That's the Ticket

With the chocolate sale over, Brother Leon and the school are thrilled. The relief is amazing for the kids, but Archie seems unsatisfied. Oddly enough, in the final tally, 50 boxes of chocolate remain unsold – Jerry’s 50. Archie decides to give Jerry a chance to be ‘part of society’ and at the same time, giver Jerry a chance to get back at Janza for his attack on Jerry. This will prove the toughest test for Jerry.

The fight goes all wrong for Jerry and perfect for Archie. Janza gets hit a few times but Jerry gets the worst of it. At one point, Jerry sees an opportunity to strike Janza and end the fight, but when the chance arrives, he comes to a huge realization. As he hears the crowd booing him, he glances around to see Archie smiling with Carter at his side. Off in the distance, far enough away, Brother Leon watches from a hill and does nothing to stop the scene. Jerry realizes he has lost his real fight. He had become just as bad as all of them. He bought into exactly what he resisted. He desire for revenge made him no better than Archie, Leon, or anyone. As he learns this, he adds that he did not ‘disturb the universe’, he ‘damaged’ it. In doing so, he damaged himself too.

Janza’s final, wild attack on Jerry ends the fight. Only Goober runs to Jerry’s side as he lay punched out. Jerry became a symbol, just like he has wanted to be, but it was all wrong. He was the symbol of what happens when you dare to be different in the face of a corrupt society run by cheaters. For Jerry, it is defeat. For those that understand his fight, it may be a victory. For even though Jerry failed, he teaches the rest of us that one must at least try to be victorious and not just accept what the world hands you. Jerry teaches us all that we have a voice and that voice should be heard, even if it is small, weaker than the rest, and falls on deaf ears.