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 …showed first 75 words of 495 total…

…showed last 75 words of 495 total…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.