Bob Dorotik Analysis

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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 …show more content…

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

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