Summary Of People Kill People By Ellen Hopkins

There are many characters in the book People Kill People by Ellen Hopkins who face problems that the ownership of a gun would solve. Rand wants revenge on a counselor who wronged him, Silas believes his race is superior, Daniel wants to keep what is “his”, Noelle doesn’t want to be anyone's burden anymore, Cami would do anything to protect her family, and Ashlyn gets a thrill from violence. Unfortunately for the group, they lose one of the people that they all commonly care for, Grace, in a simple accident while she’s babysitting Rand and Cami’s little boy, Waylon. Because they all had motives to kill or harm someone but they ended up losing someone they all cared about, they learned that even though guns make it easier in the end, people are

It was.” (Hopkins 76). Daniel apologizes for the loss of her dad and how that experience has traumatized her. The man who shot Grace’s dad was said to have domestic abuse and drug problems that were left unsolved, and this shows that it wasn't just because he had a gun with him that he committed murder. He was going to get upset either way and the outcome would have been the same, but because he had a gun with him he was able to kill Grace’s dad easily. Explicitly, the man was going to harm someone whether or not he had a gun with him but, with access to a weapon the death was quicker and easier to execute, as well as resulting in a little girl losing her dad and a young girl not being able to achieve her dreams. Noelle (the girl whose brain was damaged in the accident) talks briefly about her feelings now that she can’t do what she wants, “Sucks so bad the same doped-up loser stole your vision for the future. So many things you wanted to do, and so much you wanted to accomplish! Now, when you open your sketchbook, blank pages stare back at you, Now, when you sit at your piano, your fingers become confused. Now, considering your limited options, you just want to eat” (Hopkins