The Crucifixion Of Jesus Christ

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Surely everybody, who knows who Jesus Christ is, have been taught and have heard of how he was crucified on the cross for the sins of mankind. Well, while I was reading, I began to realize that Christ being crucified on the cross is being pictured throughout the whole book. In fact, the murderer uses the process of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ as his plans for his killings. Each step he used in killing his victims is similar to what happened to Jesus. However, the fullness of true compassion for people being involved and wounded is also displayed in this novel. Right from the very beginning of this book, crimes happened. A serial killer, said to be loosed, is out there murdering people. But he’s not just any serial killer. This anonymous murderer brutally tortures his victims until, finally, they die of their austere wounds. One man had been beaten to death strenuously, one by rods, and another one was scourged until his back was ripped. The same thing in these cases is that each body is left for the police to find, but each of the bodies are murdered differently. …show more content…
When she turns up to interview a professor from the Seminary the victim attended, the professor named Ellis Poe was surprised and worried at the same time, because he realizes her. She reminded him of her sister, who he had seen murdered many years ago. Dr. Poe saw that Carmen was still tormented because the case concerning her sister wasn’t solved—perhaps because he never reported the incident. Yet it seems he holds the key to this case, but he was afraid to reveal the

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