„The Chocolate War“ (0)

„The Chocolate War“
The book begins as Jerry Renault is being beaten at a football tryout. He takes a beating on the field , tackled and smashed over and over, but the coach is impressed by Jerry's will and asks him back the next day.
It was important for Jerry to betray no sign of distress, because The Goober said that coach is testing Jerry and he is looking for guts.
Walking home, he feels pain in his side and. Nauseated and weak , he manages to return to school.
Obie hates Archie and hates what he does to people, but he is not strong enough to speak out against Archie. Perhaps he is afraid, and simply wants to avoid the fallout that would result if he defied Archie or voiced his opinions against him.
Obie work after school is grocery stock clerk .
Archie makes assignments that other students have to complete . These assignments vary, depending on the person , and intend to inflict as much psychological injury as possible.
Jerry's friend known as The Goober gets an assignment from The Vigils. He sneaks into one of the classrooms at night and unscrews desks, chairs and hinges , leaving the screws in by just a thread . The next day when students come to class , everything collapses and falls apart.
The Vigils is the secret organization at Trinity high school. Everybody actually knows about it, but they pretend not to. Obie is secretary of The Vigils. Obie is perhaps the only one who understands that Archie is horribly cruel. Jerry protests against The vigils and refuses to sell the chocolates. Carter -  President of The Vigils.
Archie is attempting to think of the next ten kids he wants to use for assignments. he chooses Jerry. Obie protests—Jerry's mom recently died, and he does not think it appropriate to give Jerry an assignment now. Archie thinks of the perfect assignment for Jerry, and tells Obie to assign Jerry to the chocolates.
Jerry thumbs through a Playboy magazine at a store , wondering why he feels so guilty doing it when most of the boys he knows buy and stash the same kinds of magazines. Once Jerry bought one. The magazine had made Jerry wonder if a girl would ever love him.
Jerry makes his way to the bus stop, and from across the street a man calls out to him, accusing him of staring. Jerry and the anonymous man have a brief back and forth , ending with the man calling Jerry a " square boy." This resonates with Jerry, as he thinks of the people who do not do much with their lives.
The school must sell 20,000 boxes this year , each boy must sell fifty boxes. twice that were for sale last year.
Leon knows that Archie has influence in the secret group that rules the school. Archie pushes back, but Leon levels his gaze at him and Archie remembers that Leon could ruin his grade in algebra. Archie finaly says that The Vigils will help.
A pale , sniveling sort of man, Brother Leon nevertheless is a bully. He takes great pleasure in making students fear him.
The black box is a mechanism to keep the leader of The Vigils in check . Inside the black box there are six marbles—five white and one black. If Archie draws the black marble, he must do the assignment himself.
Ten minutes before the end of class, Leon calls on Bailey. Leon accuses Bailey of cheating. Leon wonders how else Bailey could always get such great grades. Bailey protests, saying that he does not cheat and never has, but Leon is relentless, accusing him then of lying as well as cheating. finally someone says to leave him alone . The bell rings. He then compliments Bailey on his bravery, and berates the students for watching the exchange and for enjoying it. Leon turns the tables, saying that the others were really the cheaters because they doubted Bailey.