Defending Jacob Essay
“How far will you go for Jacob?” (196). In Defending Jacob, by William Landay, Andy Barber is faced with an enigma: his son, Jacob, has been accused of murder and it is up to him to help prove Jacob innocent. As Jacob’s father, Andy took actions to help defend his son no matter what the cost was. This led me to think the purpose of the book was to depict that, during tough times family is needed and they will sacrifice anything to help you.
The relationship between Andy and his father, Billy Barber, is a murky one because of Billy’s reputation as a notorious murderer. Andy has only visited his father once while he was in prison, but never thought that he’d mention Billy’s again nevertheless see him! However, Jacob’s lawyer has asked Andy for …show more content…
Even his own mother, Laurie had doubts at the end of the trial despite ridiculing at the absurdity when Jacob was first indicted. During the course, Laurie found out about Andy’s father and the idea of the “murder gene” which may have swayed her. But, when another girl named Hope disappears after the last person to see her was Jacob, her suspicions became real. As a result, she took a devastating action of trying both her and Jacob’s life because she blamed herself for not seeing the violent aspects of her son. However, she had only half succeeded because while Jacob died, she lived. This may seem crazy, but a reason Laurie may have done this was out of love. Jacob has gone through so much with being accused of the murder of Ben Rifkin and Hope Connors. Laurie did this in order to ensure that Jacob would not hurt anyone else because of his violent tendencies. Although this ending was shocking, it reminded me of Of Mice and Men, in which George shoots Lenny. George shot it after Lenny killed Curley’s wife by mistake, and this controversial decision would set Lenny free at last. This shows that Laurie would do anything, even kill her own son for his best interest so he would never hurt anyone again.
Defending Jacob, was definitely a thriller with all the exciting plot twists and the ending was just shocking. We may never know if Jacob was really innocent or not; but, we know
The relationship between Andy and his father, Billy Barber, is a murky one because of Billy’s reputation as a notorious murderer. Andy has only visited his father once while he was in prison, but never thought that he’d mention Billy’s again nevertheless see him! However, Jacob’s lawyer has asked Andy for …show more content…
Even his own mother, Laurie had doubts at the end of the trial despite ridiculing at the absurdity when Jacob was first indicted. During the course, Laurie found out about Andy’s father and the idea of the “murder gene” which may have swayed her. But, when another girl named Hope disappears after the last person to see her was Jacob, her suspicions became real. As a result, she took a devastating action of trying both her and Jacob’s life because she blamed herself for not seeing the violent aspects of her son. However, she had only half succeeded because while Jacob died, she lived. This may seem crazy, but a reason Laurie may have done this was out of love. Jacob has gone through so much with being accused of the murder of Ben Rifkin and Hope Connors. Laurie did this in order to ensure that Jacob would not hurt anyone else because of his violent tendencies. Although this ending was shocking, it reminded me of Of Mice and Men, in which George shoots Lenny. George shot it after Lenny killed Curley’s wife by mistake, and this controversial decision would set Lenny free at last. This shows that Laurie would do anything, even kill her own son for his best interest so he would never hurt anyone again.
Defending Jacob, was definitely a thriller with all the exciting plot twists and the ending was just shocking. We may never know if Jacob was really innocent or not; but, we know