Walk the Line

I think that authors include shocking events in order to draw the readers in. The shocking events usually occur in the beginning of the book and set the whole mood and last the whole book. I think they are necessary in order to hold the reader's attention because if there wasn't anything interesting happening, theres no point in continuing to read. I think that shocking things happen everyday and society and authors only have to tweak them a little bit in order to put it in a book.