In my novel "monster" by Walter Dean Meyers, an inductive leap too far is made by the main protagonist which leads to complications further in the story.
Steve Harmon is a 16 year old African American male living in New York and was forced into a situation which would put him on trial for felony murder. He is accused of being apart of this robbery with one other man which resulted in the death of the drug store owner. In this story it is unclear if he was the one who actually robbed the drugstore and murdered the man or if he just helped the other man identified as James King who he and his lawyer claims is the real killer. He is suspected as most to have been a lookout for James in this robbery but there is no real evidence to prove so. Because he was accused of being involved in a robbery which led to the death of the store owner he is being put on trial for felony murder which results in a sentence of 25 years to life in federal prison, Steve is quickly losing hope and is begging to accept the fact that he could be spending the rest of his life in prison...
It has become very clear that Steve is physically and mentally in a very hard situation. With the long and endless amounts of hours spent in the court room he is starting to lose hope in him being innocent, he needs to keep a positive attitude and know that he can come out of this case clean. Steve knows that if he tells the bare truth he will build a bad reputation on the streets of Harlem, he is coming to the conclusion that he needs to do and say whatever he needs to say to get himself out of that court room innocent. Steve speaks very vaguely, but very honestly which pleases his family and lawyer, but angers James King.
I believe this situation is an inductive leap because Steve is not only starting to lose hope quickly when it is still early in the case but also because he doesn't examine all of his options in this certain situation. Will angering James necessarily benefit him? Because this case heavily relies on the words of Steve and James, and by angering James it just encourages him to makes Steve looked like the one guilty. I believe Steve doesn't examine all the options or possibilities and is quick to come to a conclusion which could make or break this case.
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