The Chocolate War Analysis
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It can be hard to actually enjoy reading a novel sometimes as you may find that the novel can be hard to relate to, or it simply just doesn’t entertain you. Because of this, authors tend to use specific techniques while writing, that make it easier to grab the reader and really engage them within the story itself. The Chocolate War is a strong example of how many authors follow this same formula for writing, and use it as a sort of backbone for their work. You can very easily tell how in just the first page of The Chocolate War, Robert Cormier uses this method of hooking in his reader. ”They murdered him”1 would probably be a shock to see as the first sentence to most people, but …show more content…
Character thought dialogue: “...Thinking one thing and saying another, planning one thing and doing another”[3]: Uses what the character was thinking to create another possible outcome of that situation, even though they say something different, taking the story in another direction
Use of perspective: The story can give two completely different perspectives depending on how far past the surface level you read into it. If you read through a second time, then you start seeing from another perspective, and start making …show more content…
Deeper read: he gets destroyed in the boxing match and could possible die from injuries-Hints towards foreshadowing with a repetition of the beginning and the end
Denotations and Connotations
Denotations definition: The literal meaning of a word: the dictionary definition.
Connotations definition: An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning
“They murdered him”[1]-he got beat up, “His Stubble, like slivers of ice”[4]-Gray hairs.
4. At some point of all stories, usually near the end of the writing, all the connections begin to come together. Once all of these pieces have come together they start to begin to form some kind of suspense. Whether it be suspence due from conflict or even just a major decision being made, there is always at least some suspense in the story, and with the suspense, conflict and any level of mystery all gradually escalating, into being the climax of the story
Denouncement
Ending the story on a high note of
It can be hard to actually enjoy reading a novel sometimes as you may find that the novel can be hard to relate to, or it simply just doesn’t entertain you. Because of this, authors tend to use specific techniques while writing, that make it easier to grab the reader and really engage them within the story itself. The Chocolate War is a strong example of how many authors follow this same formula for writing, and use it as a sort of backbone for their work. You can very easily tell how in just the first page of The Chocolate War, Robert Cormier uses this method of hooking in his reader. ”They murdered him”1 would probably be a shock to see as the first sentence to most people, but …show more content…
Character thought dialogue: “...Thinking one thing and saying another, planning one thing and doing another”[3]: Uses what the character was thinking to create another possible outcome of that situation, even though they say something different, taking the story in another direction
Use of perspective: The story can give two completely different perspectives depending on how far past the surface level you read into it. If you read through a second time, then you start seeing from another perspective, and start making …show more content…
Deeper read: he gets destroyed in the boxing match and could possible die from injuries-Hints towards foreshadowing with a repetition of the beginning and the end
Denotations and Connotations
Denotations definition: The literal meaning of a word: the dictionary definition.
Connotations definition: An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning
“They murdered him”[1]-he got beat up, “His Stubble, like slivers of ice”[4]-Gray hairs.
4. At some point of all stories, usually near the end of the writing, all the connections begin to come together. Once all of these pieces have come together they start to begin to form some kind of suspense. Whether it be suspence due from conflict or even just a major decision being made, there is always at least some suspense in the story, and with the suspense, conflict and any level of mystery all gradually escalating, into being the climax of the story
Denouncement
Ending the story on a high note of