Tuesday, December 2, 2008

The Emperors of Chocolate (pages 150-180)

Comments:

That's good that Murrie and Forrest are working together.
I did not know that M&M stands for Mars and Murrie.
Murrie really helped Hershey out when Hershey needed.
Murrie must have taken it very bad when Hershey passed away.
They were s close with each other they were like brothers.

Questions:

Why didn't Hershey appointed Murrie as the president of Hershey company?
Why was Bruce Murrie and the Hershey workers were nervous when Forrest Mars was around?
Why did Forrest get so angry all of a sudden?
Why did Forrest and Murrie got into a big argument?

Vocabulary:

Confectioners - one that makes or sell confections
Confections -
a sweet preparation of fruit or the like, as a preserve or candy
Prominence -
the state of being prominent; conspicuousness

Literary Terms:

Simile -"He treated everybody in the world like they were stupid except him"
Personification -"Chicago is a sweet-toothed town"

Overview Sentence:

Bruce Murrie and Forrest Mars work together. But things turned out really bad and Murrie quit. He stopped working for Forrest.

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