Growing up in high school, our year 10 teacher assigned us to read this book as part of our education.
We also got to (occassionally) watch the movie adaptation of the novel.
I really liked this film as the storyline was good.
The Vigils are a secret gang in an all boys school who assign tasks to students as part of their way of saying " we will not conform to the standards others set, so we go our own way." Then Jerry Renault is selected for a task of not to sell chocolates for a set period of time.
After the time elapses, Jerry still stops selling chocolates and becomes a sort of hero, as he is overcoming adversity and going beyond his boundaries.
If Forrest Gump was around, maybe Jerry could have sold his portion to Forrest and Forrest could have given them away to people as he told stories to strangers on a park bench somewhere.
Look out for an appearance of a young Brendan Fraser (before he was in Encino Man, or The Mummy).
Its an educational film and should be viewed in all schools as part of the learning curriculum.
We also got to (occassionally) watch the movie adaptation of the novel.
I really liked this film as the storyline was good.
The Vigils are a secret gang in an all boys school who assign tasks to students as part of their way of saying " we will not conform to the standards others set, so we go our own way." Then Jerry Renault is selected for a task of not to sell chocolates for a set period of time.
After the time elapses, Jerry still stops selling chocolates and becomes a sort of hero, as he is overcoming adversity and going beyond his boundaries.
If Forrest Gump was around, maybe Jerry could have sold his portion to Forrest and Forrest could have given them away to people as he told stories to strangers on a park bench somewhere.
Look out for an appearance of a young Brendan Fraser (before he was in Encino Man, or The Mummy).
Its an educational film and should be viewed in all schools as part of the learning curriculum.