Monster Steve Harmon Character Analysis

This is case, at times, appears as proving Steve as innocent, but other times is seems that Steve is guilty. For example, Bobo Evans had said “I’ve been knowing King my whole life. Just met the other guy the night before the robber went down”. This is making Steve seem guilty by including him in the crime. If Bobo had just said that he had known King his whole life and had not mentioned Steve at all it would have made Steve look like he had not participated in the robbery. The quote “Me and King planned a get over and we done it” portrays Steve as innocent because it does not mention him help plan the crime. Unfortunately for Steve the testimony from Bobo had hurt him more than it had helped. Another quote that had hurt Steve’s case was “He was supposed to tell us if anybody was in the drugstore. He didn’t say anything so we figured it was all right”. This had flat-out said that Steve had been a part of the robbery and had done his part. Bobo had also continued on to say that they had seen Steve leave the store, as planned, before they had entered the drugstore. Therefore, because of the evidence, Steve’s case is evidence that not everything is as it

Sawicki frames Steve as a great student and person who says there was a film project to be worked on while the robbery was happening. Kathy O’Brien calls George Sawicki to the stand, and asks him, “When he says he was taking mental notes for a film, would that be a film for your club?” (Pg. 235). Mr. Sawicki replies, “Yes.” (pg. 235). He preaches for Steve as a good student, so he knows that if there was a project due that Steve probably wouldn’t be robbing a store. Mr. Sawicki says, “Steve is an outstanding young man. He is talented, bright, and compassionate” (Add page number) which helps prove that Steve is a good kid and wouldn’t do something like

Nesbitt and has admitted to participating in the crime, he didn’t know if Steve participated in the robbery. On page 182 and 192 in a testimony between Bobo and Petrocelli Bobo said “ He was supposed to tell us if there was anybody in the store. He didn’t say anything so we figured it was all right I thought King had hooked it up. He told me he had everything straight.” Bobo Evans said that he didn’t think that they had received a signal because Steve didn’t say anything to them. Since Bobo said King had it covered he didn’t know everything about the robbery including Steve’s

In the book Monster, by Walter Dean Myers, Steve Harmon is a sixteen year old African-American that got arrested for being a lookout during the robbery, that ends up in a murder. Steve Harmon is in jail for the murder case that is now going on and he is in his jail/prison outfit. He has his suit and tie sitting on his cot beside him waiting for the trial. He has one major fatal flaw and that is when he gets all caught up in the robbery with James King.

Steve Harmon is guilty for all these reasons. Steve said that he was working on a film project for his film class. Although there was proof of the project being assigned Steve could have lied to the court, what if he was part of the murder but he did everything after he had filmed his project. Also, what about the other culprits who were also involved with the murder. They could have been lying, they could have just brought him into this situation just to get him into trouble as-well. “I don’t even remember where I was.” (232) Says Steven Harmon. If he did not remember where he was, then why

I just met the other guy before the robbery went down." What Bobo stated, was that Steve was involved in the crime. Yes, that may not be enough evidence to be sure that Harmon was truly involved in the crime, but then why were all of the rest of the testimony almost exactly the same by saying that they knew Steve, and that he was supposed to be the lookout but got no signal. Furthermore, on page 262 Petrocelli implies in her final statement “ But yes. Mr. Harmon was involved,. He made a moral decision to participate in this “get over.” He wanted to “get paid” with everybody else. No matter how many moral hairs he can split. His willingness to check out the store, no matter how poorly he did it, was one of the causative factors that resulted in the death of Mr. Nesbitt.” In Petrocelli final statement she makes a good point, Steve was involved in the crime. Even if he was just the lookout. O’brien seems to say that there wasn’t a signal in her final statement, but even so, that still doesn't imply that Steve wasn't in the store that

Ross reported that, Steve had a surgery to correct a hernia. He made a full recovery. Then, at age 3, Steve had another successful surgery on his abdominal area. Years later, at age 15, Steve had another successful surgery on his back. Neither, Steve nor his mother reported any other hospitalization or medical issues. However, he does keep an Epipen on him at all times because, of his food and medicine allergies. Which include: peanuts, eggs, shellfish, Penicillin and Amoxicillin. Steve informed that, he had never has to administer the drugs himself. Although, at the age of 5 he was rushed to the hospital where doctors used the Epipen for an allergy reaction to peanuts. Steve’s has worn glasses seen elementary school. However, he has had regular vision and hearing checkups and the results were deemed normal by a medical professional. Steve did not report any substance abuse or use. He only admitted to drinking soda a “few times a day” but, he states that he is “working on cutting back”. Steve denies being sexually active. He also denies any physical or sexual abuse, assault or

Steve says that the day of the robbery he was walking around and don’t know where he went. He also says that he took mental notes for a new movie he was working on. By taking mental notes he wouldn’t have any evidence as to what he was doing. The state prosecutor, Sandra Petrocelli, could have easily poked holes in Steve’s story. Steve also slipped on while on the stand and said that he did go into the store that day, thus changing his story.

Then i heard the gun go off. I looked over and saw the guy falling down and king was holding the chrome.” meaning steve was not responsible for Mr. Nesbitt death because he was nowhere to be found he was already gone the only two people who were there were Bobo and James King. Therefore steve was NOT in the robbery and did NOT participate in Mr. Nesbitt death because Bobo said he never talked to steve, steve said he wasn't there, and James King was the one who pulled the trigger.

People who have read the novel, Monster are supposed to believe that Steve is innocent, but throughout the whole novel, Steve drops subtle hints that he might not be as innocent as he wants us to believe. Steve Harmon is a 16-year old teenager that loves movies and screenplays and wants to make a movie out of his current situation, being on trial for murder.

But, one day he told the wrong person about him selling guns. He told a hangman named Joey Scott that he just sold a gun to this young teenager. Joey Scott then

Darryl and Steve also display a negative image of their family when a thug appears at their home to pass on a message. Steve sees what is happening and threatens the man with a gun. When he leaves, Darryl yells at Steve for having the gun, but then proceeds to ask where he bought it from and how much he paid. Although Darryl is not directly condoning the illegal use of a more than likely unregistered gun, he seemed more interested in the savings Steve made purchasing it than the fact he just threatened someone with it.

On pages 149-150, seems unsure about whether or not the robbery is something he wants to participate in as he is talking to James King. On page 226 during Steve’s testimony, he states that he had been nothing more than acquaintances with James King and that he has only casually talked to King about the usual basketball and neighborhood stuff. If you are just “acquaintances” with someone, asking them if they want to be involved in criminal activity is very odd. The fact they are also sitting there having a conversation that even leads to that indicated that they are just more than acquaintances. Steve is also seemed to be very nervous and got his words jumbled up.

If you read page 245, O’brien’s closing statement reads, “The State did elicit from Steve that he spoke to Mr.King about basketball. The conversation were short, and without substance. At no time did the State establish any conversation between Steve and anyone else about a robbery.”. Even though Steve has had small talk with James, there is no proof that they’ve talked about planning the robbery. On page 51, there’s a flashback between a woman named Peaches, a man named Johnny, King, and Steve. King did mention the difficulties of getting money and the only thing Steve did was agree to just that. Nothing more, nothing less. Then, Peaches, Johnny, and King spoke about is money.

The first reason I think could have caused Steve to be on this trial and what he could have changed is where he was at the moment the robbery and murder happened.In the novel it states “but he felt he wasn't guilty ,he had made a mistake in going into the store,but when the robbery did not go down there was nothing he could do”(Myers part 4).This quotes shows that although Steve made the mistake of being in the store the day of the robbery but he was not involved.In the novel it also states “ some clown said you were involved with that drugstore stickup …….Steve :Yeah, but what do I have to do with it?.This quote also shows that he was in the store and maybe Bobo saw him Bobo is now saying that he was involved with the robbery.So this is one of my reasons because if he wasn't in the wrong place at the wrong time they wouldn't been charging him for robbery or murder.