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Book Talk:Dear Martin

By: Nic Stone

Theme:

The theme for Dear Martin is that police brutality and racial profiling still exists everywhere. There are multiple examples of this in the story.

THEME

What the book is about.

What the book is about.

This novel was created by an author called Nic Stone. This book is about a African American kid who was going to Ivy League and he also got arrested and put into trial because of racial profiling.

Introduction:

INDTRODUCT-ION

Justyce was walking and out of no where he sees his ex girlfriend, drunk, crossing the street. He decides to help her in her car but they have an argument and a police officer interferes. Justyce is assaulted and he is put in handcuffs and thrown on the floor because the offier thought he was hostile.

Continuation..

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Justyce believes the main reason he was assaulted was because he was African American and he decides to write letters to Dr Martin Luther King Jr.

Rising action

Rising Action

Justyce is in a debate team with a girl named SJ. While SJ and Justyce were together, the news reports that a black teen called Tavarrius was shot and killed by a officer in Florida. Both Justyce and SJ proceed to cry.

Continuation.

Continuation..

Manny, Justyces friend, tries to comfort Justyce but Justyce doesn't want to say the reason of why he is crying. Justyce brings up Tavarrius and probably cries because he could've been shot too.

climax

CLIMAX

Both Manny and Justyce are in a car playing loud music. They encounter a white police officer that was off duty. The officer says some racial slurs to them but Manny just raises the volume of the music.

Continuation:

Continuation:

This causes the officer to open fire and fire up to three bullets. Those bullets kill Manny and critically injure Justyce. Justyce has left the hospital and writes a final letter the Dr. King saying he wont write anymore because "Manny is gone". After 27 days, Justyce is able to leave the hospital and attend the funeral for Manny.

Falling action

After Justyce comes out of the hospital, he goes to SJ's house. Both SJ and Mrs. Friedman are there. Justyce hugs SJ and cries in her arms. SJ then admits that she had a crush on Justyce since the tenth grade.

FALLING ACTION

Resolution

RESOLUTION

Justyce is attending a trial with the killer who killed Manny. The killer got sentenced to jail. Manny got justice. Later, Justyce goes to Manny's grave and sees Jared. They make plans to spend time together working on stuff.

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