Larry Walter Biography

Walter Dean Myers was born in august 12, 1937 in Martinsburg while in school, he played Harlem basketball. Mr. Myers lived in New York, New Jersey, and Martinsburg etc. Dean Myers wrote tons of books like Bad Boy, Fallen Angle, and Monster. He wrote all types of books in different kind of genres.

The book Monster, by Walter Dean Myers, tells the tale of two young men being on trial for felony murder. Sixteen year-old Steve Harmon and twenty-two year-old James King are accused of participating in a robbery that caused the death of an innocent man. That innocent man’s name was Aguinaldo Nesbitt, and he owned a drugstore in Harlem. The Prosecutor, Sandra Petrocelli claims that Steve Harmon served as the lookout in the robbery, and also says James King was the one who pulled the trigger on the gun that killed Aguinaldo Nesbitt. Steve Harmon’s Attorney Kathy O’Brien does a great job of making Steve appear as a regular, respectful, smart kid, and seems to have a great interest in film which his teacher George Sawicki points out in his testimony. James King’s attorney, Asa Briggs, tries her very best to make King look innocent, but there isn’t much evidence that doesn’t put him at the crime scene. The state calls two witnesses that are very significant in deciding whether James King is guilty, and why Steve is not, and those witnesses are Richard “Bobo” Evans and Lorelle Henry. And the defense ( Kathy O’Brien) calls George Sawicki to the stand and he preaches about how great of a student and person Steve is, so it makes him look even more innocent to the jury. All of these witnesses make James King look

Walter Dean Myers creates the story of sixteen year old Steve Harmon, from Steve’s point of view, as he struggles with the fact that he is being tried for felony murder. If he loses the case, the result could be the death penalty at worst, and at best, over twenty years in prison. Steve battles to prove his innocence and battle the prosecution with sheer determination. Day to day, Steve’s case seems to be going downhill. He only sees his family for short periods of time, and when he does see them they are faking their emotions to seem happy. While Steve is being held in Manhattan Detention Center, he finds himself living in fear. He describes how his look has changed, the terrible violence in prison, and the only time he can cry is when other

Larry is ashamed of his current financial state after seeing the luxuries Andy Heller, someone he once felt superior to, could afford. His perspective on his success in life changes when he realizes the effects of money. Before the pivotal moment of discovery, Kramer was proud of his

Walter Dean Myers was a children's’ and young adult writer that is best known for his 1988 novel Fallen Angels and his 1999 novel Monster. He wrote more than one hundred books including some picture books and nonfiction. Walter Dean Myers’ life as a child was centered around his neighborhood and church. Although he dropped out of school at the age of seventeen to enlist in the U.S. Army, Walter Dean Myers loved to read and write as a child, but he never thought that he would be able to make a living off of his hobby. Walter Dean Myers has received the Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association, the Michael L. Printz Award, and the Coretta Scott King Award for African-American authors.

The incident in Unionville spiked an interest in the balloon to potentially gather intelligence for the government, specifically for use in aerial reconnaissance. On June 11, 1861, Lowe was able to demonstrate to President Abraham Lincoln how his balloons could transmit at 500 feet above the ground with the use of electric telegraph technology. Lowe had transmitted the first aerial telegraph to the President stating that “I have pleasure in sending you this first dispatch ever telegraphed from an aerial station” and “for the opportunity of demonstrating the availability of the science of aeronautics in the military service of the country” (Thaddeus Sobieski, 2014).

Larry Lasalle helps to maintain an air of conflict throughout the novel. For example in Chapter 14 (page 72-79) Francis confronts Larry; prepared to kill him for what he did to Nicole. The atmosphere in this chapter is very tense and Larry tries to defend himself but Francis is determined. To continue, in most chapters Francis' thoughts revolve around his hate for Larry and his love for Nicole. On page 77 Larry says “If I want one thing, it would be to have you look at me the way you did at the Wreck Center, when I was the big hero you say I was.” As a kid, Larry was Francis' hero but him raping Nicole changed the way he looked at him. From that

Down in the deep south, a talented Mississippi artist Walter Inglis Anderson was born to George Walter Anderson, a grain broker, and Annette McConnell, an artist, on September 29, 1903 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Annette McConnell, a daughter of a distinguished New Orleans family, attended the Newcomb School of Fine Arts in New Orleans where she studied the ideals of the American Arts and Crafts movement. She was artistic with a passion for ceramics, painting, music, and literature which strongly influenced her three sons (Walter, Peter, and Mac) to draw, paint, and write poetry. Soon after Walter’s birth, the Andersons moved to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, where they created their family business, Shearwater Pottery, which sold decorated pottery, carvings, and creative widgets for tourists.

According to academic journal Enhancing Accountability and Trust with Independent Investigations of Police Lethal Force by Walter Katz, local prosecutors are not immune from bias. When a cop is under investigation the prosecutors are put in a situation because they usually work together. Usually the police officers are giving the prosecutors all the evidence when dealing with a normal case so when the situation is reversed and the prosecutor must indict a cop it sometimes put them in a bad situation. “Prosecutors face ‘an impossible conflict of interest between their desire to maintain working relationships and their duty to investigate and prosecute police brutality (Walter, Katz 239).” That statement supports the idea that there should not

Walter Dean Myers is an African-American writer who is well-known for writing books for young adults with the main character being an African-American teenager going through struggles in their life. Myers name at birth was Walter Milton Myers, but was change to his current name when his mother died and he was given to Herbert and Florence Dean. He was two years old when his mother died and he moved from Virginia to Harlem when he was given to the Deans. When he was young, Myers had a speech impediment which led to teasing and him not doing well in school. He found solace in books and before he dropped out of high school, Myers English teacher told him to keep writing no matter what happened to him. After leaving the army he struggled in life

Within hours of the army telling reporters that it had recovered a crashed saucer, senior officers insisted that the only thing that had fallen from the sky had been a weather balloon. A report by the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force released in 1995, concluded that the reported recovered material in 1947 was likely debris from a secret government program called Project Mogul, which involved high altitude balloons meant to detect sound waves generated by Soviet atom bomb tests and ballistic missiles.

Hardwood’s virile body collapsed backwards, landing onto his black leather wingback executive chair. His body weight shoved the chair against his filing cabinet credenza behind his desk with a force.

Walter Mosley is one of the most adaptable and admired writers in America today. He is the writer of a lot serious acclaimed books, including his major bestselling mystery series Easy Rawlins. His work has been translated into twenty-one languages that includes, his fiction, science fiction, political monographs, and a young adult novel. His short fiction has been widely published, and his nonfiction has appeared in "The New York Times Magazine and The Nation”, among other publications. He is the winner of numerous awards, including an O. Henry Award, a Grammy and PEN America’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He lives in New York City (Walter Mosley African American Author, www.myblackhistory.net/Walter_Mosley.htm).

While researching in the reference room in University of Wisconsin Stevens Point library, I came across this author Walter Bradford Canon, in the Macmillan Encyclopedia of death and Dying. This encyclopedia lead me to a website linked to the book called The National Center for Biotechnology Information (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov). The website educated me about Walter Bradford Canon, and his role as a physiologist of human emotions. He developed the phrase “flight or fight”, which means fear of death and the process of how the brains nerves system reacts to anxiety of dying. Cannon’s credible quote is a useful for my essay because it relates to my thesis and theme in my

When Banana was loaded into the delivery truck there was a real rough path ahead. Then he hit the first bump ‘woosh’ the truck loses half of it’s load causing it to go faster. Banana was on the top of the