by
S.W. Hubbard
Take The Bait contains concepts about truth, secrets, decisions, and judgment. These concepts are very literal-level ideas about our society. I believe the author�s motif in the novel is to show us that our deepest darkest secrets always come out in the end and we are seen for what we really are.
S.W. Hubbard uses a teenage girl�s disappearance to support these concepts. While investigating the girl�s disappearance, the chief of police begins to uncover the many secrets that lay in a small town and many things surface. I believe this story is very effective in showing the truth about human nature and the many other concepts portrayed in the novel. I really liked the author�s use of these concepts in the novel.
I believe that the roles of many of the characters in the novel represent the best and worst of human kind. In the end, with all of their secrets revealed, the antagonist characters begin to change and develop into the protagonists. The main characters in Take The Bait are Frank Bennett, Jack Harvey, Janelle Harvey, Earl, and Tommy. Frank Bennett is the new chief of police for the town of Trout Run and he in charge of the investigation in the disappearance of Janelle Harvey, who is a troubled teenage girl in Trout Run. Jack Harvey is Janelle�s father. Earl is Frank�s only deputy and is more of a nuisance than a help to Frank�s investigation. And Tommy is Janelle�s mysterious cousin and plays the antagonist in the story.
A good example of a well-written passage contains a lot of detail and draws you into the book. �She stopped, her breaths coming in rapid, short gasps. Then she calmed herself,� (Hubbard, 287) is a good example of a well-written passage because it contains a lot of detail and makes you want to read on. Another good example is, �Frank went back out into the afternoon�s bright sunshine. Too overwhelmed to begin the long drive home, he sat down at a nearby picnic table to think over what he just learned. He felt like a man who against all stratospheric odds has actually managed to find the needle in the haystack, only to drop it back among the stalks again,� (Hubbard, 223). It contains a lot of detail and is metaphoric in nature, which is very creative and well written.
I really liked Take The Bait. It was very well written and kept you going until the very end. There was never a dull moment!!!!! I would definitely recommend this book and author.
This book taught me that our judgment is very important and that we should always be open to all ideas and not pick and choose what we want to hear.
