Tuesday, November 25, 2008

The Emperors of Chocolate (pages 60-90)

Comments:

Forrest Mars really wanted to get away from his father.
He really wanted to event new chocolate so he was a spy in other companies.
Milton life must have been crazy.
Fanny really hated her husband Henry.
Milton didn't really have a childhood.

Question:

Why was fanny jealous of Kitty?
Why did Milton want to get his parents back together when he knows they won't be together?
Why did Milton sell his caramel factory?
Where did he come with all these ideas?

Vocabulary:

Egotistically - Pertaining to or characterized by egotism.
Novelties - State or quality of being novel, new, or unique; newness
Clamoring - A loud outcry, a hubbub

Literary Terms:

Metaphor - "I know they tired to pump information out of suppliers and brokers and candy buyers- anybody they could"
Simile - "None of the 1,200 chemicals in the chocolate is dominant, like the vanillin in the vanilla or the menthol in the mint hat give them their distinctive flavors"

Overview Sentence:

People started to steal secrets from candy makers and sell them to other candy makers.

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