The second chapter of Robert Cormier’s novel „After the first death“ the beginning of assassination. The view changes between two persons: A boy named Miro, who is one of the hijackers. He and his accomplice start an assassination, which include a bus full of children. The other view is Kate, who is the bus driver.

The sixteen years old boy Miro Shantas is a hijacker in America. He is in company with a man, called Artkin, who is about thirteen and fourteen years old. The chapter opens with the two guys, who review the plan, how you don’t learn much of the plan’s details. At the beginning, you just get know that there is a bus, and that Miro hast to kill the bus driver. Everyone must know that the takeover of the bus is critical. Besides, it means to Miro to make his life meaningful. After them both and a few other assassinations had kept the bus under control, a few problems start. It begins with the bus driver: Instead of a male bus driver, (wie die Attentäter es vorhergesehen hatten) it’s a young female bus driver, named Kate. That makes Miro unsure. Besides, after Artkin had handed out the candy with drugs to the children one of the children dies. That is the reason for Artkin’s order, don’t to kill the bus driver what enrage Miro.

The first chapter of Robert Cormier's novel "After the first death" consists of a series of thoughts from a boy, named Benjamin. In the beginning he thinks about his injury, namely the path the bullet took. Then, he thinks about the visit of his father and then he tells about a conversation with his mother. They speak unimportant stuff and then he tells about Mr. Chatam, who is his math teacher and might have taught his father a generation ago. (Das bringt sie zu dem Thema über die Bennung des Berufes von Bens Vater, Mark). After Ben called his mother reprimands him because his father doesn't want to be called a general. Then, he starts to describe his life with picture postcards. The first one is Fort Delta. It's an ancient army post. It has something to do withthe bus and the bridge. An incient, which Ben often mentions, but never says what exactly has happened. The next picture postcard is his father. He thinks about his father's job. ben doesn't know (genaueres, obwohl inzwischen manches rausgefunden hat). he remembers the once, when he saw his father in uniform. It was a formal meeting. Ben felt both scared an excited, because his father (ließ ben an seiner Arbeit teilhaben). In the end of the chapter Ben thinks about the shortest horror story and then he thinks again about his father and how it will be (wie sein würd)

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