Directions:Pretend that you are one of the police detectives who has been summoned to the crime scene at the end of the novel Passing. Do your best to answer the following questions as one of the detectives called to the crime scene. Answer all of the questions in essay form. Use your answers to questions (A.-D.) for your four body paragraphs. Make sure to include a strong thesis statement, as well as a conclusion for this essay. Make sure to include who your top two suspects in the murder at the end of Passing are in your conclusion. Use the MLA format to draft this essay. The minimum length for this essay is 4 pages long, including a bibliography page.
A.) Explain in detail who would your primary suspect be in the death at the end of the novel Passing? Make sure to explain in detail which suspect had the motive, means, and opportunity to kill. Include why you favor this suspect over the others present at the party.
B.) If your primary suspect in the death at the conclusion of the novel Passing had an “airtight alibi,” who then would be your secondary suspect in this murder case? Make sure to explain in detail the motive, means, and opportunity of your secondary suspect.
C.) Explain in detail, what is the moral of the novel Passing? What are we the readers supposed to learn from the conclusion of the novel?
D.) Is the narrator of the novel Passing a “reliable narrator”? Explain in detail and use references from the novel’s conclusion to support your answer.
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