Sam Smiley's Mr. Banner Chapter Summaries

Sam Smiley starts off his day by leaving his house in the morning, spending all afternoon out in different stores. Sam decides to end up buying 1 blue sweatshirt, 1 pair of khakis, and a new pair of shoes. Sam wears these clothes out of the store and returns home, ready for the day he had planned for months. Sam leaves for the concert, meeting up with his friends, Bob and Adam, at 8:15. Bob leaves before Sam and Adam. Adam and Sam leave the concert and head towards the bus stop. There is only one bus left, and as Adam gets on the bus, Sam decides he is hungry and orders two hotdogs at 11:30. He then called a taxi cab at 11:45, and was picked up at 12:30. Sam is dropped off at the corner of Main Street and South at 12:45. A neighbor
He complains that many accidents around this area, and mentions how there is a lack of streetlights. Not only does this give Mr. Banner a motive to kill, it also shows us that he does something that no other witness has done. Mr. Banner mentions this almost as if he is distracting the reader from the actual evidence he does give. He repeats this distraction method when referring to how “funny” Connor O'Brian is. David Banner goes on to explain what clothes he was wearing exactly, which appears suspicious considering Mr. Banner only looked at him for a few moments at most. However, as Mr. Banner did mention the clothes, he failed to mention the fact that there was ketchup all over his outfit. He mentions that the housing development next to his house is Oak Village. Which is where Sam Smiley happens to live. He also mentions that he was the last person to see Sam Smiley alive. To recap, Mr. David Banner attempts to distract the reader with useless information, provides a motive to kill by mentioning how he believes his street needs more lights on it, mentions Sam Smiley’s neighborhood, mentions that he was the last person to see Sam alive, and fails to mention the fact that there was ketchup spilled all over the clothes Mr.