The character Jefferson Hope wasn’t crazy because he was a mormon. Instead, he was crazy because he knew that he could die any day. He had what you would call an aneurism, which is an enlargement of the aorta, which is the main blood vessel near the abdomen, which could burst anytime without warning. If it was to burst, Jefferson Hope would die. He wanted to make the most of his life with the time he had left, which apparently to him, was to kill people (which is discovered later on in the book). All in all, the book “A Study in Scarlet” should not be banned from schools across the country. Mormon characters in the book are crazy and their actions are inaccurate, but that is not a good enough reason to ban a book. The people who challenged the book had to have not read the entire book, because if they did they would know that is not the case. The book isn’t representing mormons to be psychotic. The character Jefferson Hope was crazy because of his aortic
The character Jefferson Hope wasn’t crazy because he was a mormon. Instead, he was crazy because he knew that he could die any day. He had what you would call an aneurism, which is an enlargement of the aorta, which is the main blood vessel near the abdomen, which could burst anytime without warning. If it was to burst, Jefferson Hope would die. He wanted to make the most of his life with the time he had left, which apparently to him, was to kill people (which is discovered later on in the book). All in all, the book “A Study in Scarlet” should not be banned from schools across the country. Mormon characters in the book are crazy and their actions are inaccurate, but that is not a good enough reason to ban a book. The people who challenged the book had to have not read the entire book, because if they did they would know that is not the case. The book isn’t representing mormons to be psychotic. The character Jefferson Hope was crazy because of his aortic