Michelle's review of A Simple Plan
A Simple Plan
by Scott Smith
Hank Mitchell is a married man with his first child on the way. He's the accountant at a local feed store in a small town in Ohio. When he and his brother (who are not very close) happen upon a crashed airplane with his brother's best friend Lou, they find a duffle bag containing over 4 million dollars. The three decide to keep the money on Hank's condition that if anyone becomes suspicious he will burn it. Hank and his wife Sarah, are smart. As things in Hank's plan begin to go wrong he takes steps to ensure that he and his wife will be able to keep the money--each time telling himself he had no choice, he was protecting his family. Where the money comes from only becomes clear at the end of the story and by then it's not so much an issue. What is really interesting is how this seemingly normal man, loving-caring-becomes evil, a psychopath. Yet, he isn't. Sarah's character is shrewed. She anticipates the actions of others and although she claims she is innocent in her husband's crimes...more
Hank Mitchell is a married man with his first child on the way. He's the accountant at a local feed store in a small town in Ohio. When he and his brother (who are not very close) happen upon a crashed airplane with his brother's best friend Lou, they find a duffle bag containing over 4 million dollars. The three decide to keep the money on Hank's condition that if anyone becomes suspicious he will burn it. Hank and his wife Sarah, are smart. As things in Hank's plan begin to go wrong he takes steps to ensure that he and his wife will be able to keep the money--each time telling himself he had no choice, he was protecting his family. Where the money comes from only becomes clear at the end of the story and by then it's not so much an issue. What is really interesting is how this seemingly normal man, loving-caring-becomes evil, a psychopath. Yet, he isn't. Sarah's character is shrewed. She anticipates the actions of others and although she claims she is innocent in her husband's crimes, she spurs him on. At the beginning Hank realizes that it is not committing the crime of stealing that worries him or Sarah--it is the possibility of getting caught. Which raises the question--what keeps us civilized? What makes us good people? Are we good or do we act that way because we are afraid of getting caught.
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