The Chocolate War
The Chocolate War
By Robert Cormier
Chapter1: The first chapter begins with football team tryouts. The young man, who is apparently the lead character, is amongst those trying out for the team?although he isn?t doing very well. The boy is being tackled left and right on every play. The internal monologue of this boy makes it very apparent to the reader that more than anything he wants to make the football team. As the third paragraph approaches we can start to see that discouragement is setting in. It even says: ?He had never felt so lonely in his life, abandoned, defenseless.? He becomes so discouraged that he finally resorts to falling asleep on the fifty-yard line. This is the first glimpse that we receive of his name; the coach calls him Renault?but is this a first name or a last name Now we are also starting to see a very prominent character trait?he is a COWARD! This is apparent when his internal thoughts are the exact opposite of what he says, he will do almost anything to avoid confrontation. !
Now, all of a sudden, this ?boy? is being referred to as Jerry
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