You have been introduced to Blythbury-by-the-Sea and Merton and have heard Chay's story during the pretrial court agrument.  Compare Blythbury-by-the-Sea to the town of Merton. How do these two places complicate the tragedy? Do you think that people would have felt as strongly about prosecution if Chay had been a typical kid from Longfellow Prep?  Should Chay have been charged with leaving the scene of an accident or not? Why?