January 13, 2015

The Hitchhiker

The plot summary is how the writer picked up a hitchhiker in his new, big BMW car that drives 129mph.  The man driving the car is a writer and whenever he see’s a hitchhiker, he picks them up because he use to be a hitchhiker. The hitchhiker bet the writer if the car can go 129mph and he proved it by driving really fast, but got stopped by a police officer on a motorcycle.  The cop gave the writer a ticket and wrote down the hitchhiker’s name and address in his book and told them both that he will see them in court. The entire time the man was driving and the hitchhiker was stealing his personal things and books from the cop. The discussion of action would be the hitchhiker showed the writer what his fantastic fingers can do and why he is a fingersmith and good at his skill trade.  The main characters are the writer, hitchhiker and the cop. The writer is very naive because by the time he figured out the hitchhiker was a pickpocket, all his personal things were stolen. The hitchhiker is very good at his job because you don’t see him or feel him stealing things.  The cop was just doing his job. The plot twist is when the hitchhiker showed the writer the books that he stolen from the cop.  The three literary elements are foreshadowing because the hitchhiker said in the beginning of the story that he has a skilled trade which meant he is very good at his job. Suspense because the writer who is really nosy wants to know what the hitchhiker does for a living, even after he knows that the hitchhiker is stealing his things. The irony is the writer got away with speeding because the man was a fingersmith.  The is rating 4.5.5 because the irony of the story is funny, the writer got to driver the top speed of his new car without getting into trouble and a ticket from speeding.