Wednesday, November 19, 2008

The Emperors of Chocolate (pages 30-60)

Comments:
In the candy world you make a lot of money.
The Mars office building is so plain.
There's is nothing wrong with having some privacy.
Hershey didn't copy Mars M&M when they made Reese pieces.
Its so surprising people go crazy over candy.
Questions:
What happen to the partnership between Mars and Hershey?
Why does everyone go want to find a new candy?
Did Forrest really hate his father?
Did he really take over the company?
Vocabulary:
Idiosyncrasies- a characteristics, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual
Insidious- Intended to entrap or beguile
Entrepreneurial - a person who organizes and manages any enterprise
Literary Terms:
Characterization-"Executives say the brothers manages the business far more closely than their father ever did"
Simile-"His mother referred to Frank Mars as the miserable failure"
Overview Sentence:
Hershey and Mars were once partner's. The origin of the Mars company was very messy.

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