These Students May Have Taken It a Little Too Far...

Parker Stanley

Killing Mr. Griffin

By: Lois Duncan

Did Mr. Griffin truly deserve to end up like this?  A group of Mr. Griffin’s past and present students have decided to come together to give Mr. Griffin a taste of his own medicine.  Mr. Griffin has tortured his students for years.  Allowing some to pass, and some not.  

Mark, has developed a crew to kidnap the evil Mr. Griffin.  Mark has Susan, who is a good student, plan to meet with Mr. Griffin after school to talk about an assignment with Mr. G.  Once Mr. G exits the school, the rest of the crew forcefully puts a bag over his head and forces him into their custody.  The crew speedily brings him to a secret remote place and tortures him while he can not move due to his arms being tied back.  The students decide to leave Mr. G alone in the woods because he refused to beg.  This was their requirement because Mr. G forced Mark to beg him to allow him to retake his class.  The students will check up on him overnight.  We will have to find out if Mr. G makes it through the night alright.

The beginning of the story seemed boring because it was a walk through of Susan’s school day, which was very uneventful because Susan is very shy and quiet, so there was not very much action.  For me, I enjoy a lot of action, so due to the lack of this, I was not entertained at first.  After Susan’s day was described, David’s life after school was explained which was also boring due to him taking care of his grandmother the whole time.  David had to do simple tasks for his grandmother (don’t get me wrong, I love my grandmother), but for a novel it was not intriguing.  As the novel went on, the student’s plan began to take place which included more action, so it was very entertaining.  I can somewhat relate to this story because I have had teachers who I have liked and disliked.  On the other hand, these students have taken it to a whole new level which I can not relate to, but it is enjoyable to see how people deal with their emotions in a different way.  This is fun to read because these students are taking things to an extreme which has not been done before.  Since this is so unrealistic, it is a good read because in reality nothing like this would ever happen.  I would rate this book a  four out of five stars so far because it gives the reader a view of how frustrated students feel towards their teachers.  I would recommend this book to people who are very imaginative because this story allows you to think about how Mr. G is treated and if he will be alright while stuck in the woods for the night.