The Chocolate War DQ chap 1-10

1. What affect did the first sentence have on you? Why did the auther use it? (ask this question again after reading the whole book.)
- It makes me think that the story would have a lot of drama. He wants to draw the reader’s attention.
2. Do you feel you have to stay on the good side of anyone’s life? Why?
- Sometimes, because we don’t want to get on their bad side and if we do then we know that it’s not going to be pretty.
3. What would you do/ how would you feel if you found out someone was keeping privet information about you? (like Obie’s notebook)
- It’s a little creepy, and I would investigate it and try to stop it. It’s would make me feel very cautious of how I act and say something.
4. Why is the man at the bus stop sontemptious of Jerry? What does he mean when he tells him he’s “missing a lot in the world”?
- Because Jerry is always at school or doing homeworks at home. His life revolves around school while he could be doing other things. So the man was telling him that he should get out of his own circle and tryout new things.
5. Who is Brother Leon?
- He is the teacher at Trinity High School. He’s a mean man who likes to let everyone know that he is in control of everything.
6. Why does everyone in the school ignore the Vigils?
- Because they have so much influence in the school that everybody’s just scared of them.
7. Why does Goober have to comply with the assignment? What would you do?
- He have to unscrew all the furnitures in Brother Eugene’s room before school . I would have said no… probably.
8. What kind of teacher is Brother Leon? Have you ever seen a teacher pick on a student? Have you ever pick on by a teacher? What did the rest of the class do?
- Brother Leon is the one who likes to pick on kids who cant defend themselves mostly. He wants to let everybody in the room know that they should be scare of him because he have power over their mood and the tension of the room was control by him. I’ve never seen a teacher pick on a kid or me. I guess it’s a different world now then it used to be.
9. Do you know anyone with any of Emile’s characteristics?
- NO
10. Why do they choose to pick on Brother Eugene?
- Because they know that he cant do anything about it and they want to pick on tose kind of people. To make him lose control infront of everybody.
11. Jerry feels like he cant talk to his father. How could he remedy the situation? Do you ever feel that way? How could you remedy the situation?
- He could just try to make a connection with him. I sometimes feel this way, because I feel like they wont understand even if I talk about the problem. I talk to friends instead.
12. What have you had to sell for school fundraisers? Have you felt any pressure to sell?
- We have to sell candles for the trip to Atlanta. If I don’t sell it then I have to pay it for myself.