Along Came A Spider

Setting- The story Along Came a Spider by James Patterson is set in Washington D.C. during the late 1990’s. This setting is vital to the plot of the story sense D.C. is a place filled with politicians. Narrative Manner- This story is told through the eyes of Alex Cross, Gary Soneji, and Maggie Ross along with a few others. This first person narrative manner helps us comprehend how the criminal, victim, and officer …

…not always who we think they are. At first Cross thought that Jezzie was a victim of a parents rage but he found her to be one of the people that stole a little girls life. Connection to Course- This story relates to "MacBeth" because in this story a young secret service agent becomes a criminal just because she is convinced it is easy money. MacBeth was corrupted because he thought it was easy power.