DEAR MARTIN BY: NIC STONE

GENRE: Novel, Fiction and Epistolary novel

NOVEL STRUCTURE: Realistic fiction

SUMMARY: 17 year old boy named justyce. One night justyce was walking in this wealthy looking neighborhood. With a hooded sweatshirt, fresh jordans, and probably skinny jeans or sweats On his way to see his ex girlfriend who is drunk at the time so he doesn't want her to drive. When he gets there she is telling him to go away but justyce still takes her keys and moves her to the backseat. Then the police pulls up which is also a white officer. Gets out grabs justyce puts him in handcuffs then slams his head on the hood of the car. Justyce tried to explain what was going on but the officer didn't care, calling him names, and even punched him.

THEME: a novel about racial profiling in the world. The book shows that skin color has no meaning on a character. When a white Officer violently arrests Justyce without cause.

ELEMENTS OF STYLE: Figurative language, diction, tone, syntax, imagery, and point of view

CONFLICT: Man Vs.man - Justyce which is the main character get racially profiled Through the whole novel.

POINT OF VIEW: Dear martin is mostly about racism and how the characters are written in third person. The letter's justyce is writing to martin luther king are first person so we can know his response from the way he's been getting treated.

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character Justyce, melo, officer Tommy Castillo, sarah jane, blake benson, Jared Christensen

PROTAGONIST Justyce

ANTAGONIST Jared christensen

Would you recommend this novel to another? Why? /Why not? Yes I would recommend this book to another. Because people need to wake up and see how the real world is.I feel like this book would help people open their eyes to see how black african american are getting treated. This book is also very interesting to read. Trust me if you read this book you would not be bored for a couple of days until your done reading it.

What have you learned? How has your perspective been shaped by the author’s message? From reading this book I have learned some people on this earth are rasic. As a black african american I have to be aware of that anywhere I go. The author's message change my perspective by respecting cops if they come around me. Just because i'm a good person doesn't mean a cop looks at you that way. I will always stand on that, one day tell my kids then grandchildren that.

Based on your reading and analysis of the novel, what connections can you make
between the events in the text and other things from your life outside of school? I can relate to justyce getting profiled because i've been in a situation with a cop before. I was at my friends neighborhood pool to take his picture. The time was probably 9:00pm so the pool was close. Then One police officer pulled up got out and started talking to us. He was respectful and understood why we were there so he left us alone. Not all cops are like that so just have to thank god and keep moving forward.

CITATION: Stone, Nic. Dear Martin, 2017.Print.

TONE: depressing, confused, and guidance

SYNTAX: " It never ceases to amaze me that guys like you have your heads so far up your entitled a**. " (page 24, Stone)

IMAGERY: : The minute Jared, kyle, tyler, and blake step into manny's basement, it's clear jared's equality brigade thing was a terrible idea." (page 39, Stone )

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: "Justyce is pretty sure they all belong to a gang called the black jihad run by a crazy older dude named martel montgomery." (page 42, Stone)

DICTION: "CONGRATULATION! is all big and bright right there in front of him, but he still can't believe it." (page 52, Stone)

SETTINGS:A wealthy neighborhood in atlanta and Brasleton Prep

TEXTUAL EVIDENCE: " Dear martin (aka dr. king) first and foremost, please know I mean you no disrespect with the whole Martin thing." (page 10, Stone)

EXPLANATION: This is justyce writing martin luther king a letter, telling him what just happened to him.