The Summary of Murder

The following is a summary of the news article entitled “Thirty-Eight Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call the Police.”

There are three parts to this article. The first is a brief summary or hook about the news article and the event it describes. The second is a detailed report from a detective about what happened the night of the murder. The third and last was a detailed report of the thirty-eight eye witnesses disclosing why they didn’t call the police that night. What I found particularly interesting was the way the writer wrote down all the addresses of the previous victims and also how he gave great detail the overall story. The order was done very well, creating a feeling of being present at the scene as it happened. I will now describe that order — First, the writer introduced the story with a hook. The title helps with this as well. This transitions to the detectives talking to the reporter, giving a “soap box” speech about how easy it is to call the police. After-which the officer proceeds to give a detailed description about the events. This includes the detectives talking to the witnesses and asking why they didn’t call that night. I couldn’t really pickup on any ideas other than the author trying to invoke a feeling of sympathy for the woman with the level of detail that was being provided. He possibly could’ve been trying to show the reader how easy it could have been to call the police and help this issue in the future.