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Steve Harmon's Guilty In Walter Dean Myers Monster

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I wonder if Steve knew if a murder was gonna happen if he would've been a part of it? Steve lives in New York City, and he is 16 years old. He was on trial for murder and robbery. In the novel, Monster, by Walter Dean Myers, Steve Harmon was a good person because he cares for others, and also because not guilty. Steve was a good person because he isn’t guilty. It means that Steve wasn’t guilty and he is still innocent because there wasn’t enough evidence. Steve is innocent until there is enough evidence to prove him guilty. The author wrote, ‘“He is innocent until proven guilty.”’ (Myers 26-27). He is not guilty because he didn’t go into the store that day. He didn’t want to do it but King pure pressured him into doing it, King said he would. …show more content…

Steve was writing in his journal about his feelings. The author wrote, “‘I want to look like a good person. I want to feel like I’m a good person because I am.” (Myers 62). He cares that other people care that he is a good person. He is a good person because a criminal wouldn’t want to feel, and look like a good person. He cares for others and feels like a good person because he didn’t do anything. Also, Steve saw the pictures of Mr. Nesbit in court. Nesbit was the store owner who was killed. The author wrote, “‘The picture of Mr. Nesbitt scares me. I think about him lying there knowing he was going to die.”’ (Myers 128). A criminal wouldn’t care if they killed somebody. A criminal like Bobo Evans and James King went and got chicken and potato wedges, but Steve was concerned and worried. This makes him a good person because he cared about what happened to Mr. Nesbitt. Steve was a good person because he has strong feelings for others. Steve was a good person because he has strong feelings for …show more content…

This makes a monster because he was pressured. That also makes him a good person because he could do bad things because he wants to be like other people that are older than him. However, the people who he hung with didn’t make Steve a bad person either. Therefore, Steve was a good person. Steve was a good person because he wants the world to be a better place. In a flashback, Steve is talking to his brother. The author wrote, “‘I bet you’d be a cool superhero. You know who you should be? … Batman. Then I could be Robin.’” (Myers 58). This shows Steve is a good person because he wants to help the world. He would do this by saving people. This has more evidence than him being a criminal because criminals don’t save people, they kill people. That is not what he wants to do. This means he’s not a monster because just because his friends want to do bad things doesn’t mean that he

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