Roach pushes Duncan onto the tracks as a train is coming but Duncan manages to roll off the track and under the platform of the train. Roach chases Duncan all the way to the subway train where Duncan is cornered. Duncan throws all his momentum at the door and knocks Roach off balance. Roach notices that someone's been in his basement and he makes a move to open the door of the cell.

The only place he can hide is inside the cell. He thinks that the room hasn't been used, yet. Inside the cell-like room, Duncan finds a bucket but nothing else. Just before Duncan leaves, he notices there is another door in the basement that has a slot in it, big enough to push a plate through. He finds lots of jars of formaldehyde with animals and animal parts in the basement as well as photographs of women. After Wayne leaves, Duncan sneaks into the basement. This makes Wayne nervous and he tells Duncan that he's going to leave. Inside, they see Roach's grandma, who is deaf. After Roach leaves the house, Duncan enlists his friend Wayne to pick the lock on Roach's house. He lies and pretends it never got turned in but disguises himself and follows Roach all the way home. One day, a man wearing thick glasses comes to the transit Lost and Found in search of a leather bound journal. This entry was posted in English 9 by danielm-2014. He wanted to believe it was true, he wanted the chance to redeem himself. Why did Duncan believe everything in the book? The guilt he felt from the day he couldn’t save the little girl from drowning, he felt the need to redeem himself. Why would Duncan not give up the case, why wouldn’t he just give it to the police?

We learn from this book that guilt can drive us, the important thing is to make it drive us forward. Just because he knew it was right, and he had to redeem himself. This story had him go through incredible danger, but I think he would do it the same way if he had to do it over again.

Despite all the obstacles, Duncan persevered, some of the obstacles not just physical but the loss of support of his friends would be emotional. Duncan faced many obstacles on the way, most of which would turn most people around. When he finds the book of the serial killer, he could have given it to the police, but his desperate need to save a life/redeem himself drives him beyond the point to do the ordinary. Duncan, absolutely struck with grief to the point where he can’t sleep cannot forgive himself for what he has done. The author, Graham Mcnamee demonstrated through Duncan that past mistakes drive people to opportunities to redeem themselves. The book Acceleration desc ribes a boy named Duncan, he felt guilty because he couldn’t save a little girl, then finds the book of a serial killer and tries to save a life again.

Acceleration by graham mcnamee