The death of Donna Whalen is a court-based book that explains the trial that ensues in the inhuman demise of Donna. Whereby, conflicts and contradictions take place in the courtroom amidst the trial of the suspects more so Donna’s boyfriend (Winter, 2010). Sheldon Throke is the obvious suspect for the murder of Donna according to the police. This is so due to his criminal record. In the book, we understand that the witnesses are not actual witnesses to the murder. Rather, the police develop testimonies to get a conviction against Sheldon (Winter, 2010). The conflict that ensues in the court is thus as a result of this false witnesses. In the novel, Michael presents the dark morality in the justice system, where the police force is responsible for the violation of the basic legal right of innocence until one is proven guilty. The work of Michael is clearly more of a limelight on the injustice that takes place, where the police paint Sheldon as the murderer from his bad criminal record. However, the reader is compelled to believe that Sheldon is not the killer despite his previous charges on drug possession. As a reader and a story re-teller, Michael winter refers to the book spoon River Anthology and describes the conflict that arose in court as the trial was taking place. For this short script, we shall analyse the work of Michael winter in the light of his book The death of Donna Warren.

To understand the work of Michael, it is necessary that we understand that, the story is developed from a murder that took place in 1993 (Winter, 2010). The demise of Brenda Young is the main inspiration to the novelist’s idea. The story revolves around a Randy Drunken; the person accused of the murder of this Young who eventually served a jail term of 2 years before he was exonerated off the charges. Having served so long a term in prison, he is awarded about 2 million in compensation (Winter, 2010). The story that Michael tries to develop is that of; a justice system that is covered with deception and a low regard for the justice if professes. This develops the theme of injustice as the central theme. He notes that, the internal deception behind some of the voices presents the hidden biases that the various characters have on the trial and surmounts to human folly that would see a person wrongfully convicted. At the beginning of the novel, he notes that the conflict and the contradictions in the court no longer reflect the realities of the woman’s demise (Winter, 2010). Rather, it presents a biased perspective on the prosecution side as the parties involved try to get Sheldon convicted on this charge.

Despite a history of unconventional storytelling, Michael is a character who, in this book acknowledges the interplay that occurs between the truth and fiction in his work and takes a serious approach towards the topic in the way he presents the work. Moreover, he is able to lay out his intent well in the foreword to develop a strong theme of the self-contradiction and dishonesty. To develop on this theme, he approaches the story very carefully in the overall effect in his language and makes use of a strategic turn of phrase to achieve perfection in the theme development. The main intention of this writer to this juncture is not to create a fictional narrative, as has been the case in his previous literature. Rather, he takes this keen approach to explore the human folly that develops in the trial of Donna especially on the part of her boyfriend and the events that transpire later.

In this book, the author has managed to squeeze his thought into one that uses deliberateness, focus, and narrowness in detailing the events that take place through the literal and figurative development of the text.

Milosz is a novel centred on a character by the name Milo. The novel explores a wide array of themes among them, the theme of love, hate and human folly. Milo in this book is presented as a character, driven to hate everything in his life by the things that occur to him. He is so squeezed in his small world that he develops hate for everything around him (Strube and Wilcox, 2012). However, he feels affection for an 11-year-old autistic boy Robert, who lives next door. His acting career having stalled and his girlfriend dumped him; he is torn apart especially when his father vanishes. The story develops amidst the events that take place in the life of Robertson and Milo as the main character.

Milo is a character who has lost grip of all that he had; his girlfriend, work, his father and his co-worker (Strube and Wilcox, 2012). He is a person who has never had real peace in his life and has lost of all hope. However, Milo is big-hearted and loves those who are close to him. He is a tolerant person as he shows his love to the autistic child Robert and supports him. The author embarks on a humorous approach in developing the plot of the novel, and communicates more to the reader through various scenarios. She is also able to speak into the phases of time enabling one to relate the novel to his/her own life, and share in the feeling with the character. The author develops this novel in a manner that, family conflict and the desire to have a family and people to love take centre-stage.

Milosz develops the conflicts in this novel to create an understanding of the importance of love among family members and the society in general (Strube and Wilcox, 2012). Through love, we understand that, the main character milo is able to relate with the autistic boy Robert having suffered neglect himself. Milo is a likeable character from the perspective that, he takes his time to understand the boy and helps him when he is bullied. Moreover, he is determined to continue living despite all the setbacks in his life (Strube and Wilcox, 2012). Milo is a character who is passionate in what he does as he tries as much as possible to improve in his career. Moreover, he is passionate about the people around him though, despite his good intentions; things do not work out for him.

The author is very objective in the narration; this is in the light that, she details the events of one central character, neither for his fame or for success but rather, for the unfortunate events that happen in his life and his undying desire to be better and do good to those who are around him. Milosz, through this novel, has a desire to speak into the hearts of the readers in the light that there are instances when, however, good we do in life, things may not tend to work our way. However, there is a need to continue doing good despite what we get in return. The author’s use of humour in the plot of the novel is a major strategy that equips the reader with a passion to continue reading. It makes it less of a sad story and more of a thrilling experience in reading. However, a deeper reflection yields a different thought of the same.