Although some may argue that Adnan is sketchy, in reality, he’s pretty chill. Adnan is super relaxed about all of the questions and just the situation in general, he knows what was going on. If he was sketchy, he probably wouldn’t be easy going, maybe he’d be freaked out or uncooperative. As stated in Serial Season 1-Episode 2, “Sarah Koenig: Adnan himself describes the breakups with Hae as fairly rational events. Adnan: Each time that we broke up or each time-- let me just say this, each time that she ended the relationship or took a break, it was never a things where I was like pestering her or, like, going to her house and knocking on the door or chasing her down - ‘Look I wanna get back with you! I wanna get back with you!’ - because
a part, there was a part of me that knew that man, what she said did make sense.” The quote is showing that Adnan was relaxed about himself and Hae breaking up. He was understanding about the situation and why she did what she did. He wasn’t sketchy about answering questions about the breakup. He flat out said he knew what Hae did made sense. After Hae, he moved on, he wasn’t obsessed with her. It was just a normal teenage breakup - nothing sketchy about it. In contrast, one could say that Adnan is sketchy because his story changes about asking Hae for a ride. He tells Sarah Koenig that he didn’t ask Hae for a ride after school, but Adnan told the County Police Officer that he did ask, but he got held up at school, so Hae just left. Adnan tells two different stories to two different people. If the truth is he didn’t end up getting a ride, but he did ask Hae for one, why wouldn’t he just tell that one story. Not say different ones. It looks a little sketchy that he told two different stories. In Serial Season 1 Episode 2, “Adnan Syed: I would-- I wouldn’t have asked for a ride after school. I’m-- I’m sure that I didn't ask her because, well immediately after school because I know she always-- anyone that knows her knows she always goes to pick up her cousin, so she’s not doing anything for anyone right after school. No-- no matter what. Not a trip to McDonald’s. Not a trip to 7-Eleven. She took that very seriously. ...Scott Adcock: I spoke to Mr. Syed and he advised me that, ah, he did see the victim in school that day, and that um, he was supposed to get a ride home from the victim, but he got detained at school and she just got tired of waiting.” It is hard to remember what happened from that long ago. It may have been a case where Adnan just couldn’t remember what happened. Something insignificant like a ride home from school isn’t always something big to remember. Adnan answered the question without a doubt, and was ‘chill’ about everything that happened. In conclusion, Adnan is chill, not sketchy.
This reason makes sense because Asia and even a friend of hers claim that they saw and even spoke to Adnan that day and at that time Hae was murdered. This part of the story is when Asia found out Adna was arrested so she wrote him a letter explaining what she remembered about seeing him that day and time. This is from the letter “Im not sure if you remember talking to me in the library january 13’th,but I remember”. This means Adnan is innocent because he was not murdering Hae at the time he was at the library. Therefore Adnan is innocent because Asia’s letters prove that he was at the library at the time Hae was
In Episode 8 of Sarah Koenig’s podcast, Serial, Koenig claims that Jay isn’t a reliable enough source of information for the state to find Adnan guilty of the murder. She argues that there are too many inconsistencies in the story that he has told police over and over, and that there are too many problems in the story that the police use against Adnan.
Adnan's innocence away from him? Jay's story was documented, but his first story kept changing, which seemed off, if he was there shouldn't there be one story and only one story? But his final story, the story that never changes is the one after the mysterious session. Although even that story has flaws. Many to be exact. He says Adan called him after he killed Hae, but we know that they were never friends, only mere acquaintances. Theoretically, would you call an acquaintance after you you killed
When Rabia begins speaking of Adnan the sentence she leads with is that “He was like the community’s golden child”. By using this phrase, Rabia is connoting that he was considered perfect, which is a very bold statement to claim. After she elaborates upon her description Koenig later fact checks her “accolades” as any reporter would. She finds that Rabia “was mostly right, though she sometimes gets a little loosey-goosey with the details”. Rabia would have successfully convinced Koenig, as well as the listeners at hand, of Adnan’s reputation by simply describing him as a ‘boy with potential’ or as one ‘generally known to be respectable’ but by choosing to pronounce him a “golden child” specifically, she identifies him as impeccable, and thus incapable of committing a crime. Rabia personally knows that her descriptions are not entirely true, being that she was close with him, however, she still chooses to make use of them despite their inconsistencies. Not only does she go forth with them, but she chooses to falsely summarize him as a “golden child”, despite knowing that he was not in fact perfect. Rabia could have chosen to just state the facts as they really were, in the less
In this instance the government regulation to keep the school safe is interfering with Rajiv’s fundamental freedom of conscience and religion stated in section 2 of the charter, and it is doing so unjustly. While the information given in the story was scarce, there were no reports of a Kirpan being used a weapon before, any problems with weapons, or any attempt to find an alternative instead of disallowing the Kirpan completely . In the case Multani v. Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys The Supreme Court of Canada decided that the decision to prohibit the wearing of a Kirpan to be a violation of one’s fundamental freedom. This is important because a precedent has been set by the Supreme Court of Canada. After the Multani v. Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys case the court decided that if that given the premise a student has not used the Kirpan as a weapon before, and sincerely believes that a metal Kirpan is essential in paying respects to their religion, it is within their rights to wear one. This important as it proves that the government regulation seized Rajiv’s Kir...
Teachers, friends, classmates, relatives and parents could not believe he kills his girlfriend. The reality sometimes is very hard to face especially when feelings are involved. Parents never will accept that their own child who was raised with comfort, love and support could be capable of murder somebody. Disturbing people could be disguised very well under a charming appearance. Many serial killers were known as decent, brilliant and admired persons. When a teenager is carrying a burden as Adnan was, probably feeling guilty for giving back to his parents, his religion and customs could transform him in another person for a few moments when he felt betrayed, humiliated, dishonored and abandoned by the person for whom he did all this. Then he kill Hae Min Lee in a rage 's attack or probably as Jay said Adnan was planning the murder in detail; that is why the police could not found enough evidences to probe him clearly
First of all, if something monumental happens a person remembers the day it happened. In contrast, Adnan didn’t remember January 13. Yet, Jay remembers close to everything which points an arrow in his direction. However, Adnan says he didn’t ask Hae for a ride, but witnesses say he did. We can point that at Adnan for lying, but he may have failed
The first piece of evidence against Adnan is a testimony given by his acquaintance and partner-in-crime, Jay. The State uses this as one of their main claims. However, there are many reasons why this was the wrong way to go. First
An innocent man would not be able to do that without spilling some kind of information. Adnan had more things, making him more suspicious of being the murderer. The main thing that points fingers at Adnan is the Nisha call. (“Route Talk”) There was a call from Adnan's phone the day of the murder to Nisha while Adnan said he was at track practice.
In the novel, Duggan, Montayj depicts the consequences of lacking a proper education. Through the use of a character named Jackie, Montayj enables the reader to learn about the reality of poverty through her experiences and actions.
Gang Leader for a Day written by Sudhir Venkatesh consisted of Sudhir himself studying, observing and partaking in a study for his dissertation on the South Side of Chicago with underprivileged African Americans who are gang affiliated. The methodological and ethical issues that were found in his book reflect potential strengths and weaknesses of his qualitative research. Venkatesh brought to light the dangers and awareness of being associated with the Black Kings gang, there were situations that were new to him that he had to adjust himself to and be cautious of for the future. Although there were a few ethical issues presented in his book, there was a greater lesson at large taken from his results.
Family’s usually tend to force their kids in to the religion they follow and expect them to make no sin which leads to the hide and seek game between the parents and the kids. Adnan’s family were Muslims that migrated from pashuar, Pakistan. Where the smallest thing as a man and women that are not related cannot be having a conversation what so ever. Dating was not acceptable, it’s either marriage or single. Adnan was not allowed to date or have girl friends or be a normal American teenage but he did it anyways without his parent’s knowledge. The prosecutor at the time claimed that Adnan’s motive to strangle Hae is that he gave up his religion, put himself in a river of sin and dissed his parent’s by dating a girl but when Hae called it off he was left with nothing. He killed her out of not love but pride. Even though this is an understandable point, Adnan was never really a strict Muslim. He goes out clubbing, drink alcohol, have sex with different girls…pretty much everything a Muslim person should not be doing. Him dating Hae didn’t make him anymore sin that he usually make in a daily basis. He never felt like hae have taken him out of his religion road because he was never in one. He didn’t have a motive to kill Hae because they both moved on in to other people but kept a good friendship between them so all of a sudden he couldn’t have felt betrayed enough to kill her. The reasonable question here is why did Adnan tell the police officer in the first interview that he was expecting a ride from hae that day and later when interviewed again denied asking hae a ride because he have his own car and don’t have a reason to ask her for a ride knowing that she always picks up her little cousin from school right when she gets out of school. Why would he lie about that, and did he really ask her for a ride as Jay and some of Hae’s friends claimed or he did not. Even though this
In this podcast Sarah explores and digs deep into the two options, is Adnan guilty? Or is Adnan innocent of his past? Adnan Syed should stay in jail and not be released from prison due to some main reasons that lean towards Adnan’s guilt. It didn’t seem like a healthy relationship should look like.
Many cultures have a trickster in their myths, a being who behaves differently than expected and who does his own thing for his own reasons. Native Americans have Coyote, the Norse have Loki, the Ancient Greeks had Prometheus, and we Americans have Bugs Bunny, Bree Rabbit, and now, Mitchael Abernathy. Haymitch Abernathy is a true trickster. He goes through the stages of becoming a trickster by being a sell-out with the role of a mentor that the capital thrust upon him after surviving the Hunger Games. Then he becomes a drop-out by turning to the bottle but then emerges as a trickster upon finding his moment to tear down the dictator that the Capital had become. “Just remember, Katniss, you want the audience to like you.” Haymitch gave Katniss this one last piece of advice, on page 134, before her interview with Caesar Flickerman. Unlike Katniss, Haymitch is very good at faking it. He almost has an air of just not caring, a neutralism that has possibly saved his life on many accounts. When the train stopped to refuel on the way home after the games Haymitch interrupts Katniss and Peeta's awkward conversation, “Great job, you two. Just keep it up in the district until the cameras are gone. We should be ok.” Then he turns and walks away to leave Katniss to explain to an already upset Peeta what he means.
We have not been contacting each other anymore. With absence of passion, intimacy and commitment components, we were back to non-love again (Sternberg, 1986).