Monster Walter Dean Myer Summary

In today’s society there are violent people. Some of these people can be found in the book Monster by Walter dean Myers. The main character is Steve Harmon and he is facing trial for murder. Steve was the lookout but wasn’t responsible for Mr.Nesbitt's death. Steve is on trial for murder because he was in the store that day

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.

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

“Monster” by Kelly Link is a modern twist of scary campfire stories. This story is about a monster who kills a group of campers and encounters a strange boy. The monster was fascinated by this boy, James, because of how different he was then everyone else. James intrigued the monster because he was wearing a dress, covered in mud, and had stinky feet. Although, James caught his attention the other campers were not as lucky.

In the Monster by Walter Dean Myers, the character Steve Harmon finds himself easily excepting of the label of a monster which was presented by Sandra Petrocelli "But there are also monsters in our community- people who are willing to steal and to kill, people who disregard the rights of others". Steve doesn't view himself as an active participant in the robbery which leads to the death of the store owner Alguinaldo Nesbitt and because of this he has not completely excepted the label of a monster, looking at Petrocelli point of view of what makes a monster showed Steve that regardless if he plays a minor role or are larger role, he still took part in the crime which leads to death of Mr. Nesbitt, a crime which showed no regard for the rights of others and willingness to steal and kill. Being a person of morals Steve should have seen that they were about to steal from an innocent person without consideration for the victim, even though murder may not have been apart of the plan it is still an act which victimizes someone and in some ways place people in danger. Secondly, Steve faces probably the most challenging of all, Steve realizes that his father now views him as a monster and not as his son. Mr. Harmon showed his disappointment when he shares with Steve what he dreamt of for his son "When you were first born, I would lie up in bed thinking about scenes of your life. You playing football. You going off to college. I used to think of you going to Morehouse and doing the same things I did when I was there. I never made the football team, but I thought—I dreamed you would. I never thought of seeing you in a place like this. It just never came to me that you'd ever be in any kind of trouble." This

Steve never gave a signal prior to the robbery. There is no evidence on the store’s camera displaying him give any signals. At the trial, Bobo says “He didn’t say nothing, so we figured it was

The book is written by Steve Bogira, who is a reporter for a newspaper is Chicago. He goes into the courtroom 302 whose judge

The book I chose is called Monster by Walter Dean Myers. This novel won the Coretta Scott King award , the Printz award , and was also a National Book Award Finalist. Monster is the name and thing that Steve considers himself as he has gotten in a bit of trouble. This novel took place in Harlem New York in mid year of 1997. Steve harmon was in a drug store while some of the people he has been seen around the neighborhood with stuck the place up and murdered the owner of the store in cold blood now he is on trial for Felony 1 murder and this is the story of his trail. Our lives compare to each others in many ways. There are thousands of inferences that could be made

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,

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.

In the book Monster by Walter Dean Myers, a 16 year old boy named Steve Harmon is on trial with his neighborhood acquaintances, Bobo Evans and James King, for felony murder. Mr. Myers tells the story of Steve's experience through Steve's own writing in a journal that can be viewed by the court. There are many reasons to think that Steve is guilty. Steve lies and changes his persona in the story. In the beginning of the story his statements do not match up with his testimony in the end often answering his questions in court with ¨ I don't know “ or ¨ I don't remember¨.

When the news that a prisoner of war escaped prison, the people of Jenkinsville, Oklahoma become apprehensive. The FBI goes to question Harry at the store and they show him a picture of Anton, Sharon quickly remembers that Patty had been talking to him

He had committed a crime so brutal that it had turned the stomachs of some of the most hardened of homicide police officers and left an indelible mark on the community. With everyone calling for his head, Judge Carey Moore rules that Karl Dahl’s prior criminal record has no bearing on the case leading to a public outcry. Things get more interesting when the judge now becomes the target of an unknown assailant. Sam Kovac and Nikki Liska are called in to try to resolve the mystery of the attack, but everything changes when Karl Dahl makes a daring escape from jail further complicating the case. The judge is kidnapped from her bed with the police sitting outside and now the detectives need to trawl through a maze of suspects that includes a rogue cop out for revenge, a husband with a dodgy life, and a stepson of the murder

There were emotions I felt while I read this book times when I would stop reading and analyze the things that happen to Walter McMillian. There were even times when I felt that the situation happening in the book were done to me. I wanted to sometimes tell that they were being wrongly done I wanted to help out. I felt very heartbroken through some situations kids my age were going through. Sometimes I put myself in their shoes to see what I would have done. When I finished the book I had a different view of our society. I knew that black people were treated bad but after I finished the story I haven't truly understood the pain they went through until now. This book taught me even though there are situations that might be difficult I should

The police come to Mrs. Shears house and take Christopher to the station but his father comes to testify and take shim home. His class is writing story’s so he decided to write a mystery. He based the mystery off Wellingtons murder and decides to search for his killer. Christopher knocks on the doors of various neighbors to try to find out what happened to Wellington. His father is furious when