Title: The Pistol Poets Author: Victor GischlerDate Published: February 2004 Number of Pages: 3401. Most Significant Characters In this story there were not many characters other than the main characters who had much importance on the outcome of the story. The most significant characters in the story were two characters by the names of Jay Morgan and Harold Jenks. Jay Morgan- Professor Jay Morgan was a man who very stressed who was forced to switch schools to teach each year. Switching schools caused many problems for Morgan. Some of the problems included were financial troubles and social troubles.
Jay Morgan did not have a steady paycheck because of all his switching. Morgan had very little time to make many friends because he was never at one school for more than 6-8 months. Professor Jay Morgan was a man who was not a very loyal person whatsoever. Morgan was very untrustworthy and often made decisions that were deemed irresponsible and irrational. Aside from Morgan’s lack of good judgment he was overall a very nice person and he was a good friend to many. Harold Jenks- Harold Jenks also known as Jenks was a hardcore gangster who in his teenage years thought about nobody other than himself.
As Jenks grew older he also grew wiser and realized that he could not keep up his gangster ways. Harold Jenks was feared in his neighborhood but in all actuality he was a man with a very kind heart, and someone who had intentions in all the right places. Harold Jenks’s lip up was most definitely hanging out with the wrong types of people. 2. Minor Characters There were many characters who had minor impacts on the outcome of the story, some of these characters include a girl by the name of Ginny Conrad and a man by the name of professor Greg Valentine. Ginny Conrad- Ginny was a girl who loved to be spontaneous and wild.
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Ginny was a student at Eastern Oklahoma University and was a very hard working student. She was a person who got along with many people and was also very easy-going. Greg Valentine- Professor Greg Valentine was a man who very much like Jay Morgan was not very trustworthy at all. All though Professor Valentine was not trustworthy many people would often seek him for advice because of his very caring personality. Professor Valentine was a man who was easy to talk to and often gave very good advice on complex situations. 3.
Two Main Settings This book contains many places in which the story takes twists and turns. When thinking of a climatic point Professor Jay Morgan’s house comes to mind. At Jay Morgan’s house Ginny Walsh was raped by a man by the name of Derek Stubbs. The raping of Ginny Walsh had an impact on the story because as it turns out Derek Stubbs was not out to get Ginny Walsh, He was actually after Jay Morgan.
If Derek Stubbs could so brutally attack somebody he had no problems with, one can only imagine what he would do to Jay Morgan who he was after. Another place in which the setting had an effect on the story was inside of Professor Greg Valentine’s apartment on the 5 th floor of Eastern Oklahoma University. Inside of Professor Valentine’s apartment was where all his discussions and advice giving took place. 4. Summarization There was a man by the name of Jay Morgan who was a teacher. Jay Morgan had been forced to move and transfer from many different schools because of his poor behavior and his irrational decisions.
One grand mistake which he committed was the sexual involvement with one of his students, an offense which he was repeating at Eastern Oklahoma University. Jay Morgan had a night of drinking at a local bar near the campus of EU and at the end of the night he returned home with one of his students. In the morning when he awoke he found that Annie Walsh, the girl which he went home with, was laying dead on his bed. Jay Morgan could not afford another offense against his teaching career or that would be the end of teaching for him. After Thoroughly thinking things out he realized that the only way he had out of this predicament was to do everything possible to make sure that nobody found out about his wild night out with his student. To make sure that nobody would find out about his wild night out Jay Morgan enlisted the help of his friend by the name of Patrick Reams, a local mobster in the city of Oklahoma.
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Along with the help of Reams he also asked Ginny Conrad for her help in saying that she was with Annie Walsh all night long. Ginny Conrad who was also involved with Jay Morgan of course agreed to this because she did not want to let Jay down. Patrick Reams, Jay Morgan, and Ginny Conrad all went down to the local forest and buried the body of Annie Walsh. When Annie Walsh’s parents realized that she was missing they asked Derek Stubbs for help in investigating her disappearance. Derek Stubbs was a local private detective who was a bit on the cooked side. Derek Stubbs soon found a relationship of cocaine with the disappearance of Annie Walsh and also found that Jay Morgan had something to do with this.
Derek Stubbs believed that Jay Morgan had the cocaine which had a street value of close to a million dollars and decided that he would forget about flowing up the disappearance of Annie Walsh and instead he would find the cocaine, and keep it for himself so that he would never have to work again. Derek Stubbs thought that Jay Morgan was in possession of the cocaine and he soon tried to find him so that he would murder him but it was actually Harold Jenks who had the cocaine. Harold Jenks had the cocaine because he stole it from his gang leader by the name of Red Zach in order to make money and start a new life in Oklahoma. Derek Stubbs soon found Jay Morgan in the state of Texas because he was attending a teacher’s convention. Derek and Jay became pretty good friends as they were talking but that did not keep Derek from doing the job which he came to do. Derek tried to assault Jay but it was to no avail as Jay in turn beat Derek up and sent him to the hospital.
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The story ends with Harold Jenks losing the cocaine to Red Zach and being forced to go back to his home in Detroit in order to work for him once more. Professor Jay Morgan kept a low profile for a while and it never crossed anybody’s mind that he had anything to do with the disappearance of Annie Walsh. Because of his supposed good behavior at Eastern Oklahoma University he was rehired for a second semester of teaching. 5. Key Scene A key scene that has a lot to do with the story and is pretty much the plot is the night that Jay Morgan spent at the local bar drinking with one of his students, Annie Walsh. If it was not for this drinking binge then Jay Morgan would not have been in the situation in which he was in.
It was a lack of good judgment for Jay Morgan to do this because not only did it put his career in jeopardy but it also put his whole life in jeopardy. 6. Two Symbols Two things that were very symbolic in the story were the cocaine which was being sought after and Red Zach the gang leader himself. The cocaine was symbolic because it was the article which Derek Stubbs was seeking.
If it was not for the cocaine then Ginny would have never been raped and if it wasn’t for the cocaine then Jay Morgan would not have had to send Derek Stubbs to the hospital. It is very evident that the search for the cocaine was an important event in the story. Another symbol which was important in the story was the gang leader who went by the name of Red Zach. Red Zach was important because of all of the things that he forced Harold Jenks to do. Harold Jenks was merely trying to strive for a better life and Red Zach would not all it to happen. 7.
Quotation “I can’t take it here anymore, if I stay her I am just waiting to be killed ” Harold Jenks said this quote to one of his friends who went by the name of Oliver Spoon. By saying this, Harold Jenks is stating that he no longer wants to be involved in the gang life at his home in Detroit. Harold knows that it will be hard to leave the only life he knows but he also realizes that if he does not get out of there soon then he will be murdered for his bad ways. 8. Recommendation To be honest, the only reason I chose this novel was because of the cover. Judging by the cover it appeared that this novel would be interesting so that is why I chose it.
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After reading this book I am glad that I did make my decision based on the appearance of the book because the book was very interesting and suspenseful. I did not want to put the book down because I was always ready to read more and find out what more was to follow. If somebody would to ask me for a book recommendation, I would most certainly recommend this book to them. I would encourage the person inquiring to go get the book as soon as possible and to start ready as soon as possible.
