Kathleen Jeffrie Johnson novel Target - 900 Words

Kathleen Jeffrie Johnson novel Target accounts the life of a sixteen year old boy name Grady West . Grady was your average high school sixteen year old who hung out with a group of friends, very outgoing, and likable. But, everything changed on a tragic uneventful November night. While walking home Grady was attack, beaten, and raped. From that very moment Grady’s life changed. He would no longer became the Grady he once was to his friends, family, and even to himself. Grady tried to escape his friends, old school, and what happened that night. But, every so often the memories reoccur. A year later, he now attended Thomas Jefferson High where no one would know who he was and what had happened to him. His journey at his new school is†¦show more content†¦At sixteen years old Grady stood six feet and three inches. The author described Grady body that it was tall, strong, and filled out. The article mention is height because in a way they wanted the readers to know how someone so tall could not have been the victim of rape. While reading the article Grady himself had realized that someone at that height and weight should have had the ability to defend and fight off the two men. The way the newspaper or the media covers a story that happened to Grady is the reason why people perception of rape is viewed as that a guy Grady height is physically capable of fight them off. He knew that he should had been able to fight them. Grady would just stay in bed and not move. He knew that his parents were ashamed and confused. When the police came that night of his rape, the police doubted that Grady was actually rape. For example the cop said â€Å"What, to a big guy like you?† Then derisively saying that he had a fight with his boyfriend. In that case the police was in disbelief Grady’s rape because he didn’t fight back. Just as the cops the public aren’t aware that boys regardless of their height and weight can be rape. Most people can only picture a young woman who was dressing provocative to be the reason that they were rape not a young well-built male. Subsequently, Grady traumatic experience left him with negative coping mechanisms. Since the rape Grady was feeling confused and guilty. He felt that