Lyniya Davis
Mrs. Juhas and Mrs. Mitchell
3rd and 5th
2/10/23
Title: Monstrous People Jared Harris- The scariest monsters are human beings and what we will do to each other.
Steve Harmon is a 16 year old boy, who grew up in a bad and harsh environment named Harlem. Steve is on trial for murder and robbery. Steve had also told false information while on his trial and he doubts himself. In the novel, Monster, by Walter Dean Myers, Steve Harmon was a Monster because he lies and he doubts himself.
Steve was a Monster because he lied. Steven was in the courtroom, where he was being questioned about talking to King but Steve lied about not talking to King.“‘Usually I see him in the playground. Maybe he’d say something like “Those guys can’t play ball,” stuff like that.”’ (Myers 226). This quote shows and explains that Steve is a Monster and he clearly lied because Steve did talk to King but not in the playground, nor did they talk about guys not being able to play ball. One of the things they did talk about was the plan for the robbery.
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It takes 12 people to come to the conclusion if someone is guilty or not and Steve was found not guilty and when he came out of the drugstore, he didn’t give any type of signal. However, just because he was found not guilty doesn’t mean Steve was innocent. Therefore, Steve was a monster. Steve was a monster because he was friends with bad people. Osvaldo and Steve were almost about to get into a physical altercation when Freddy told Osvaldo that Steve hangs out with bad people. “‘You better chill, he hangs with some bad dudes.”’ (Myers 81). Steve is a monster because he lied about not knowing when the robbery happened, also that he wasn’t in the drugstore that day, while he was in the drugstore, looking for mints, when he spoke to King about the guys not being able to play basketball and if he did talk to King it wouldn’t be anything