The Utterly Perfect Murder Summary

Imagine a world where everyone never learned or grew from the experiences they had. No matter if you are an adult or a child, learning and growing is an essential part to the world. Bad decisions would be around every corner for people and mistakes that were once made, would never be fixed. History would repeat itself infinitely. The most important thing about growing up is learning and growing from mistakes you have already made.

In the story, “ The Utterly Perfect Murder,” Doug Spaulding looked back at his childhood memories and decides to get revenge on his bully, Ralph Underhill. Doug’s memories range from severe physical contact, to the hurtful tricks done by Ralph. “Fool! I thought. The statues worth twenty five cents. The glove cost two dollars. No fair! Don’t! But I raced back home to Ralph’s house with the glove and gave it to him . . .”(Bradbury 21). Dougs admiration for the Tarzan statues shields him from making the correct decision. He lets Ralph abuse his admiration and trick Doug into giving him the glove that is worth eight times as much. Doug later learns

As a child the narrator would call himself “dumb” because he could not read. He was ashamed and embarrassed as a student who had to leave the room every time he had to read. After learning how to cope with dyslexia, the narrator looked into his future; he wanted to go to college. “ I said I wanted to go to college, and they told me about colleges that have facilities and staff to handle people like me. That was nice to hear” (Raymond 81). The narrator learns how to cope and excel as an adult with dyslexia. He felt that college would be something he wanted to do, so he could grow and learn as a normal adult. The thought of having colleges with help was a influence that would help the narrator learn and grow in the