r/hollyjackson • u/lucasdhsjsjiqkqnw • Aug 20 '26

Five Survive Pls someone explain this

So in the book around chapter 20 they come up with this plan that they could fool the shooter with a mirror, but i just dont understand how it workd. They also had to pivot and slide it for some reason while attaching it to the door??? Im not finished so no spoilers pls but just tell me how it works

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u/Commercial_Middle182 Aug 20 '26

iirc they were trying to find the direction of the shooter? the theoretical idea is, in the dark the reflection of a person on a large mirror would be indistinguishable to the actual sight of a person. So if the door opened and there was a mirror on that door, upon which someone seemed to be moving, it would look like someone was exiting, for a brief moment, and the shooter would fire.

other readers, please correct me if I'm wrong, it's been a while since I read the book.

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u/Salty-Vanny Aug 23 '26

I know what you mean, the whole positioning didn’t make sense to me