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Harmon's Guilty In Monster By Walter Dean Myers

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Guilty by association is the term used for being charged for a crime just because one was affiliated somehow with the person who commited the crime. In the story, Monster by Walter Dean Myers, we go through Steve Harmon’s life after December 22nd — the day of the robbery. Harmon is being accused of serving as a lookout which James King played the main role in the robbery. The question— guilty or not guilty— throughout the novel allows the reader wonder whether Harmon actually committed the crime or is being accused since he knows the suspect James King. Therefore, it is evident that one shall be wary of with whom they are acquainted to prevent such situation. To begin, Bobo Evans an acquaintance of James King accuses Harmon of being
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