Bailey

=In the Heat of the Night= =** Elements **** of Fiction **=

Plot
==In the 1960's in the very racist city of Well, South Carolina there was a murder and Sam Woods a police officer is put on the case. After bringing in a black man named Virgil Tibbs who was hiding out in the old train station they find out he is a homicide investigator and he stays to help with the case. Although Bill Gillespie the chief of the police station isn't happy with a black man working on his case Virgil is making good progress and he is forced to keep him. Virgil discoverse that the body was moved and so where Sam had found it wasn't where he was accually killed. Bill arests Sam thinking he is guilty but Virgil thinks he is innocent. Tibbs goes and inturveiws Delores who accused Sam of rape. Tibbs gets Delores to admit infront of Bill that Sam did not rape her. That night Tibbs said that by tomorrow they will have their murderer. Tibbs and Bill go on rout with Sam. They stop by the dinner to eat and when Tibbs enters Ralph tells him to get lost. When Tibbs dosn't leave Ralph attacks him Tibbs grabs hold of him and says that he killed Mr. Mantoli.==

Person vs. socioty the whole town is against Virgil
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==From reading this book I have learned how bad racism was a long time ago. Yes I think it is important for students to read this book because it teaches that racism is bad. I think this book could make a change in society because it will show the people how hurtful racism can be.==

==This book has changed my life because it gives me something to think about and now when I see a person being picked on because of their race or religion I will know that I have to step in and help the person being picked on. This book will affect my life in the future because now I know to stand up and stop racism. Yes I will now act against raacism and not think badly of anyone.==

==The author show this by telling how racist the people back then were. He also made the people who no one liked very racist and the people who everyone liked not racist. He also made the character Virgil Tibbs the opposit of all the stariotypes.==

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