Reflection

The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier was an average book. I didn't think that it was really good or really bad. I thought that the book was just okay. It was more enjoyable to read because it wasn't too long and the vocabulary wasn't hard. Robert Cormier made every character have a different personality trait. Jerry Renault, one of the main characters was kind of a rebel. The school's chocolate sale didn't agree with Jerry. He revolted and decided not to sell the chocolate. At first, students admired Jerry's rebel personality and thought not selling chocolate was a good idea. This started to affect the sale, and chocolate wasn't really selling. Jerry's personality led to many characters beginning to betray him. At the end of the book, a fight is set up and Jerry doesn't win. This fight makes Jerry realize that maybe revolting against a groups idea isn't the best plan. Jerry's fight puts him in his place and shows that going against something isn't worth it.