e to write about the dark side of life?”(2). Mr. Cormier responded by saying “…On the surface they may look dark, but a closer reading reveals moral values…The implicit lesson is that bad things happen when good people don't do anything. All the books tend to have these values if people care to look”(2). This interview with Robert Cormier shows the readers of his books that things can happen to people that don’t do anything to disserve it. The interview with Robert Cormier explained told exactly what the Vigils do and also what happens in the real world.The events that occur in The Chocolate War also occur in We All Fall Down. In The Chocolate War Jerry is forced into performing an assignment he didn’t ask for this form of treatment happens repeatively in We All Fall Down when people are forced into situations they shouldn’t have to deal with. During teenage years one faces tons of choices where your morals will be questioned. In We all Fall Down the teenagers are put into many situations but the one that hit me the most was when they had to decide whether or not they were going to drink. Joyce Hamilton, from Voice of Youth Advocates points out that the book We All Fall Down “…is a thoughtful and thought-provoking novel dealing with two harsh realities in contemporary society--parental divorce and teen alcoholism…”(1). Joyce was right on the money when she stated her opinion on the novel. When these teenagers decided to drink they made a choice that changed their life and the life of another family. They entered the Jerome's household while they were gone and vandalized it from top to bottom. This act of vandalism was unexpected and uncalled for. Cormier uses this terrible event in We All Fall Down to show what can and does happen in our society when teenagers make the decision to drink. Not only did a house get wrecked but an undesired injury to one of ...
