Killing Mr. Griffin Essay

Killing Mr. Griffin is the story of how five high schoolers want to take revenge on their teacher because of their hatred for him. The story begins by introducing us to the main character: Mark Kinney. Mr. Griffin had discovered that Mark had plagiarized a paper, and threatens to kick him out of the class. Mark begs for forgiveness and pleads to be let back into the class. However, Mr. Griffin insists he must retake the class the following Semester. Mark is not having any of this and devises a plan to kidnap Mr. Griffin to get back at him. He forms a team composed of four other students: David, Jeff, Betsy, and a goody-two-shoes, Susan. Susan is extremely hesitant at first but is eventually convinced to join in. They devise a plan for Susan to distract Mr. Griffin while the others …show more content…
While Susan is walking Mr. Griffin out to his car, the rest of the group come from behind and cover his head. The kids then take Mr. Griffin to a remote location in the mountains. They leave him there after he refuses to beg Mark to let him go. What the students don’t know is that Mr. Griffin has a condition called Angina, and if he doesn’t take his meds, he could die. Susan and David start to feel the guilt of leaving Mr. Griffin alone and struggling, so they go back to the mountains to check on him. When they arrive, they find Mr. Griffin dead. The others decide to bury Mr. Griffin in the mountains in an effort to be spared of punishment. Soon after, Mark’s ex-girlfriend is having a picnic up in the mountains when she and her fiance stumble upon Mr. Griffin’s meds. They alert the police and the police find the body buried nearby. However, Mr. Griffin was wearing a ring, and when the police find him he isn’t wearing one. It turns out that David had taken the ring from him. When Mark finds out about this he goes to great lengths to get the ring back. David tells him that his grandma has it and won’t give it back. Mark ends up killing David’s grandma in