off. However, in the short story “The Scarlet Ibis,” by James Hurst, Brother, the protagonist, needs a lot more than a five dollar cleaner from the local Wal-Mart, for Doodle’s, his younger brother, disability, an unwanted blemish Brother desperately wants to erase. Instead of using the Windex to wipe the stain off, he decides simply to break the window.

David had also lost all his money in a bad investment and was unemployed at the age of 38. His marriage underwent a strain and when his wife suggested a temporary separation, David became very upset and saddened. He left his parents’ home one day took a shot gun with him and killed himself. My opinion on this documentary is the parents wanted the best for their child, however, they did not think about the long term effects not just physically but also emotionally and mentally.

John Franklin Candy was born October 31, 1950, in King City Canada. He was only five years old when his father died only 35 years old. John was so sad that he decided to protect his family. He had two brothers, Jim candy, and Nicky candy. He also had a son and a daughter, Christopher Candy, and Jennifer Candy.

The mood of The Chocolate War is very serious and negative, especially in the scene where the author describes Jerry’s mother’s death. Cormier uses a narrator to describe Jerry’s actions and feeling during this scene to make the mood more serious. The narrator states, “Jerry’s mother had died in the spring. They had been staying up with her nights-his father and some of his uncles and aunts and Jerry himself- since her return from the hospital.

Love or Lust? Throughout the book Like Water for Chocolate, Laura Esquivel, has a battle for the heart of Tita between John and Pedro. John is shown as the perfect man, he takes Tita in when everyone else shuts her out. Pedro is shown as an imperfect man, he marries Tita’s sister, Rosaura, because Mama Elena tells him to.