Shoot The Teacher :: essays research papers

Shoot The TeacherDuring the couple of days that pass in this book, lots of things happen. A boyin his mid(prenominal) teens becomes to heavy a burden for his mother to carry. She kickshim out. Her divorced husband gets to take care of tenner. Adam and his father,who Adam c in alles Simon, move to a new place with a new school where Simon is ateacher. The very first day theyre involved in a shooting. But there is more tocome Three sight are shot and killed in only a fewer days. There are manytheories of hwo comitted the killings. Simon is the main suspect, however hesfound innocent. Instead the find that the manslayer is Adams only friend Naomi,who was the stepdaughter of the first victim.Adam is in the beginning of the book a rebellious young man. The typicalteenager in revolt. Hes growing his pilus long, refusing to go to school andtalking back to his mother. He seemes to calm down quite a bit though in just afew days. As a matter of fact, as soon they arrive at the new school , Adamseemes to be more mature and calm. Maybe thats beca habituate he doesnt support anyfriends in the new school, maybe because he feels inferior being the new kid andoutsider that he is.Adams relationship to his father seemes to vary a lot. At first Adam looks athis father as if he was a perfect stranger.And he has all rights to do thatsince they practicly hadnt seen each other att all since Adam was born. Thensome kind of a father-son friendship evolves, but I get the feeling that itsonly because they feel they have to. When Simon is accused of murder, Adamstarts to hate him. Perhaps stop caring about it, is a better way of describingAdams feelings towards his dad.The author used a technique with many enviromental descriptions. He didnt use alot of fancy words, probably because it is a youth book.