Bitter Chocolate By Carol Off: Summary

Carol Off’s book Bitter Chocolate is similar to her other written works. Off’s novels usually expose a political issue involving inequality. In her excerpt from Bitter Chocolate, titled “Cocoa on Trial”, Off exploits the inequalities inside the chocolate industry. Even after the slave trade laws have been abolished people were experiencing horrendous conditions. From Angola to the cocoa plants in Sao Tome, Africans were treated like slaves. The main idea of this chapter revolves around big cocoa businesses and moral disengagement. These businesses do not care about the well-being of others, but more about their costs and profits. When greed or competition set in people can treat others unfairly, and not feel much remorse. When chocolate was