Summary Of The Novel 'Loyal Order Of The Bassets'

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Throughout the novel, Frankie masterminded the actions of the Loyal Order of The Bassets through the use of an Email that with Alpha’s name. Upon being caught by school authorities, Alpha was judged by the discipline committee of the school and it was decided that he would be expelled. Frankie was turned in, and also provided a letter of confession. However, she received probation for the same infractions Alpha had been charged with. Although in the end Alpha was not expelled, I am making the argument that Frankie Landau-Banks, should have in fact been expelled from Alabaster. “Alpha’s” actions lead him to be charged with theft, vandalism of school property, trespassing and disrupting the peace. It is possible to come to the conclusion that if Frankie had been the one “masterminding” these plans instead of Alpha, she would receive similar if not identical charges to those that Alpha was given. These charges are no small matter and should most …show more content…

There is an argument that Frankie should not have been expelled, which is found on pages 330 and 331. The quote states: “it is also true that a sweet-looking girl with no prior record of misbehavior gets a more lenient sentence (even with a full, written confession) than would a senior boy with a history of visits to the headmaster’s office.” This argument states that the idea of expulsion comes from the fact that Alpha had previous infractions while Frankie had none and therefore she should retain her place at Alabaster. To refute this argument I bring up the quote found on page 310 and 311 that states: “‘Anyone else they probably wouldn’t expel,’ Matthew went on. ‘They’d just threaten, but not really do it. Alpha they can seriously get rid of, so they’re going to make him an example. He’s expendable in their eyes.’’Why?’ ‘He’s got no money. I mean his mother doesn’t. If it were anyone else, the discipline committee would just make threats. Then the family would

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