Steve Harmon's Monster In Walter Dean Myers Monster

Joel Coen once said, we create monsters and then we can’t control them. Steven Harmon was on trial for murder and robbery.Steve is a 16 year old kid. This takes place in Harlem city. In the novel, Monster, by Walter Dean Myers, Steve Harmon was a monster because he lied and he knew about the robbery. Steve was a monster because he lied. Steve is in the courtroom at this moment. The book said,“‘I don't know exactly when the robbery happened, but I know I wasn't in the drugstore that day.”’ (Myers 229).This shows how Steve is a monster because he lied about not being in the drugstore. He felt confident when he said he had nothing to do with it. He was positive in his answer because he really believed he did nothing wrong. Even though he did do something wrong. Also Steve wrote in his diary about walking into the store. The book said, “I walked into a drugstore to look for some mints, and then I walked out…” (Myers 140). This shows how Steve is a monster and is lying because at first he said he was never there. He is thinking how he went in the store and just looked for mints, nothing else but that was not true. He is on edge about what is going to happen to him in court. In his mind he

The whole jury said he is not guilty. People also said that Steve had done nothing wrong; they believed he had nothing to do with it. 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. He was talking to Osvaldo. They were in the neighborhood. The book said, “‘I can kick your narrow butt any day in the week.’” (Myers 81). This shows how Steven Harmon is a monster because he hangs around bad people. People said he was not guilty but that really doesn't mean he is innocent. He was still involved in the robbery and was in the store that day no matter which way you look at