![]() ![]() The Novel: Jerry Renault is a fourteen year old student at Trinity, a male -only Catholic high school in the unremarkable Massachusetts town of Monument. ![]() Finally, Brother Leon inclined his head, the pencil moving in his hand as he made some kind of horrible mark beside Jerry's name. Was this Jerry Renault who always looked a little worried, a little unsure of himself even after completing a beautiful pass, who always seemed kind of bewildered –– was this him actually defying Brother Leon? Not only Brother Leon but a Trinity tradition? Then, looking at Leon, Goober saw the teacher as if in technicolor, blood beating in his cheeks, his moist eyes like specimens in laboratory test-tubes. No –– and let me point out that the sale is strictly voluntary, Trinity forces no one to participate against his wishes, this is the great glory of Trinity –– no means you don't wish to sell the chocolates, that you refuse to participate. Yes means that like every other student in this school you agree to sell a certain amount of chocolates, in this case fifty boxes. Your response could have been either yes or no. 'Let me get this straight, Renault,' Brother Leon said and his voice brought the room under his command again. ![]()
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