Monster By Dean Myers Summary

1.Summarize the book. "Monster" by waiter dean Myers is about 16-year-old boy who lives in an urban community where most are unemployed or underemployed. the boy’s name is Steve Harmon. he is wrongfully convicted for a drug store robbery and murder of the owner Mr. Nesbit. Steve is currently in jail while his trial is being heard. during his time in jail, he writing down the harsh stuff and tortures that happen in jail such as beating steeling fights and even rape. during the trial Steve claims his innocence, saying he went into the drug store to purchase and nothing more. But then there was a testimony from a man named "Bobo" saying he did the robbery with their help. he claimed he robbed, but Mr. king (the man accused with Steve) was the …show more content…
What the author wanted to accomplish with the book “monster” is relating the book to his life; in his high school years he was called a “Monster” because of his speech impediment and the trouble he got into at school. He accomplished connecting it to his life because when Steve was making his letters, he wrote monster in his notebook during court because he felt and believed people saw him as a monster. The intended audience for this book is anyone who but mostly to teenage kids who like and might feel connected or understanding of the life of urban low class situations that can happen and interest the youth. Walter Dean Myers is a great author his inspiration is to get the youth away from such situations by inspiring them and talking about possibilities and real life situations that have happened which in my opinion, nobody wants to go through and he does this is many books related to this subject with low class urban areas and also crimes and gang related …show more content…
According to “walterdeanmyers.net” Walter Dean Myers is a very popular author known for writing books for young adults. Walter Dean Myers graduated from Empire State College in 1984, with a bachelor’s degree in the literary field. Walter specialized in writing books for young adult literature. although Myers is not associated with any school of history. Walter dean Myers conclusions were based on life stories from juvenile inmates he uses to interview to help inspire his writing on some books. Most books made my Walter Dean Myers had an inspiration by getting close and familiar to the particular character he writes about such as if he was writing a book on a teen on trial such as this book called “Monster” what he would do is visit a juvenile detention center and interview and have a word with some of the inmates to relate with their