Monster Essay A substantial of people in today's society have been pressured into doing bad things with their friends. In the book, Monster, Steve Harmon was a victim of peer pressure. Many people every day are in the same position Steve was in. Steve was not responsible for the death of Mr. Nesbitt but he definitely was the lookout for the robbery that took place because, in Steve’s journal he talked about being the lookout with Mr. King, Steve was not in the store when the murder took place, but Steve lied under oath in the courtroom during his trial. First of all, Steve was the lookout because in his journal he talked about being the lookout for the robbery with Mr. King. For example, in a flashback, Mr. King says to Steve Harmon, “Yeah. All we need is a lookout. You know, check the place out-make sure ain’t no badges copping some z’s in the back. You down for it?”(Myers 150). This quote is important because the reader finally sees Steve talking about being the lookout for someone that was definitely part of this robbery. With the evidence where Steve is talking about being the lookout shows that maybe he is not all that innocent. …show more content…
Nesbitt because he was not in the store when Mr. Nesbitt was killed according to Mrs. Henry. In fact, Mrs. Petrocelli asks Mrs. Henry on the stand, “Mrs. Henry, do you recognize anyone present today in this courtroom who was also in the drugstore on the day to which you are referring.” Mrs. Henry replied, “The gentleman sitting at that table was one of the men arguing.(she points to King)”(Myers 164). The evidence in this part of the book proves that Steve left the store even if he was the lookout he was not there at the time of the murder. Therefore, Steve cannot be guilty of murder if he was not at the store when Mr. Nesbitt was
Holmes had been born into a wealthy New Hampshire family and was given the name Herman Webster Mudgett (America’s Serial Killers). “If Mudgett or his brother or sister were bad, their strict Methodist parents sent them to the attic for a full day without speaking or eating,. Mudgett’s father was especially abusive after he’d been drinking - which was often” (Spikol). However, his father was a wealthy and respected citizen and had been the local postmaster for nearly twenty five years (Taylor). It is surprising an important member of the community was a child abuser. The abuse of his father may be one of the
James King is guilty. As a member of the jury, there are many reasons to support this verdict. Mr. King was one of the four men involved in the robbery and murder that took place in Alguinaldo Nesbitt’s drugstore. When brought to the stand, Bobo Evans provided evidence that proved James King as guilty. He testified that James King was the one who shot Mr. Nesbitt. Mr. Evans was the man inside of the store with Mr. King. “I looked over and saw the guy falling down and King was holding the chrome. We grabbed what we wanted and split” (Myers 179). Mr. Evans also testified that he and James were the ones who planned the robbery at the drugstore. A prosecution witness, Lorelle Henry, was inside of the drugstore right before the crime was committed.
This crime does not fit Capital Murder. Capital Murder is murder involving Police Officers, firefighters, or a paramedic. Manslaughter is a crime of killing a human without malice aforethought, circumstances not amounting to murder. Criminally Negligent Homicide is a criminal charge brought against a person who through criminal negligence, allows another person to die. Murder is the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another. That’s exactly what Scott
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.
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
First, Steve Harmon is not guilty of felony murder because he was scouting locations for school film project. Mr. Sawicki, Steve's film club teacher states, “It is my belief that to make an honest film, one has to be an honest person. I would say that. And I do believe in Steve's honesty." he says this after Steve says, "I don't know exactly where I was when the robbery took place. Most of the day I was going around taking mental notes about places I want to film for a school film project. The evidence shows that on the day of the robbery, Steve was believed to be scouting places for a film assignment. Mr. Sawicki, his film teacher believes Steve is honest. As a result of the evidence Steve Harmon is not guilty because he was scouting locations for a school film project while the crime was taking place. Steve Harmon is not guilty of felony murder
Steve has many flashbacks during the trial. One of his first flashbacks is with Johnny, Peaches, and King. They sat together while King was planning to rob the drugstore. King says, “I need to get paid, man. I ain’t got nothing between my butt and the ground but a rag.” (50) Steve agrees, “I hear that.”(50) This means that Steve had at least known about the plan to rob the drugstore, and was there when King was planning to rob the drugstore. In another flashback we read about Steve talking to Oswaldo Cruz, another person who was helping to rob the
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
Secondly, Steve and Andy chose to hang out with the wrong crowd, which didn 't help them at all when it came to them making the choices they 've made. The Diabalo 's was the name of the crew Steve was hanging out with and that is where all of Steve 's problems started. "I need to get paid, man. I ain 't got nothing between my butt and the ground, but a rag" said King and Steve replied with "I hear that" Peaches also replied back with " Restaurant owners got money, too. That 's the only things left in our neighborhood-restaurants, liquor stores, and drugstores. King asked Steve " What you got youngblood"?. And Steve replied with " I don 't know (Myers,50-51). Steve 's first mistake was choosing to hang out with that crew and his second mistake was getting involved in their conversations about robbing different places in their community because with Steve agrees they were going to think he was down for the robbery and just wanted them to push it on him more. "When Bobo mentioned the other
2. Theme #1: Allowing other people’s opinions to control your life can destroy you A. “Gave you a taste for publicity did I?, said Lockhart. “Gave you the bug. You got onto the front page of the paper with me and couldn’t wait to do it again?” B. “Boys,” he said his voice feeble.
Growing up you learn where you fit into society and culture from your surroundings. You go to school, hang out with friends, socialize, and even go to family get-togethers; in all of these situations you learn from your surroundings. Fortunately, or unfortunately, the outcome of where you fit in is not always chosen. Even if it is personal decision, it is still controlled by society and the culture in which you live. In literature, the stories of characters are perceived by the reader in the eyes of the narrator.
The book Monster is about a sixteen year old boy named Steve he is put through a trial for being accused of being a part in the murder of Mr. Nesbitt and robbery of a drug store the book leads you to your own opinion to think whether he was guilty or innocent. in my opinion I believe he is innocent because he was not present at the time of the murder he was found guilty at the trial he is a good kid.
Without a reasonable doubt I think Steve Harmon is guilty of first degree murder. I think this because, Bobo had just meet Steve right before the robbery. Steve had said that he was there for sure. King had said he knew a guy for this look out job. Bobo did not know if Steve was really going to be the look out person. Bobo and King went out to eat after the robbery. Bobo and King had split the money after the robbery and getting something to eat. So really Steve was just there to give a signal Bobo had said. Steve did not even know what was going on in the drug store. Cruz had a chance to grab a taste of money, but he did not because, he was afraid of Bobo. Cruz had said Steve was there at the robbery. Lorelle was at the drugstore getting cough
The case is about a crime that was committed a few days before Christmas in which a drugstore owner, Alguinaldo Nesbitt was robbed and brutally murdered. Four main witnesses are called to the stand to give their testimonies. Richard “Bobo” Evans, a known thug in the neighborhood (who was already doing time for selling drugs) admits that he has known James King (the other person on trial
Section 293 states that a person causes, by any direct or indirect means, the death of another, that person has killed another. If Steve was not locked outside, his death would not have occurred by falling three floors. John had control of the door separating the living room from the balcony. The subsequent death of Steve through medical error does not alibi John’s involvement. By locking the balcony door, restricting movements of another, John has indirectly killed Steve.