Physical Setting In Monster, By Walter Dean Myers

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The title of the book is Monster and the author is Walter Dean Myers. This book physical setting is in Manhattan & Harlem, New York and sometimes in the main character’s neighborhood. The temporal setting is present day. The main character Steve Harmon helps the author manipulate time in the story line by not giving the exact days and repeating the pattern of taking Harmon to jail, court, and then his neighborhood repeatedly. Monster’s setting is critical to the story because on multiple occasions Steve Harmon blames his poverty stricken neighborhood he grew up in for the mistakes he made. The tone of the story makes the audience stay in constant suspicion to see if Harmon will be able to prove that he’s innocent. Myer’s theme for the story is that you should not give into peer pressure because it can make you end up in serious trouble.
The protagonist in the story is Steve Harmon. Steve Harmon was a quiet, shy, and reserved person who let peer pressure get the best of him. On page 17, he describes how others always stay that he stays to himself. Steve is a static …show more content…

One notable difference in the story is when Steve constantly took up for Bobo even though they barely knew each other and since Steve could have been the one having to face the charges of killing the cashier even though he didn’t do it. The one thing I would change in the storyline is how the judge barely tried to find out who really was the cause of the robbery and how it could have been prevented. My favorite quote from the book is: “We lie to ourselves here. Maybe we are here because we lie to ourselves”. Steve said this in the book once he started too crazy and started to question if he was the one that killed the cashier. I would rate this book a 5/5 stars. This book teaches teenagers and young adults the consequences of peer pressure and how it can affect you for

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