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
Jerrys fate at the end of the novel is more a symbol of hope because everything that he has gone through has encouraged him to stand up for his morals and what he believes Even after all the hardships and challenges he is still determined that everything he does is right Jerry has the initiative and determination to stand up for himself Not only does he get this determination from his own self esteem but his only friend The Goober Ever since the day he refused to sell the chocolates Jerry was g
F Scott Fitzgerald uses the theme of class in The Great Gatsby as a strong role throughout the story He starts off the book not even the story with a poem in the beginning that demonstrates the theme of class There is a wealthy man that is trying to astound a woman by drawing attention to him while looking foolish doing it Of course the woman falls for the man and his money Money is everything to the upper class Without money they think theyre lives are nothing The wealthy also lack many morals
In Erich Maria Remarques novel All Quiet on the Western Front one of the central themes is the theme of comradeship This theme is brought out throughout the novel in scenes when the men are resting and when they are in battle The camaraderie of their escapades during times of rest Pauls experience when he is alone in the trench and the support the group offers each other during battle all emphasize the importance of comradeship in the lives of Paul and his fellow soldiers First at times of rest
The Theodore Dreiser novel Sister Carrie can be viewed from a critical standpoint as a critique of conspicuous consumerism which pervaded metropolitan Americans during the late nineteenth century The central figure in the novel is one Carrie Meeber an eighteen year old girl traveling to the big city of Chicago in order to experience life A Wisconsin farm girl Carrie dresses true to her ordinary circumstances She wears a plain blue dress and old shoes and observes a demure lady like disposition
Nathaniel Hawthornes Young Goodman Brown is a story that exhibits ambivalence but it is so much more than this Hawthorne in his efforts to write a story based on seventeenth century events has revealed a story that has double meaning throughout He uses theme plot characters and symbolism to bring forth a story that is based on human nature and the fight between good and evil Hawthorne is interested in exploring the psychological and social effects of guilty knowledge whether or not that knowled
Many writers chose to use their own life struggles or beliefs as ideas for their work During the Italian Renaissance philosophers began to question Christian doctrine and values These questions inspired religious based works Some of these works criticized the Church while others glorified its practices Several of these works became controversial for the content One of the great writers of this era Dante Alighieri who was interested in these questions decided to illustrate his conclusions in an
The darkness of human nature could lead a persons life miserable In the short story Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe the story take place in Italy The author who is also known as the narrator uses the Italian lifestyle as an advantage to encounter his friend Fortunato for an insult he has done for the narrator long time ago The narrator brings his friend from the carnival happy to the catacombs dead to accomplish the murder Through out the character irony and conflict the author clearly e