The Sweet Hereafter, 2 pg including works cited page

Of all the novels I’ve read, not that I’ve read a lot, but “The Sweet Hereafter”, written by Banks, is by far the best. I especially enjoyed the first person narration used. The plot in this novel was dependent on three main events: the bus accident, Mitchell Stevens, Esq. (the lawyer), and the testimony of Nichole Burnell. The bus accident is first mentioned by the bus driver, Dolores Dricsoll. She talks about he …showed first 75 words of 428 total…

…showed last 75 words of 428 total…worried about Dolores, and if she’d get in trouble. Nichole didn’t want to get anyone in trouble, just to make everything right. This Novel, “The Sweet Hereafter”, was a wonderful written story about an awful tragedy that happened in the small upstate New York town of Sam Dent. The novel centered on three major characters; Dolores Driscoll, Mitchell Stevens, Esq., and Nichole Burnell. WORKS CITED Banks, Russell. The Sweet Hereafter. New York: HarperCollins, 1991.