Book Report: Jack Reacher
Language Arts Book Report
Name of the Book: A Reacher novel:61 hours by Lee Child. This title is related to the book because the entire book is a countdown recollection of events that leads up to the climax, where Reacher and Plato, the protagonist and antagonist fight. It begins with 61 hours before the main fight.
Author: Lee Child.
The main protagonist of the novel is Jack Reacher, an ex-military policeman that spends the majority of his time as a “nomad,” wandering around the states, looking for places to travel. His personality quite matches his name because his last name, Reacher, is symbolic of a person that climbs the greatest heights and overcomes the obstacles of ruthless difficulty. Reacher is an intrinsically intellectual man; his unusual nature allows him to morph his metacognition into that of his enemies, enabling him to track his targets with speed and accuracy. Reacher is a main component of the story obviously because he is the driving force that allows the story to slowly unlock as his physical and mental skills empower him to investigate and determine. The other main protagonist is Deputy Peterson, which is actually an ally and partner in this specific book who follows Reacher’s guidance to help track down a murderer and a major drug dealer, possibly one and the same. Unfortunately, Peterson does not make it to the end of the book, and the scene of death is satirical in the way that the cop that has been “aiding” their cause turns out to be bent. The antagonist of the novel is Plato, a very short and small man, which is pretty ironic considering the fact that he is a major drug dealer and is constantly in cunning situations, but he is technically a midget. He is considered the main antagonist; although he is not thoroughly mentioned until the end of the book, he is indirectly described through his servants and his actions are the main source of conflict, such as the major methamphetamine drug deal that Reacher fights hard to uncover.
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Name of the Book: A Reacher novel:61 hours by Lee Child. This title is related to the book because the entire book is a countdown recollection of events that leads up to the climax, where Reacher and Plato, the protagonist and antagonist fight. It begins with 61 hours before the main fight.
Author: Lee Child.
The main protagonist of the novel is Jack Reacher, an ex-military policeman that spends the majority of his time as a “nomad,” wandering around the states, looking for places to travel. His personality quite matches his name because his last name, Reacher, is symbolic of a person that climbs the greatest heights and overcomes the obstacles of ruthless difficulty. Reacher is an intrinsically intellectual man; his unusual nature allows him to morph his metacognition into that of his enemies, enabling him to track his targets with speed and accuracy. Reacher is a main component of the story obviously because he is the driving force that allows the story to slowly unlock as his physical and mental skills empower him to investigate and determine. The other main protagonist is Deputy Peterson, which is actually an ally and partner in this specific book who follows Reacher’s guidance to help track down a murderer and a major drug dealer, possibly one and the same. Unfortunately, Peterson does not make it to the end of the book, and the scene of death is satirical in the way that the cop that has been “aiding” their cause turns out to be bent. The antagonist of the novel is Plato, a very short and small man, which is pretty ironic considering the fact that he is a major drug dealer and is constantly in cunning situations, but he is technically a midget. He is considered the main antagonist; although he is not thoroughly mentioned until the end of the book, he is indirectly described through his servants and his actions are the main source of conflict, such as the major methamphetamine drug deal that Reacher fights hard to uncover.
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