English ISU Task 4: Blog Entry #1

Reader: Zaid

Novel Title: Acceleration

Author: Graham McNamee

In the novel Acceleration crime is a major social issue. Crime affects the main character Duncan as he was persuaded to enter a life of juvenile crime at a very young age. Crimes such as petty theft with little thought of the possible consequences led to Duncan having to serve community time. To continue, the author uses the social issue of crime to develop the characters in the novel. He does this by describing character experiences related to crime. One incident would be when Wayne and Duncan attempt to steal toilets from a newly built house. By mentioning this story, the characters then describe their current thoughts on those past experiences. These thoughts help to reveal more information about the current personalities of each character. Moving on, the social issue of crime is directly related to the plot and helps to develop it. It relates to the plot as the character Duncan enters into a mystery where the discovery of a criminals’ journal exposes gruesome crimes committed within Toronto. Overall, crime is a major social issue in the book as it is relevant, affects the plot and helps to develop characters.

The Pickton Murders News Report - http://www.citynews.ca/2007/01/22/the-robert-pickton-case-a-timeline/

Robert Pickton Wikipedia- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pickton

The case relates to the social issue of crime in my story as:

·         The Pickton incident occurred in Ontario and Duncan’s findings take place in Toronto Ontario.

·         The forms of Robert Pickton’s murder and how gruesome it was is similar to the suspects plan found in the journal.