Melo Taylor is the character that creates the main conflict in history.
Explanation:
Dear Martin tells the story of Justyce a black boy who was imprisoned unfairly while trying to help a white girl.
This girl is Melo Taylor who is Justice's ex-girlfriend. Even though the relationship between them has ended, Justice still likes her and when he learns that she is drunk in the car unable to drive he gets in the car and decides to take her to her house safely. However, the police believe he stole the car and is trying to take advantage of a girl, white and unconscious. At that moment Justyce is arrested even saying that he is helping the girl.
Nic Stone wastes no time diving into the meat of DEAR MARTIN; in the very first chapter, Justyce is arrested for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and quickly shown the injustices of the law. Justyce is an informed young man and the situation is not unheard of for him, but he is shocked that a straight-A, Yale-bound student like himself could be arrested. After all, he's nothing like the kids he grew up with!
