Introduction:
“Why do you want to hang out with them? They’re losers” is one of many tactics of abuse using isolation, according to the people of Safe Voices, a website for domestic violence. The connection of the quote to the podcast Serial by Sarah Koenig is how Hae had mentioned Adnan being angry at her about Aisha which this will come up in the next paragraph. Serial is about a boy, Adnan, who has been convicted of the murder of an ex-girlfriend named Hae Min Lee. Adnan’s rocky relationship with Hae versus his religion provides motive for the murder of the young girl.
Body 1: Relationship with Hae The outside of view of Adnan and Hae’s relationship seems pretty normal; however, those involved with them have made comments about how Adnan seems to have an obsession or a sense of possessiveness over Hae. A friend named Aisha told Sarah that Adnan was always paging her, even though he knew what she was doing, and would always invite himself to things …show more content…
He’s not strictly religious, but Hae gives a different idea of that, even though Adnan claims it’s just a joke. In her journal, Hae wrote that “His religion and Muslim customs are the main things. It irks me to know that I’m against his religion. He called me a devil a few times” (Keonig, “The Breakup”). Of course Adnan says he didn’t mean it, but outsiders don’t know his intentions for sure.
Conclusion: To sum up this paper, Adnan is guilty. He obviously didn’t appreciate others being picked over him, was hiding his feelings about Hae until the truth comes out straight from her, and he had his family and religion to worry about from day one. Adnan was a very jealous guy, and didn’t care about the ways of his religion, making him a disrespectful person. That is why he is