Summary
Finally, Alice Sebold’s rapist is caught. A man named Gregory Madison. Officer clapper, an officer at Syracuse University, arrests Mr. Madison. He is taken to court to account for his deeds and Alice is needed to testify against him. She is asked some stupid questions that aren’t even relevant to the trail. Seriously what kind of lawyer cross examines a witness by asking her “Do you need your license” (Sebold 129). Anyways, Alice’s lawyer does a good job of proving that Madison is guilty by giving evidence taking from his DNA and the hair they found on her the night she was raped, and they match. The defense attorney tries so hard to prove Alice wrong by bringing out every little weakness in Alice’s testimonies. He tries to make Alice’s testimonies false by pointing out that she wears glasses and it was too dark, which fails. The trail continues and well I don’t find out the verdict yet…
Quote
“I was thrilled. I stood in my single at Haven and shook with it. I called my mother and told her. I was moving forward. The trial seemed imminent. Any day now” (Sebold 157).
Reaction
The significance of this quote is that it shows the excitement Alice must’ve had when she found the person who raped her. She had dreams, no, nightmares about torturing this man. Putting him in jail is the closet she can get to doing just that. Now that the police have found him, she can make that nightmare a reality.
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