Bob Dorotik Analysis

The author of this text uses organization and details to present information about
the murder of Bob Dorotik. The author uses evidence to implicate Bob’s wife, Jane
Dorotik, as the killer.
First, the author’s organization gives the reader clues about the murder of Bob.
One example is the headings. They are “Time of Death,” “The Autopsy Room,”
“Under the Skin,” and “The Suspect.” Next, the author uses time order in the story.
He starts with the time that Bob went running and never reappeared. Jane called at
7:45 and the police started their investigation at 4:36. Then they started looking
around at 4:45. This sets the time frame of the investigation. The next morning, the
pathologists come back and do a “ 5 hour detailed autopsy of Bob’s corpse.” If the

text says that these highly trained, professional pathologists did a 5…hour…autopsy,
they’re results would most likely be accurate. Lastly, the author uses dates in the
same way he uses time order. An example of one of the clues the dates give is, “ Jane
had told the investigators that Bob ate steak for dinner February 12th. She also said
that she saw Bob the following afternoon before he went for his jog, but an analysis
of Bob’s stomach contents told a different tail.” The author put the dates in this part
of the text starts to draw his readers closer to the conclusion of Bob’s murderer
where the blame would be pointed on Jane. As you can see now, the author uses
organization in many ways to give the reader clues about the murder of Bob.
Now that you know the way in which the author uses organization, you will see
that the author also uses details to implicate Jane as Bob’s murderer. First off, the
author talks about how the victim (Bob) was “dead for more than 12 hours, but
probably less than 16.” This time frame allows pathologists to find clues on how Bob
could have been murdered and who could have done certain things within that time
frame.

Next, the author talks about the piece of scalp inside Bob’s shirt. This
concludes that it’s possible the murderer could have killed Bob and then put on his
running clothes. Jane, the wife, was the only person that had access to those running
clothes. Then, the pathologists decide to get more clues by cutting open Bob’s
stomach. They found undigested red meat. The author red meat as another detail to
get closer to getting enough clues to implicate Jane as the murderer of Bob Dorotik.
The undigested red meat helps pathologists come to their final conclusion. Finally,
the author uses the red meat to transfer into another detail which meant Jane was
lying about the last time she saw Bob. She couldn’t have seen Bob the next afternoon
if she had fed him steak the night before because of the undigested red meat. The
author decides to wrap up his writing with that final statement. Now you know that
the author used many details to come to the conclusion of Jane being the

murderer.
As you can see, the author uses many examples of organization and details to guide
his readers in the path of Jane, Bo’s wife to be the killer of her own husband.