Talking to Strangers

by

Malcolm Gladwell

Jonathan Dranov Character Analysis

Jonathan Dranov is the doctor to whom Michael McQueary confessed to seeing Jerry Sandusky molest a minor in the locker room in February 2001. In Sandusky’s trial, Dranov claimed he hadn’t reported McQueary’s claims to authorities because, at the time, he didn’t think Sandusky had done anything “inappropriate enough” to warrant reporting the allegations to Children and Youth Services.
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Jonathan Dranov Character Timeline in Talking to Strangers

The timeline below shows where the character Jonathan Dranov appears in Talking to Strangers. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter Five: The Boy in the Shower
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...he instead run home and confessed to his father, and later, his doctor? In trial, Jonathan Dranov , the doctor to whom McQueary confessed, states that McQueary could not specify which sort... (full context)