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In this novel a young girl named Susie Salmon was brutally raped and killed by a man in her neighbourhood. Her case is still an ongoing investigation but little to no proof leads towards the man who committed the crime. Lindsey, Susie’s little sister, is a very talented and intelligent girl. She was invited to attend the Gifted Symposium for her intelligence. Lindsey goes away to this symposium with other students in junior and high school. At the very end of the symposium, the students are given a challenge, normally it's to create the best mouse trap, but they changed it up this year. The new challenge was how to commit the perfect murder. I think the Gifted Symposium was wrong by initiating a How to commit the perfect murder challenge, because it’s a touchy subject. …show more content…
She had to think long and hard about this unsettling subject that took her sister from her. Also, by having this as the challenge, it’s almost promoting this crime. They’re getting the students to think of awful ways to take someone’s life and then the team that thought of the best way, gets awarded. They get awarded for something that would land you a lifetime in jail, it’s completely inappropriate. On top of all of that, these are junior and high school students, their ages range from twelve to eighteen. Twelve to eighteen year olds don’t need to be think about murder or murdering someone, honestly no one needs to think about

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