The Struggle, Chapters 5-6 Summary

Chapter's Five and Six of The Struggle take the conflict between the two groups of characters to a new level, bringing it out into the open. It starts with an extract from Elena's new diary, since the previous one had been stolen, which explains that Stefan's name is, on the face of things, cleared as the police could not find any fault with him, especially since he was attacked himself and left to die in a similar fashion to the other victims.

During the next day at school, there is a new teacher replacing Mr. Tanner. Alaric K Saltzman, instead of teaching, begins by asking the class to talk about what happened in the previous couple of nights and whether they could share their feelings with the class.

The second person to share is Tyler Smallwood, who...