1.) Applying your understanding of Trites’ analysis of power and hierarchy in The Chocolate War, how does the text position the reader to understand Jerry’s feelings about his father’s life and his own in terms of power and/or powerlessness? What specific passages led you to your idea(s)?
2.) By comparing and contrasting Emile Janza or Archie Costello and Jerry Renault, examine ways that the text leads readers to see the power of the individual (or minority) and power held by an institution/organization differently. By what authority is power gained and maintained or gained and then lost?
