Monster By Walter Dean Myers Book Report

The book Bonechiller was written by Graham McNamee and it was a very interesting book. These two guys named in the book got attacked by a weird big monster. Their friends thought they were hallucinating or something until they saw the monster. This book had a very weird/confusing theme to it. The theme is don’t run away from fears and that to overcome them.

The idea of what a monster is and how it pertains to modern day society has fascinated readers and writers for decades. Before taking this class, I was aware of what a monster is and the function it served in today’s society. Furthermore, after taking this class, I am now aware of what a monster truly is, and what really separates a monster from a regular person. The piece of text that I mainly chose to focus on and elaborate closely to demonstrate the aspects of a monster is appropriately named, Monster, by Walter Dean Myers. The reason I chose this piece of literature is because, Monster thoroughly elaborates what a monster is in todays society and how it functions in the modern day world. In this essay I will elaborate on

Monster by Walter Dean Myers, . Displayed as a screenplay of Steves very own creativity, which contains journal entries, demonstrates how one single choice can change our entire lives .I was reluctant about the structure of Monster at first. At first I figured out that the screenplay would be disrupting and that Steve's journal entries were appearing randomly. Therefore after getting used to the format which I have never read a novel organized this way before,I immediately acknowledged exactly how effective it is. The screenplay creates an important visual element that propels the story and makes it engaging. I envision this format would be particularly appealing to adolescent readers since it differs from the traditional paragraph structure of nearly most books..I additionally

From beginning to end Frankenstein’s Monster is shown as a wicked creature from the people; however, he possesses many human characteristics. The monster was originally an idea of Frankenstein that will soon come to life. Created from many different parts, the monster was never given a chance to be seen as anything other than a science project. From the outside looking in,

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness is a story of of a middle school boy who is coping with many problems in his life. I enjoyed and recommend the story, even though it is sad. The purpose, message, and theme, of courage tie along well together throughout the book, and will impact who ever reads it. I enjoyed how the story had both a real element to it and a whimsical element.

“Fear and euphoria are dominant forces, and fear is many multiples the size of euphoria” - Alan Greenspan. New York author, Alan Greenspan, here is explaining that the threat fear presents is really no different than the state of intensity caused by euphoria. In Andrew J. Hoffman’s anthology, Monsters, there is substantial evidence that both fear and euphoria are inflicted upon men, by female monsters. The two threats men typically face against women are temptation and emasculation. Thus, in mythology and folklore, female monsters exemplify the impulse of desire (sexually) for men, and male weakness. These are creature that are lusted after and yet, still feared because of their power. Men find female monsters both fearsome and euphoric and will always threaten their dominance and control.

Victor Frankenstein- the creator of the monster; engaged to Elizabeth for a long time; educated; obsessive; has regret after creating the monster; takes on a parent-type role;

There is such kind of monsters, remain their appearance as a human, yet the things they do can only describe as monstrosities. They are not monsters in books and literature, a fear of unknown or sexual desires. People were, or still are facing actual brutal violence or psychological terror from those monsters. More importantly, the monster being talked here is one of our kind. They are human, yet described as “inhuman”, under the inhuman category of Stephen T. Asma’s book On Monsters, a bloody history, a dark past of humanity have been introduced as a monster. It is Khmer Rouge’s infamous security prison S21: the representation of the massacre took place in Cambodia in 20th century and this kind of monster, unfortunately, is still relevant to the world, even till this day.

Monster is an example of what Patty Campbell would call a “landmark book.” Texts such as these “encourage readers to interact with the text and with one another by employing a variety of devices, among them ambiguity” (Campbell 1) Because it is told through the eyes of Steve himself, the plot can be difficult to decipher. It is ambiguous whether he is innocent or guilty of being involved with the crime. Steve learned to make things unpredictable from his film teacher Mr. Sawicki who teaches him, “If you make your film predictable, they’ll make up their minds about it long before it’s over” (19). Steve took his teacher’s advice and made this film script entirely unpredictable,

Monster by Sanyika Shakur yields a firsthand insight on gang warfare, prison, and redemption. “There are no gang experts except participants (xiii)” says Kody Scott aka. Monster. Monster vicariously explains the roots of the epidemic of South Central Los Angeles between the Crips and the Bloods that the world eventually witnessed on April 29, 1992. As readers we learn to not necessarily give gangs grace but do achieve a better understanding of their disposition to their distinct perception in life.

In the novel Monster by Walter Dean Myers, Steve Harmon is a 16 year old male who is accused, along with James King for murder. Harmon writes journal entries about his experiences in the trial in hopes to produce a film about his experiences. Through all the novel one theme is apparent, one can not believe everything they hear. This means that in a trial, or any other situation taking information with a grain of salt can benefit.

The study I chose was the Monster Study, it was a study that took place at the University of Iowa in 1939 by two female researchers named Wendell Johnson and Mary Tudor. They conducted an experiment on stuttering. This experiment was done on 22 orphan children in Davenport, Iowa. The children were separated into two groups, the first group received positive speech therapy where the children were praised for how good their speech was. In the second group the children were taught bad speech therapy and the children were belittled for every time they did not speak the right way. At the end of the experiment the normal-speaking children from group two that was belittled developed negative psychological effects, and

Cohen’s Theses I and II acknowledges that monsters are created by humans and that monsters are the product of contrasting point of views. Initially Cohen begins by saying that in every culture there is a defining moment that symbolizes the birth of a monster. He says that, “The monster is born only at this metaphoric crossroads, as an embodiment of a certain cultural moment---of a time, a feeling, and a place.” (Cohen 2).

If you like dramatic and thrilling books you will love A Monster Calls. The book takes place in a small town in England. In the exposition you are introduced to a 13 year old boy named Conor O’Malley who is the protagonist. He wakes up at 12:07am to someone calling his name, he looks out his window to see that the yew tree beside the church has come alive. The Monster tells Conor that he will be back and that he will be scared of him by the end.

The book A Monster Calls, by Patrick Ness, is very interesting because of its pictures, symbolism, and unpredictability. In this book, the main character, Conor, begins to struggle when his mother contracts a deadly illness. When his mother begins her treatments, he subconsciously summons a monster. The monster tells him three stories and once he finished he tells Conor that he must tell him his story. The monsters stories don’t have an obvious theme or moral.