reading log

Wycliffe and the Three-Toed Pussy

by: W.J BURLEY

part I

Reflect:

                The story of Wycliffe and the Three-Toed Pussy is a suspense type of a novel. The author is amazing for using a puzzle type scenario. And yes, when the story had started he did mentioned what happened to Pussy Welles but it's not stated how it happened. I admire Superintendent Wycliffe for handling the case with such courage to have it end in her side and claim the justice for Pussy Welles. The story really tickles my mind when i read it. While reading it I keep on asking questions, I keep on concluding things and it really made me think. The story merely revolves on how Prosecutor Wycliffe handled the case and defended it well, the flow was a high standard type of suspense novel.

                The story is about a young woman who has been shot and the only things taken from the scene were the shoe and stocking from her left leg. After the incident happened it leaves Pussy having a deformed foot. Her family really asking justice for her and it was granted by the help of Prosecutor Wycliffe.

Question:

                As I read the story I can't wait to answer the questions running in my mind. I just wonder why the victim had formed a crossword puzzle to help them solve the case and why did she made no effort to save herself if she could? Were Sylvie, Darley and most especially Edgar were involved in Pussy's death? How could Sylvie solved that puzzle easily? Does it has something to do with Pussy's death? Is Edgar her murderer or is it true that she really committed suicide? I don't get the idea of those teens to have such stupid game; murdering one another. Why would Pussy let herself be involved in this game and if she already know that she will going to die why she had still continue to be a part of it? What happened to Darley and Sylvie after knowing that the game they were involved will lead to their friends' death? How did Pussy came up with the decision of having a crossword puzzle as her clue?

Connect:

                I can connect myself to some part of the  story . When Pussy made a crossword puzzle as clues, that's smart of her but same as Pussy I am a brave girl and even when I'm still in my early age I was like her; brave and I can already handle myself and the situation. I like the courage Superintendent Wycliffe had shown in the story, courage is one of my shield to face trials and hardships especially when it is regarding to my studies and for my family. I also have my friends like Pussy. Like mine they are also loving and caring, some are true and some are just pretending to be one but the truth is they are not trustworthy and dishonest but like Pussy, she still manage to love those enemies of her not because she is a good person but because her enemies needs more attention from a friend.

Predict:

                I think Edgar has something to do with Pussy's death. He hides and never let his self out until he was found dead. As what as I have said, it's so smart of Pussy to have the crossword puzzle as a clue of her death, but I think it would be easier for Wycliffe to solve the case if she made it easier to solve her puzzle. I think it would not happened if only Sylvie and Pussy did not argue about Edgar and if only Edgar listened to her and did not ran with Sylvie.

                I think Darley and Sylvie will be able to save Pussy if they only stopped Edgar for making the game even, because as it stated in the story the reason of Edgar why he murdered his sister was to make the game even.

Part II.

Character Report

Superintendent Wycliffe

                - one of the most popular prosecutor in his time. His interest in handling cases started when his father died. His father's death became his inspiration to proceed law as his profession. When he was seventeen-year-old, he studied law and finished it at the age of twenty-seven. His first successful case was the case of Janice Mitford who was murdered by her husband of ten years.

                - as Wycliffe handle the case of Pussy Welles, the unhappy  woman who routinely manipulating the man in her life, and as half of men in the village have been known to visit her and most have reason to lie about it, now for Wycliffe it's difficult to find the murderer. His task became complicated by the discovery of some clues and the form of crossword puzzles left by the victim herself.

                - when he finished the case and found out that the killer was Pussy's own brother and it happened because of a stupid game that is why Pussy already know from the very start that she will going to die. Wycliffe can't believe that Pussy already killed Lomax as part of their game. He still don't understand why they consider murdering each other a game. After solving the case of Three-Toed Pussy he decided to move to Barcelona.