John Grisham's Third Book The Accused

1) Prescribed Text – The Book Thief a. Compose a summary/synopsis of the text (plot/themes/characters/key concerns). (100 words only)

A Twisted Theme “Twisted” is an intriguing young adult novel by Laurie Halse Anderson about a high school senior named Tyler Miller. He has recently been punished with probation and community service for vandalizing the school. This was his idea of a senior prank. Before this, he was an in the background, normal kind of guy but now, with his new physique and attitude, he has attracted the attention of the most popular girl in the school. Throughout his senior year, he is faced with many difficult choices involving his dating life, his home life, school, anger, and even his own life.

Karen Russel’s “The Star-Gazer’s Log of Summer-Time Crime” accounts the story of a boy named Ollie as he attempts to fit in with a boy that leads the group to commit “Summer-time crimes”. Russel is successful in creating a memorable story through symbolism, unique characters, and a poignant ending.

The first Moore, the author, began his deviance in school through failing to do his assignments and performing extremely poorly in class. The second Moore, the prisoner, began through the use of a knife to solve conflicts as a child. Another case of defiance in the two children is evident when the first Moore, the author, started vandalizing public property. On the other hand, the other Moore was busy helping drug peddlers in supplying narcotics in the neighborhood. The mother of the first Moore became concerned of his son’s behavior and enrolled him to a prison school, where he would later become a leader of several cadets. It was while at this school that he gave his deviant behavior after several attempts to escape failed. The discipline levels in the school were extremely high, resulting in the young Moore changing his behavior for the better (Moore, 2011).

“Apparently he thinks he’s some sort of vigilante. Every school he's been at, he's had a run-in with somebody. Turns out that every kid he's had a problem with was always a problem himself. The one in Texas was a notorious bully. In Louisville the kids he beat up were implicated in setting fire to a synagogue. In Oklahoma City it was a guy who date-raped one of the girls in school-he hit that kid so hard he crushed his cheekbone and dislocated his jaw. And after each altercation, Shayne-I mean, Herman- disappeared the next day" (Hautman 169). I chose this quote because it gives the general insight of what this story is about, and who the main character is.

A jury has the power to decide the entire future of one person’s life. Jen Bryant’s The Trial, depicts the story of a man Bruno Hauptmann’s trial for the kidnapping and death of a young baby, Charles Lindbergh. This kidnapping takes place in a small town in New Jersey where nothing exciting goes on. This trial brings the town to chaos to plead whether or not Hauptmann is guilty. Bruno Richard Hauptmann is guilty of kidnapping and murdering Charles Lindbergh Jr. The ladder and the handwriting on the ransom notes are both pieces of evidence that Hauptmann is guilty. The ladder catches the investigators’ eyes when searching for clues.

Under free exchange, political power can be exchanged back and forth, and those with the most resource can freely buy more power. This isn’t just theoretical but historical and proven. In an academic paper that recently made headlines, professors Martin Gilens and Benjamin Page asserted that the influence of money in our political system effectively nullifies democracy. They studied 1,799 public policy changes from 1981 and 2002. They then compared those policy changes with the expressed opinion of Americans during those years in the 50th percentile of income as well as the 90th percentile of income. They also compared policy changes to lobbying and business groups. What they found was overwhelmingly, policy changes correlate to the expressed wishes of the top percentile group and the wishes of lobbying and business groups. What about the majority will? Their study concludes: “average citizens or mass-based interest groups have little or no influence” on policy outcomes, which supports what they refer to as the “economic elite domination” model of our political system. Clearly, economic elite domination is incompatible with democratic

Thousands of murdered children have helped us stand behind the death penalty. They have taught us to also stand behind the definition of Capital Punishment, as the Oxford English Dictionary reads “Capital Punishment is the infliction of death by an authorized public authority as a punishment of a crime.” (Augarde, A.J. The Oxford Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1981.print. pg. 343.) These murdered children have helped us also stand behind the Oxford English Dictionary word Execution: “ a action or an act of putting a person to death.” (Augarde, A.J. The Oxford Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford UP,1981.print. pg 890.) In the case of Jeffery Ferguson and Roberick Nunley, two different men, who kidnapped, raped, and murdered two innocent your children: Got what they deserved when they were executed by capital punishment. Jeffery and Roberick were given and extra 25 years to live their lives on death roll. Where is the justice for those murdered children? How come these convicted murderers get rewarded with life’s little extras after executing these young and innocent children?

“Mr. John Philip Johnson aroused with a sour grimace; it was noon. Tossing and turning all night getting sleep to no avail, Mr. Johnson could petrify the entire city with only a miniscule shred of his raw, unrelenting rage. A nightmare identical night after night had kept him up, and it barely allowed him to afford rest. Dressed, he went down to the corner to buy a newspaper and some gum, and there was a clumsy customer in front of Mr. Johnson.The agonizing pain of humiliation enveloped Mr. Johnson, which resulted in him taking action and shoving the man to no longer forgo the pain. Knocking over the newspaper stand, the buffoon unwittingly allowed him to steal gum and a news article without notice.

In consequence of the ongoing progress in sectors like science and technology it became possible to clarify mysterious crimes, which could not be solved for decades because of the lack of knowledge. An example for such a crime is the case of Sinead O'Neill. The 20-year-old student was raped and found lifeless on the morning of August 20th 1991 near Munich by the riverside of the Isar. As a result of several stab wounds in torso and back she died in the hospital. The police was not able to catch the perpetrator as the DNA analysis at that time wasn't well-engineered. Only after twelve years it became achievable to catch the person responsible with new empirical findings. Recent and refined DNA analysis and the chance to create a genetic fingerprint

The book Calico Joe was a great book to because of how realistic it was.  The author wrote an amazing story of father son connection. How the father (Warren) messed up his relationship with his family and more importantly his son(Paul). Many say that this is one of John Grisham calmest novel. They say it is simply short and sweet. They say many of John Grisham other novel have twist and turns. That the drama and tension make his stories simply unique. The author is a great writer that has written many other good book before. All of his books can be reread by them as many times as they want.

The Lincoln Lawyer is a 404-page crime fiction novel written by Michael Connelly, © 2005. Criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller is presented with his latest client, Beverly Hills playboy, Louis Roulet. Roulet is accused of rape and murder but this does not trouble Haller; on the contrary, he revels in it because it means he is being offered a franchise case, or a case offering a huge payout. Naturally, Haller takes the offer but what is unique about this case is that for the first time ever, Haller thinks he may have an innocent client. This is very worrying as Haller’s father once said “There is no client as scary as an innocent man.” As the case continues, however,

Rodion Romanovitch is a former student who lives in poverty, he took a time of his education because he did not have the money to keep studying. Rodion commits an unforgivable crime, in which he will never be able to forgive himself. Rodion can be intelligent, he came up with a plan for all the possible situations that could have happened. He can also be sneaky, for example when he sneaked out of the apartment where he had committed the crime without getting caught by the two men that were waiting outside of the flat for the old pawnbroker. Rodion can also be modest, he grew up with very little money, unsure of where his next meal would come from. In the book, he does not try to act better than he actually is, he does not have as much money

In Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel Crime and Punishment, great attention is paid to Raskolnikov’s inner life, yet it is equally important to attend to those outside forces that affect him. A significant but overlooked part of the novel, then, is how the city of St. Petersburg affects Raskolnikov. Through my reading, I found it interesting that Raskolnikov regularly traverses the city’s bridges and uses them as a place for reflection. Overall, there are twenty-five appearances of the word “bridge” in the novel, and so they appear in many different situations, holding many different purposes. First and foremost, they serve as an important narrative device: they provide geographical context, split up scenes, and provide scenes with emphasis by

Back at school, Stephen is unjustly and physically punished causing him humiliation and anger. With the encouragement of his classmates, he musters the strength to sneak to the rector’s office to complain of the unfairness and to avoid future punishment by Father Dolan. This takes a lot of courage, which is not easy for Stephen, but he succeeds. He is now a hero among his fellow classmates; it’s his first small victory.