V for Vendetta Dystopian futures in society often spring from conflict in society This often results in a vision of an authoritarian or totalitarian government and the resulting conflict that the two forms of government cause The graphic novel V for Vendetta written by Alan Moore is no exception This novel was also adapted into a movie In the process of adaptation the directors of the film version attempted to maintain the overall characters and anarchist themes of the graphic novel however the
The Chocolate War The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier is a novel about a young teenage boy who refuses to sell chocolates for a school fundraiser It is this idea that sets the stage for this story The setting of the book is Trinity High School an all boys Catholic high school in New England during modern times Jerry Renault is one of the main characters in this story The author describes him as a skinny freshman who wants to join the football team He is 59 tall and weighs 145 pounds He is an at
One of Shaws aims in this play is to debunk the romantic heroics of war he wanted to present a realistic account of war and to remove all pretensions of nobility from war It is not however an anti war play instead it is a satire on those attitudes which would glorify war To create this satire Shaw chose as his title the opening lines of Virgils Aeneid the Roman epic which glorifies war and the heroic feats of man in war and which begins Of arms and the man I sing When the play opens we hear abo
The novel Boy written by Roald Dahl is in relation to the different stages throughout his childhood Roald Dahl exaggerates an autobiography is regarding boring details throughout there life and I would never write such boring details about myself Introduction Page I strongly disagree that all the adults in this book are portrayed as ogres An ogre is described as an unpleasant and horrible person by Roald Dahl I strongly disagree because the adults throughout the stages of his childhood includin
All The Kings Men portrayed the relationships established between father and son both spiritually as well as physically It made the reader consider the ties that are deeper than flesh and blood the ones that lied within the relationships crafted in this novel The father and son relationships between Jack Burden and the many fatherly figures introduced to him over the years Willie and Tom and Governor Stanton and Adam changed these characters and developed them throughout the novel Jack Burden f
An Analytical Essay on The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier This essay will analyze the emotions of courage hatred and senselessness from the novel The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier By evaluating these emotions displayed by the main character Jerry Renault we can learn if they benefited him during his high school years Courage was reflected in The Chocolate War when Jerry opted not to participate in Trinity Schools annual chocolate fundraiser Courage would prove to be one of his fundamental em
There are many lessons in life that may change a person or may not There were many lessons in The Chocolate War that caused a very large transformation with the protagonist Jerry In the beginning of the book you may have noticed a strong inspirational Jerry He walks home from practice thinking that hell make the team Im going to make the team Dreamer Dreamer Not a dream Its the truth Then towards the end of the book he becomes a follower just like everyone else as he tells The Goober that it is
The Chocolate War is a young adult novel by Robert Cormier and is as I thought listed as one of the Top 100 Banned or Challenged Books in the 21st Century It is written in the background of a Catholic high school Trinity telling the tale of the teenage students and their inner conflicts with each other and towards the school What made me wonder throughout the novel is the numerous references to the boys sexual frustrations and hormones when it is a young adult novel Indeed a bit inappropriate t
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier depicts a story of a teenage boy named Jerry struggling to fit the characteristics of the social norm As the story unfolds you see Jerry battle his fear of isolation by conforming to his peers As the battle continues Jerry faces the moral dilemma of abandoning his values to fit in or defy their constraints and be isolated Jerry soon starts to reach a level of a mature state until he gives in to something he truly doesnt agree with doing From Trinity High Scho