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TIMELINE

DEAR MARTIN'

NIC STONE

Manny's advice on Justyce toxic relationship

Exposition

Beginning of the story; characters, background, and setting revealed.

Exposition

Aug 25

Justyce comes across with his drunk-ex girlfriend

Aug 25

Justyce comes across with his drunk-ex girlfriend

Summary

-The story starts when Justyce saw Melo, his ex-girlfriend who is stone drunk. (At 3.15 a.m in the morning)

-Justyce wanted to drive her back home but later on he was accused by a police officer.

-The cop shoved him to the ground and Jus didn't even get the chance to explain.

The story introduces the protagonist , Jus briefly in the first letter of Dear Martin,

-Age, 17 years old

-Leader of debate team, promising future

-School, Braselton Prepatory Academy in Atlanta (setting)

Exposition to the racism that is happening nowadays.

His mom advice on handling the situation that occured to him

Characterization on Justyce, Melo , Ms. McAllister, Officer Castilo (Brutality) and Manny

Manny's advice on Justyce toxic relationship

Summary

-Manny saw Justyce was acting different when they were in his basement

-He asked Justyce to stay away from that kind of relationship

-The reason why he was handcuffed in the first place by Officer Castillo was because of Melo (Manny's thought)

Manny's advice on Justyce toxic relationship

Societal Evolution Class

Summary

-They class discussed on the prompt given by Doc: All men are created equal

-They were having a hot discussion especially between Jared and Sarah Jane, their views are different as Jared mentioned that we live in a colour blind society contrary to what SJ said .

Significant Event

-Exposition to the theme of the novel, (racism where some people ignore the truth of reality like Jared)

Societal Evolution Class

Sep 18

Justyce went back home to see his mom

Summary

-Justyce went back home to see his mom for a while ( to let out everything that bugged him)

-His mom clearly told him since he was young that he will face this later, nowhere to run and being a black man is a hard thing

-He thought that what his mom said is actually true

Sep 18

Justyce went back home to see his mom

Rising Action

Rising action is the section of a story that leads toward its climax. Because of the increased tension as a book's central conflict (or conflicts) become clear, the rising action is often what keeps you turning the pages.

January 13

Justyce explains his blunder in trying to court SJ

Justyce given cold shoulder by SJ

December 13:

Trey comments on Justyce and Justyce feeling inferior

He feels not as good as the white students as trey, drags him down

November 1:

Justyce feels conflicted on his identity in his community

Justyce feels conflicted internally

Doc meets Justyce

  • 20 January
  • Room 217
  • Justyce locked himself in his room after the incident between he and Blake. He refuse to talk to Manny. Thus, Doc came around to check on Jus as Manny requested. They're having a father-son talk session. Jus told Doc about his childhood trauma.

Doc meets Justyce

Manny's moment of realisation

Manny's moment of realisation

  • 23 January
  • Manny's Range Rover
  • Manny told Jus about the incident behind his lip's injury. Jared called a black mother of four kids; a Shaniqua which made Manny lost his patient. Manny then listen to Deuce Diggs's songs which made him realise how Jus is right all this time. Manny also quit from basketball. The relationship between Manny and Jus are now good.

Manny's dad at the basement

Manny's dad at the basement

  • 23 January
  • Riverses' basement
  • Mr Julian is having a conversation with Manny and Justyce. He told them that there's also a racism cases at his workplace. He also apologized to Manny as he thought that he should have exposed Manny about the reality before hand. Mr Julian advices them to kill those who racists with kindness.

Jus and Manny in the car

  • 26 January
  • Manny's Range Rover
  • Manny told Jus that Jared's dad press charges on him for assaulting his son. Instead of going hiking at Stone Mountain, Manny and Jus went to drive for a while. This is where Manny starts to rebel (refuse to slow down the volume of the radio) and they meet Garret Tison who currently not on duty with his wife in the passenger seat.

Jus and Manny in the car

Climax

Climax is the highest point of tension or drama in a narratives’ plot. Often, climax is also when the main problem of the story is faced and solved by the main character or protagonist.

Climax

Shooting

  • 26 January
  • Intersection of Thirteenth Street and Marshall Avenue, Oak Ridge
  • A fifty-two-year-old police officer, Garret Tison shot two young men at the intersection's traffic light. One was critically injured and the other was pronounced dead while he is on his way to hospital.

Shooting

Funeral

Funeral

  • 22 February
  • Burial site
  • Manny's body been kept for 27 days, waiting for Jus to recover from his injury so he can attend his best friend's funeral. Jus didn't wanna be there. He meet SJ and so do his mother. Mrs Mc Allister show some kind of prejudice and racism towards SJ. Justyce feels like his mother had no differ from Garret Tison.

Dinner with the Riverses

  • The Riverses house
  • The Riverses invited Justyce to visit Quan in juvie.
  • They also gifted Justyce an heirloom watch meant to be given to Manny on his eighteenth birthday.

Dinner with the Riverses

Visiting Quan

  • Fulton Regional Youth Detention Center
  • Quan tells Justyce that whites have no respect for black people, and he then talks about the Black Man’s Curse (BMC) and the way blacks get harsher sentences than whites.
  • Quan gives Justyce Trey’s number so Justyce can meet with Martel, the Black Jihad’s leader

Visiting Quan

Halloween photo exposed

Halloween photo exposed

  • Doc's classroom, Braselton Prep
  • A photo of Justyce dressed up in the “thug” costume for Halloween was shown on the local news with the commentators trying to connect the murder of Officer Castillo with Manny’s murder.
  • Jared feels angry about the Halloween photo of Justyce being taken out of context.

Meeting the Black Jihad

Meeting the Black Jihad

  • Wynwood Street
  • At first, Justyce feels good talking with Martel but then he’s reminded of the gang’s violence when he sees a sawed-off shotgun.
  • Justyce departs quickly after Brad, one of the Black Jihad, says that Justyce is just like them.

Love <333

  • The Friedmans' house
  • SJ confesses to having liked Justyce since tenth grade.
  • Justyce declares that he doesn’t care what his mother thinks anymore, and he asks SJ out.

Arson at Tison's home

  • May 21
  • The news reports an arson at Officer Tison’s home, which injured his wife.
  • Three teens in the area are apprehended.

Falling

Falling action is a literary term that refers to the elements of plot after a story's climax and before the resolution.

Falling

court

Justyce on the witness stand testifying about Manny’s murder. After the district attorney, Mr. Rentzen, finishes questioning Justyce, the defense attorney begins asking her tough line of questions. She looks to paint a picture of Manny and Justyce as violent and volatile because of the fights they got in with Jared and Blake.

Court

Garret Tison death

August 9

Two days after the verdict, Justyce and SJ, now dating, spend time together at SJ’s house and anticipate leaving together for college. Justyce gets messages from District Attorney Rentzen, which he ignores. Mr. Rentzen then reaches Mrs. Friedman, who enters the room and delivers the news that Garrett Tison is dead.

Yale University

August 25

Justyce write a latter to Martin

-saying that he already arrive at the Yale University

- confess that he cannnot be like Martin

Resolution

The resolution of a story is the conclusion of a story's plot. Also known as the denouement, the resolution is a literary term for the final plot points that occur after a story's climax and falling action

Resolution

Four months later

Four month later

When Justyce returns to Manny's grave four months later, Jared is already there. Justyce and Jared discuss their desired majors, their Yale housemates, and how much they miss Manny.

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