A murder mystery is a type of closed text or resolved suspense that follows a structure. The characters follow a plot structure, the evidence follows a reveal structure, and this will lead to a resolution. “In closed texts one finds the murder, the mystery solved, the ghost unmasked as a mechanical illusion, or the lovers are able to consummate their love” (Bennett 197). Almost all detective stories are considered closed texts due to the structure the texts tend to follow. The novel has a victim who was murdered. The victim has many possible killers for many possible reasons, all equally valid, it seems. The victim has a person who is trying to solve the case. Through various means of detection, the killer is searched for and found. So, the question “Who did it?” usually a human character answers – I'm sure animals have played the role of detective before. The murder mystery is closed, the victim has a killer; the killer is caught, the world can return to normal. This concept is the typical ideal of a closed text. As human beings, we have a need to understand the world we live in, which seems to be a common desire. The essential question “Why am I here?” – the most sought after answer in all of human existence that has yet to be adequately answered – has a similar question that can generally be answered: “Who killed the victim?” Every human being wants to know, at some point in their life, why they are on this planet. We are here to serve a purpose; we are here without purpose; or we are here to enjoy what [insert your deity or belief system] has given. People want to know; are constantly searching for an answer to the question “Why…?”, as can… half of the document… and Charles Simic.” The American Scholar 74.2 (2005): 49-56. Kriner, Tiffany Eberle. “Evoking Hope in a Body: The Eschatology of Lucille Clifton.” Christianity and Literature 54.2 (Winter 2005): 185-208. Lee, Li Young. Rosa: poems. Rochester, New York: BOA Editions, Ltd., 1986. “Romanticism.” American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. August 12, 2008. .Simic, Charles. Sixty poems. New York: Harcourt, INC., 2007."Surrealism." Dictionary.com unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. August 12, 2008. “Transcendentalism.” The New American Heritage® Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005. August 12. 2008. .