I liked your summary of Angie Thomas’s “The Hate U Give”. I have also read this book and it really gave insight into the emotions and oppression that black people face. One sentence that stood out to me was “The tension rises when there’s a trial for the officer that killed him and he pleaded not guilty and that people were so mad.” This sentence stood out to me because I agree with you that because he is an officer he would get away with killing an innocent black man if he pleads guilty. It goes to show that black people have endured oppression through the legal system and in many other ways to the point where they do not get the justice they deserve. Thank you for writing about this and I look forward to reading more of your writing.
– Wendy

I think this was a great story and you explained everything it’s clear that black people are not being treated the same and as you can see an innocent black man was shot by the police man and nothing was done about it. The story was told to the whole community and yet there was nothing done to bring justice to the people and the innocent black man. They police officer was let free to go and they didn’t press no charges on him and they didn’t punish him for the crime he commited. This shows how the blacks are not taking serious as they should be and there was no justice brought to those innocent lives. I agree with you that this will lead the audiences feeling really mad because there was nothing done to the police officer and there was no justice brought for the innocent man. This could lead to man more violence and cops will be committed similar crimes because they were not punished for the evil crimes they committed. After all I enjoyed reading this and looking forward to read more 🙂
— Madram A

Hello Matthew

A lot if it isn’t just because they are innocent, there are reasons why officers goes up to a person. We just simply have to comply and follow directions of what the officer says. We do have our rights but also we need to know how to use them. A lot of people are getting mad for no reason and that’s my opinion. I just think if we would simply comply everyone will be fine. The officer pleaded not guilty because there was a reason for everything! People get mad for no reason and it’s dumb. We need to fix the way people view things.

Dear Matthew,
I am intrigued by your essay because the book sounds interesting and captivating. I have also watched one of the movies but never checked out the book so it seems fun to read.
One thing you said that stands out for me is: “ if he tells everything about the gods he will get in big trouble.” I think this is interesting because… Greek god are very fascinating and it’s interesting how there may be more out there than we currently know.
Your essay reminds me of something that happened to One of my friends. One time in sixth grade one of my friends and a lot of others enjoyed reading Rick Riordan books and mentioned it a lot. You interesting in this book reminds me of my classmates in sixth grade and how much they enjoyed it and would talk about it during class.
Thanks for your post. I look forward to seeing what you write next because… it was very interesting to read and I look forward to reading the book sometime soon.

Great response! I look forward to seeing you right the next book because I really like you tell your story with imagery.

Dear Mathew,

I really enjoyed how you explained the book and the situation they were in, I remember reading this book and watching the film in seventh grade and you did a great job explaining the events. and stating how the men were feeling, I remember it got me mad how they didn’t care for the case as much except for juror 8. overall, great job and continue the great work.

Dear Mathew,
I am interested in post because I enjoyed the way you explained your thoughts, and used quotes to help the reader picture the events that are happening
One thing you said that stands out for me is: “ junior 8 is describing one of the senses of murder and jurior 3 gets fed up with this and starts arguing with him, and junior 8 cames back with calling him names and junior 3 get really angry and tries to punch him but the other jurors hold him back” this helped me to picture the interactions between junior 8 and 3.
Thanks for your project. I look forward to seeing what you write next because I enjoyed your use of imagery to explain your thoughts.

Dear Matthew:

I am interested with your post, “Plot Analysis of 12 Angry Men” because the protagonist sounds very interesting.

One sentence you wrote that stands out for me is, “He is upset trying to figure out how he can explain why the boy is not guilty of killing his father.He meets these forces and pressures by deciding to take every single part of the evidence and breaking it up to prove he is not guilty. ” I think this is interesting because I want to see how he will prove the boy’s innocence.

Another sentence that I liked was “The tension rises when junior 8 starts convincing people that the boy is not guilty and junior 3 and 10 start to get mad at the other juniors for changing their minds because in their mind they are certain that the boy is guilty. ” This stood out for me because I want to know why Junior 3 and 10 believe that the boy is guilty.

Have you read the book Inherit the Wind. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253264.Inherit_the_Wind. I think you might be interested in this because ti is a similar genre to the book you are talking about right now.

Thanks for your writing. I look forward to seeing what you write next because I enjoyed reading this response and I want to read more responses by you.

I am happy to see someone else enjoys reading about “Lord of The Flies” as much as I did. This is a great book to read and I encourage everyone to read this book as it can open your eyes to what can happen when there is no one around to keep us in check.