So far, 19 Minutes by Jodi Picoult has been both a challenging and rewarding book. It talks about this flashback about Peter, the shooter, and his parents. The parents of Peter are wondering what they did wrong as parental figures or supervisors to cause their child to become so violent. The book is telling about the investigation with the police. the police is searching through all their property for evidence. One important point is that Peter's father, Lewis, is a hunter and owns several rifles. When Lewis checked back on those guns, he realized that some were missing. I think that Peter might have stolen some to use for the shooting. The rifles symbolize death, loss of friendship and distrust.
Favorite Quote:
One of my favorite quotes said in the book was "Well, these young men pull away from others. they tend to be loners. they talk about hurting themselves, or others. They can't function in school, or are subjected to discipline there. they lack a connection with someone- anyone- who might make them feel important". I think this quote is important because it shows what made Peter to do this crime.
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I made a connection with this book to the world and media. This story is very similar to Columbine. The book also mentioned a little about the story.
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So far, I like reading this book. Probably, one thing that I dislike is that it gives a lot of court information. At times, it tends to be a bit boring or too hard to understand.
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