their English teacher‚ Mr. Griffin‚ for various reasons such as marks or dislike of his teaching methods. Mark‚ who had failed the course and deeply loathed Mr. Griffin‚ brainstormed to kidnap and "scare" the teacher with the help of his friends‚ Jeff and Betsy. In desperate need of a distraction or diversion for this plan‚ Mark told his friend‚ Dave to ask the smartest girl in the class‚ Susan (who liked Dave) for help; she was expected to arrange a conference with Mr. Griffin on the kidnapping day
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"Killing Mr. Griffin Susan and Betsy are two very different people. The react to their actions and other peoples in different ways. Susan is a smart student‚ that doesn’t really have many friends. Betsy is a semi smart student‚ popular‚ and very pretty girl. Some ways that they are different are for example...the writing assignment for the "Final song of Ophelia."� Betsy told Mr. Griffin that‚ "I didn’t understand the assignment‚"� "How can anybody write a final song for Ophelia when she’s already
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Kye Schnittgen Kill In the book “Killing Mr. Griffin” written by Lois Duncan‚ there is a character named Mark and here’s a few of his attributes; He’s quiet‚ a leader‚ and he is pretty calm. Mark doesn’t talk unless he feels like what he has to say is important. He doesn’t even tell him family he’s leaving to school or answer any of his aunt’s questions. “Jeff came by for him earlier than usual this morning. He was honking the car horn out there at seven-thirty and Mark was out the door before
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Donisha Smith Period 2 3/7/11 Book Report: Killing Mr. Griffin My book report is on “Killing Mr. Griffin”. The author of this book is Lois Duncan. Lois Duncan is a female novelist who writes suspense stories for teenagers. This book was published by Little Brown on April 1978. The protagonist of this book is named Susan McConnell. Susan is a sixteen year old junior at Del Norte High School in Albuquerque‚ New Mexico. She is a loner and mostly stays at home to study. She is a hardworking student
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Killing Mr.Griffin by the author of Lois Duncan is about a very strict and demanding english teacher whose name is Mr.Griffin. Some of his students are fed up with them working hard and getting bad grades and having to retake his class so a group plans to kidnap the teacher and teach him a lesson but after they get into the plan and put it into action they realize their plan had gone down the drain. Irma Ruggles is portrayed as sneaky and wanting attention but loving and kind. Irma Ruggles is
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“Macbeths murder of Duncan has horrible consequences for Macbeth himself and for Scotland “. After the killing of the king‚ which we do not see are horrible consequences for both Macbeth and Scotland. There are many consequences for Macbeth over the murder of the king one of which is the effect of this crime on his soul. At first before the killing of Duncan Macbeth was uncertain about the deed that was to be done he questioned himself and thought about the consequences of his actions which turn
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The book I chose is Ransom by Lois Duncan. This is a story about five teenagers‚ Dexter‚ Jesse‚ Bruce‚ Glenn‚ and Marianne‚ that get kidnapped and their parents are contacted to pay a ransom to get them back. The teenagers are from very different backgrounds and have different social statuses at school. They all live in a “rich” known neighborhood called Valley Gardens which is how the kidnappers chose them. Ransom is a crime thriller and the mystery of not knowing what’s going to happen next keeps
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Macbeth killing Duncan The twilight dimmed and waned above the untamed forestry embedded with lies and deceptions which enfolded around the castle‚ the final resting place of Duncan the spineless former king of Scotland. The pathetic slab of cement they so call a gravestone will mark a new era for Scotland. One simplistically swift slice and a barricade of emotions are the only barrier from me‚ heroic Macbeth conquering the rights to king and the riches that in lie within the very title of king
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In the crisp autumn night of November 18th Duncan‚ King of Scotland was murdered in cold blood at the Thane of Cawdor’s castle. Duncan was attending a feast with The Thane of Cawdor the night he was killed. The king’s wounds are evidence of multiple stabbings to the chest. Two guards were stationed outside of the chambre. Duncan’s blood was covered King Duncan before his death. on their faces as well as one of the guards was clenching the dagger used to stab the king. The dagger was proof of
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been crying. David wanted to talk to her so he drove over to her house and picked her up so that they can go get something to eat. They got into the car and Susan asked David what they did to Mr.Griffin. David told Susan that Mark tried to scare Mr. Griffin but it did’t go as planned and Mr.Griffin didn’t get scared as Mark thought he would. Susan‚ concerned asked a lot more questions in regard to Mr.Griffin. Which resulted in her knowing that Mr.Griffin was still in the mountains tied up. Susan
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