The Chocolate War Summary

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1. In the book The Chocolate War, the protagonist is Jerry Renault. The Vigils are a gang who bully other students at Trinity High School. In the beginning of the story he is given a challenge by The Vigils not to sell any boxes chocolate at the school's annual fundraising sale. This is shocking as Brother Leon, who is the chairperson of the sale, instructs The Vigils to assist with the sale. Jerry initially complies with The Vigils' challenge, and doesn't sell any chocolate.
As the story progresses, chocolate sales slow down. Some students have not made their goal of fifty boxes. Therefore, The Vigils comply with Brother Leon and order Jerry to start selling chocolate. This is when he shows a change in his attitude; he ignores the demand …show more content…

To earn money for Jerry's quota of the sale, The Vigils arrange a fight between Jerry and another student. After the fight, Jerry is covered in blood and passed out. He learns it is sometimes in his favor to listen to others.
2. I can best relate to Obie, even though he is a minor character in the book. Like Obie, I am both nice and easy going. For example, according to Obie's thoughts in the book I also think Archie, Jerry's biggest rival, is not nice at all. Obie expresses sympathy towards Jerry's mother's recent passing. If I was in the book, I also would have done the same thing. I know how important support is from a friend when my grandfather died. Obie, is just the quiet kid who allows himself to be bossed around by other students.
I also hate what The Vigils do on a day to day basis. Obie is part of The Vigils, but does not show it through his attitude or actions. However, Obie is too nice and unable to confront The Vigils and tell them what he feels they are doing is wrong. If a friend, a group, or any person does something that I am not really in favor of, I usually tend to keep it to myself. And lastly, like Obie I usually let others tell me what to do. I'm not the type of person to give

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