Quotes From Monster By Walter Dean Myers

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The book Monster by Walter Dean Myers is about a 16 year old, African American boy, being accused of a crime. 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 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 a gun. Steve’s time is mostly spent being defended by Miss O’Brien and be prosecuted by Sandra Petrocelli. He eventually is declared not guilty, while King is declared guilty. A conceivable theme that could take away from Monster would be, judgement is determined by the acquaintances that one has.
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This quote shows how Steve’s roll was diminutive and that the reason Steve would be accused of murder would be because his acquaintance are a negative influence. Also if Steve had never even been involved with these people Steve would not have been accused of murder. So, Steve’s role in the robbery with the people in the robbery can make pedestrian judge that Steve is full of malice because of the people he hangs out with.”
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In Monster, Steve is on trial for murder of Mr.Nesbitt and is in the hands of the jury to decide his fate, they declare he is not guilty and Jaime King guilty. The theme of Monster is, people are judged by the acquaintances they have and the people they associate themselves with. This theme is proved by, King wanted to be associated with Steve and Steve wanting to seperate from King, who Steve’s friends are and what they talk about and how Steve’s role in the robbery was caused by his friends and his friends were the ones mostly involved. Even though the jury declared Steve not guilty does not mean that he is, Steve may have been with the wrong crowd, but what if he was just like his friends and got lucky and won the

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