Walter Dean Myers's Monster Book Report

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.

So steve was involved in the robbery with going that day and the communication but isn’t responsible for death cause he wasn’t there when it

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.

The book Monster by Walter Dean Myers is about a 16 year old, African American boy, being accused of a crime. Steve was claimed to have been seen at the drugstore before the robbery ‘went down,’ he is claimed to be the lookout, however he denies this allegation A seemingly innocent 16 year old boy who has never perpetrated a crime before, is on trial for murder for Mr.Nesbitt along with James King, so how innocent is Mr.Steve Harmon after all? Mr.Nesbitt was the owner of the drugstore that was robbed by Mr.King and his acquaintances, he was killed by being shot in the lung with his gun. Steve’s time is mostly spent being defended by Miss O’Brien and be prosecuted by Sandra Petrocelli.

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,

The Monster by Walter Dean Myers. Steve Harmon is a black teenager who lives in Harlem. He is 16 and he went to jail for presumably being “guilty” but Steve knows he isn't guilty. Since the judge doesn't know Steve, instead of innocent until proven guilty, it could be the opposite. Guilty until proven innocent.

The power goes out on Maple street. Nothing is working. No lights No phone. Even the cars has stopped working.Mr.Goodman is stareing up The Monsters are due on Maple Street.

These theses are written by “Jeffrey Jerome Cohen” about the types of monster’s present in this world. The cultures of thinking their behavior in different ways. It’s all about how monsters get induced by the society and how they give the definition of these creatures. He gives seven distinct views relating to their portrayal, nature, presence, and thinking. He contends that monsters are significantly more than the startling image we regularly imagine. However, I figure Monsters as a half human, half creature. They do not fit in any class, or they may have some kind of other disfigurement or social trademark that keeps them from being characterized as a particular animal type.

Monster: Guilty or Innocent? In the book Monster by Walter Dean Myers, Steve Harmon a black 16 year old who lives in Harlem. He is on trial for being the lookout for the robbery of a drugstore, resulting in the murder of Mr. Alguinaldo Nesbitt, the store owner. At the end of the book, the jury rules Steve not guilty.

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.

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

Race is one way, which affects how people view others. Just how Steve Harmon the main character of the book Monster by Walter Dean Myers who was judged because he is African-American which changed how people view him. Some of the characters in the story call him a monster till he starts believing it himself. Although, Steve Harmon was on trial for felony murder that doesn’t make him a monster as he is innocent and identity is not built from a persons genetics, but from the environment they lived in. People around them and personal experience they go through in their lives make them become who they are now.

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

Michael Myers is known for his uncontrollable killing of his own bloodline. Known from the Halloween film series, after killing his older sister and being locked up in a mental institute for fifteen years, Myers escapes and goes on the search for his remaining family member, his little sister. He not only goes through challenges to get rid of anyone related to him, but he also kills any innocent soul that might get in his way. He has this immortality that aids him to survive any type of death that is inflicted on him. Why does a normal kid with a troubled childhood who grew up in the suburbs have this immortal life and need to kill his family? It is said that The Curse of Thorn was allocated on Michael by a cult. Compelling him to be an invincible

Typically monsters are large, ugly frightening creatures one would find in a fairytale. In most cases, monsters appear horrible fake. To me, monsters is a person that wants to physically or mentally bar another human being, especially for no reason. Monsters alsp disrespect others. Here's a question. Where do monster lurk? Hidden all around a person's environment with no recognition? Yes, even better, monsters lurks inside a person.