White Monsters Research Paper

The novel Monster by Walter Dean Myers is the book I chose to read and do my essay on. The genre Walter chose for the book Monster is realistic fiction. The novel was published in 1999 which is a year after I was borning. The reason why I chose this Novel is because a teacher recommended the book to me a couple year ago but, I never got a chance to read it. I always assumed the book was good because it won three awards. The first award the book won was the National Book Award for young people’s literature. The second award the book won was the Michael L. Printz Awards. The third award the book won was called the Coretta Scott King Award Honor all in which the book won in the same year 2000. The book is told from the perspective of a young african american teenager named steve harmon. Steve lives in harlem where the story takes place. One night steve chose to hang with a bad group of friends and was in a robbery. During the robbery one of Steve’s friend kills the cashier. Now Steve is in jail and going back and forth to court hoping to be proven not guilty of felony murder. Steve and I lives are alike in many different ways although we come from different backgrounds.

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

1. Monster is a novel written in a screenplay format with Steve’s journal entries mixed in throughout. Do you think this is an effective format for the book? Why or why not?

“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.

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.

“Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts...” (John Steinbeck, brainyquote.com) Fear greatly corrupts the peace and civility in a town in the Twilight Zone. The Twilight Zone is a TV show from the 1960s, composed of separate short stories. This is a very unique show that touches on the fatal flaws of all humans, where most shows exaggerate the admirable characteristics of humans. In The Twilight Zone, there is a short story called, “Monsters Are Due On Maple Street,” by Rod Serling, where characters continuously search for a scapegoat, led by suspicion and fear. In, “Monsters Are Due On Maple Street,” the author discusses the evil weapons of humanity, including scapegoating and suspicion. These two weapons of humanity lead to the destruction of civility on Maple Street, as neighbors turn on one another.

When we were kids we were told of many imaginary monsters, but as you grow up we learn what the real monsters are. A monster is defined as a badly behaved or cruel person, something that is absurdly large, or a fictional and frightening creature. The monsters that we know of today are nothing like the ones when we were little kids. When you realize things like the monster under your bed isn’t real is when you come to know that society is the real monster. Jennifer Lynn Barnes gives us insight on who the monsters really are when she tells us that, "They told him he was killing monsters, and then they made him kill people. He thought it was just me who was different, and he didn't go through with killing me. He

One of the most controversial questions in the novel, Frankenstein is if the monster is really a monster. Osama Bin Laden once said, “ We treat them in the same way. Those who kill our women and innocent, we kill their women and innocent”. This quote is very similar to when the Monster states, “I will revenge my injuries …. I will work at your destruction" (Shelley 104-105). Both, Osama Bin Laden and the monster commit very similar crimes and murders; yet, one was killed by a navy SEAL and the other was let free. Osama Bin Laden was the most hated man in America for years. When the monster commits very similar crimes, most audiences pity him and question whether he, the monster, is a real monster or not. Why is this? In the book, Frankenstein, Mary Shelley demonstrates the manipulative acts of the monster and unjust punishments in order to prove that sympathy is almost as powerful as innocence.

Judgment is a fundamental function of the human brain. On a daily basis one judges their peers for their actions, whether it be good or bad. In the novel, Monster by Walter Dean Myers, a young boy named Steve Harmon is put on trial for felony murder; he shares his experiences of what is going on throughout the case and how he is being perceived by his peers. The jury has to make a decision, marking Harmon guilty or not guilty. The jury must make a judgment about him, about who he is. Evidently, it is revealed that judgment is determined by one’s traits, actions, and appearance.

When you think of monsters you think of them under your bed, or how scientist say the loch-ness monster is real, or how bigfoot is also. Though in Illinois they have their very own monster. Though it only being about 14 inches long. The Tully Monster is the state fossil in Illinois. Discovered in 1958 by Mr.Francis Tully he took specimens of the “Tully Monster” to the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.

In “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” by Rod Serling, the actions of the characters and events are important in the story because they advance the plot by making the story more suspenseful and interesting. At the beginning of the story, at 6:43 pm, a ‘meteor’ went across the sky, which startled everyone. Then later on, the power went out, nothing was working. As quoted in the passage, “What was that? A meteor?” and “Steve, the power’s off. I had the soup on the stove and the stove just stopped working.” Based on the information in the text, after the meteor went across the sky, people started to panic a bit after the power went out. In the middle of the story, Tommy told everyone about the aliens looking like humans and can be one of them.

On January 11, 1997, the Winchester family resided in Apple Hill, a small town in Oregon. Their household only had dinner together every Saturday evening due to the parents working countless hours to provide for their children. Shirley, the mother worked the nocturnal shift at Stone Gate Hospital and Robert, the father worked for the FBI. Needless to say, they were constantly busy, but promised their kids they would have their favorite meal when they got home - spaghetti and garlic bread.

Deep within the Shanwam Forest was the Elf Republic. Elves lived happily without even caring about monsters, thanks to whom? Thanks to two elves. These elves lived just outside the Elf Republic. These were, as you guessed, monster hunters. Their names were Oda and Roronoa, and they hunted almost all the monsters until one day. . . .

A dog can look up to it’s master and following every traits of behavior he or she displays. White Fang has from a curious puppy, to a cold blooded fighting machine and finally a loving, caring family dog. The poor dog goes through so much turmoil that people who read this can’t but be sorry for the canine. However, through hardships, White Fang has forged himself into becoming an intelligent, courageous dog.

into it just big enough to hold the weapon attempting to pull it out it will not move upon closer examination.