Chocolate War
In the novel, The Chocolate War, Robert Cormier uses his characters to portray how people make empty sacrifices during their lifetimes. ... The Goober was sick of Trinity, The Vigils, and the chocolate sale that was going on at school. ... Renault in The Chocolate War and that if he could have overcome his wife’s death he would have had a better life. ... When he was asked to participate in the chocolate sale at his school, he refused. ... ” (187) Robert Cormier’s novel, The Chocolate War, was a splendid piece of literature that illustrated the idea of empty sacrifices.