Why Is Goober Wrong

They murder him! Jerry Renault is not literally murdered that day. They start by explaining what happen to him to get murder. He only was attack on the football field. Jerry wanted to be a quarterback. The coach wanted to see how much he can handle. He is a freshman at Trinity High School. He had a confrontation with the school gang named The Vigils. The Vigils specialize in making the assignments of other students that have to complete. Jerry's friends known as The Goober gets an assignment from The Vigils. One day he sneaks into one of the classroom at night and damage the classroom by just a thread. When students came to class, everything collapses and falls apart. He suffers
some serious emotional repercussions from carrying out the assignment. He gets called to carry an assignment but he refuses because he didn’t want to sell some chocolates at the chocolate sale. That’s where Leon comes in. Leon and others students were shocked by Jerry refusal. Brother Leon or Leon is the corrupt head administrator of the school. He gets entangled in the sale by borrowing unauthorized funds and spending them all in chocolates. Brother Leon ask The Vigils for help. Leon call Jerry’s named during the chocolate roll call. Jerry roughly said no. He is rebelling against The Vigils and Brother Leon. The poster that he has in his locker inspire him to react this way. The poster said “Do I dare disturb the universe?”. Jerry said yes. He wanted to make a point and be different. After a while he became an example for others in the school. Many students started to refuse the chocolates. Leon gets upset of what’s Jerry have been doing. Brother Leon accuses Archie of sabotaging the sale by creating Jerrys assignment. Archie decides that he will make the sale popular and make Jerry an outcast. The chocolates are selling with the plan of Archie. The people that didn’t sold boxes are getting tallies as if they have. The Vigils are making Jerry’s life a hell. He gets beat up by a gang after football practice. All of this happens just because of what he believes. All of the chocolates except jerry's have been sold. Finally, Jerry decides to sell the chocolates. Archie wants to get back at Jerry for all the work that he did. The students that buy raffle tickets in the school get to write on theme for the boxing move. Jerry and Janza are looking each other directed. The Vigils draws a raffle ticket that tells Janza to hit Jerry in the groin. She decides not to stand by any rule, and punches Jerry over and over. Which is betrayal. Archie is the one that use Janza to beat up Jerry. Archie is the type of person that gets away with everything and anything. He is the leader of The Vigils. Brother Jacques was trying to stop the ceremony. Jacques seems to have some authority over Leon. Carter is the president of The Vigils. He provides physical back up to the group. Providing the group with what they might need. Carter wanted out Archie of the group. His plan didn’t work. But brother Leon make sure that Archie is not punished. He defended him. Leon and Archie are kind of similar. Jerry was hurt with some internal injuries. He was in pain. He tries to tell Goober not to disturb the universe that it is not worth it. He should sacrifice it. Jerry regrets to damage or not being supported with the things of The Vigils. And now Jerry doesn’t have hope for the future. He has lost all hope. Jerry was waiting the ambulance to pick him up. Jerry can’t talk much but he said what he need to said to Goober.
Jerry got in all this trouble just because he didn’t want to follow The Vigils way.
Because he of how they treaded and acted. He didn’t want to do that anymore. That is why he wanted to be different and change. The only person that understand Archie was Obie. He is the secretary of The Vigils. Goober is a victim of a Vigils assignment himself. Goober is jerrys friend. Its sad to see that fear is more controling in Goober. Friendship wasn’t strong enough. Fear control him. Its sad to see how jerry lost goober when he most needed him. Goober is justified in his action. This is cause we now that if maybe he wasnt beeing manipulated by The Vigils he might had stand out for Jerry. He responds with fear and helplessness to his own and Jerrys downfall. Jerry was all alone in his standing out to The Vigils. Jerry was the only one brave enough to go against The Vigils. And he did all of this knowing that there would be consequences. Knowing there's a reason people don't go against them in the first place. Jerry had something to belive in that's why he went against the univers. Jerry was the only one looking out for himself because everyone else was stolen afraid to look out for him. Not everyone saw Jerry's point of view. That's why Jerry's downfall wants him all alone and no one help him in his pain and hurt. Jerry wanted someone that help him. He didn’t have anyone. In the story they have a lot of morals that represented throw life situation. The Vigils for example are manipulative people how take advantage of others. By doing this they limited people to not have options. We can also consider that as a threat. Another theme represented in the story is the power of fear. We see that reflected in people in the school because the people are afraid of Archie. That
is the reason people do what Archie says. Fear controls them, like controls us in real life. We can see that Jerry broke all of the rules that were expected of him. That’s why we said he disturb the universe. At one point on the story he ask himself that he could destroy the universe and he did. He decided to be free and break the ordinary. To be himself to not let anyone control him. He did what no one dared to do. Jerry standout from the other because he didn’t let fear control him. He was the one truly living his life.