Proven Guilty In Sarah Koenig's 'Serial'

Proven Guilty Tamora Pierce, a young adult author, once said, “It’s harder to heal than it is to kill” (Pierce). Sarah Koenig, the producer of “Serial,” has informed listeners that on January 13, 1999, Hae Min Lee, a student at Woodlawn High School in Baltimore, Maryland, was strangled to death. She broke up with her ex-boyfriend Adnan Syed, then almost immediately started dating a new guy named Don. The ex-boyfriend would be pretty jealous, right? Adnan Syed is guilty of the murder of Hae Min Lee because Jay Wilds, Adnan’s good friend and drug dealer, had a story that matched the call records, and Adnan’s reaction to Hae’s disappearance was mild. To begin, Adnan is guilty because Jay’s story lines up with the call records from Adnan’s phone. January 13, 1999, starts off as a fairly normal day, but Adnan ditches school and hangs out with Jay. Adnan lent Jay his phone and car when he went back to school; later on, he called Jay to pick him up from a Best Buy parking lot where he killed Hae. The calls from Adnan’s phone help the investigators learn where he may have been that day. Without them, Adnan simply “can’t remember,” thus leading investigators to figure out where …show more content…
However, it’s possible that Adnan has a psychopathic personality. Psychopaths generally try to outsmart others by making themselves appear more good-natured. According to PsychCentral’s depiction of psychopaths, they “can often be seen by others as charming and trustworthy” (Grohol). In the article, John Grohol, the author, states that psychopathic personalities can be seen in childhood if the children steal or break rules and laws, which Adnan does. Adnan seems to know how to answer everything in a way that makes him appear innocent, he’s viewed as “charming” and “a sweet-talker.” These are characteristics of psychopaths. Instead of “charming” being a good trait of Adnan’s, it should be viewed as a bad