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Summary Of Defending Jacob By William Landay

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Defending Jacob, by William Landay, displays the setting in of time. Jacob Barber, a ninth grader, accused of murdering a fellow classmate, is pronounced not guilty when another man confesses. The family goes to Jamaica, where Jacob meets a girl he likes, but one day she goes missing. Despite the reports saying she drowned, the coincidence takes over his mother Laurie’s mind, doubt crashing over her like waves. Landay uses connotation and ambiguity to demonstrate how fear and doubt can drive a person to take shocking actions. Landay uses connotation while Andy speaks in court as a witness for his wife, Laurie, accused of murder of their son. When the witness, Andy Barber, describes what happened, he says, “She actually accelerated.” The use
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