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Gabriella Nixon Mrs.Juhas 3rd hour 2-10-23 Title George R. R. Martin once wrote, “There are no heroes...in life, the monsters win.”Steven Harmon is a 16 year old male who is seen as a hero to some but a monster to others. Steve Harmon is on trial for robbery and murder, He lives in Harlem New York with his family and friends.In the novel, Monster, by Walter Dean Myers, Steve Harmon was a monster because he knew about the robbery and he was friends with bad people, lied about things and didn’t think about his actions. Steve knew about the robbery and didn’t go tell anyone. This happens in a flashback of Steve listening to King talk about robbing the drugstore.The book said King said “Drugstores always keep some money…All we need is a lookout. …show more content…

This is also good because the jury decided that he was found innocent,there was no evidence to prove he did the crime. He pleaded not guilty so he didn’t commit the crime. However, just because he was found not guilty doesn’t mean Steve was innocent. Therefore, Steve was a monster because he doubts himself. Steve was in his cell doubting himself.The book says “We lie to ourselves here. Maybe we are here because we lie to ourselves.” (Myers 203 ). I feel my argument is better because if he was truly innocent he would not be lying about whether he was in the store that day nor lying about him knowing or having contact with king, bobo. Also, if you're innocent he won't be doubting himself and questioning if he did something wrong. This made him a monster because he lied in court about multiple things that an innocent person wouldn’t lie about. Finally, Steve hangs around the wrong crowd and it backfires and has problems with communication because he didn’t tell the authorities about the robbery he knew about. He knew about the robbery and failed to tell anyone that's a problem because there was a possibility that people could have gotten hurt and they could've gotten caught. Steve made bad decisions and hung around bad people and this caused him to potentially ruin his life and future. From this evidence and information about Steve do you think he should’ve served time for his

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