English ISU Task 4: Blog Entry #4

Reader: Zaid

Novel Title: Acceleration

Author: Graham McNamee

Age discrimination is another social that plays a role in the story Acceleration. In the course of the story Duncan is treated differently by the police based on his age. When he attempts to bring the journal and his evidence to the police for them to investigate , they immediately assume he created the journal and is being a nuisance. One cop says, “You don’t seem like a bad kid. But maybe you should find a better way to spend your summer vacation”. Another cop refused to take the diary before Duncan could present evidence. Perhaps if Duncan was older he might have been taken more seriously and given a fair opportunity to explain his reasoning and show how the Journal related to the crime sprees in Toronto.