Description
For this in-class writing assignment, you have been asked to read Smash and Grab by Michael Knight. The story focuses on an encounter between a burglar and a teenage girl. In most cases, a burglar is a criminal who intrudes upon other peoples property and space, taking advantage of the vulnerability of his or her victim(s). However, in this story, author Michael Knight creates a burglar for whom many readers feel an odd sympathy, as if the burglar is the victim.
- Write an essay that analyzes how Knight accomplishes this strange transformation within the context of the story as a whole.