Monster by Walter Dean Myers is a book about a 16-year-old boy who is an African-American and is on trial for felony murder when a drug store holdup has gone down with James King and other Witnesses including Osvaldo Cruz and Richard “Bobo” Evans. In this book, we go on a crazy adventure on how to get Steve and others out of jail with the help of the powerful voices of Kathy O'Brien, Steve’s lawyer And Asa Brigg, James King's…
Cohen, Andrew. " Creating Monsters: How Solitary Confinement Hurts the Rest of Us." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, 18 Apr. 2014. Web.…
The novel, Monster, by author Walter Dean Myers is about a young boy who was accused of felony of murder. This boy’s name is Steve Harmon he is a young black boy around the age of 16 years old. He is on trial for felony murder for killing someone said that he was a look out for a robbery and some on got killed. This murder took place in Harlem in a prison and in the court room where they were trying to prove Steve Harmon not guilty. The detectives came to his house to ask him questions about 2 weeks after the murder and robbery took place and a man was killed.…
Theme Statement In the book Monster by Walter Myers the theme is if you hang around bad people you should expect and accept the consequences. Steve chooses to associate with people who are known to make bad choices. The consequence of him doing this is him getting blamed for being part of the crime of robbing Mr. Nesbitt’s store as well as killing him even though he wasn't a part of it, he was a bystander. Meyers demonstrates how Steve's actions affect his fate especially when he writes “O’Brien (from her chair): Mr. Evans, when did you have a conversation with Mr. Harmon about this robbery?…
To better comprehend the nature of monsters two authors, take on different perspectives of monster culture. Stephan T. Asma demonstrates the personal experience of monsters in his piece “Extraordinary Beings.” While Scott Poole takes on the more educational stance in his piece “Monstrous Beginnings.” These two pieces are examples of presenting critical thinking through an emotional appeal to monster theory while providing logic to overall educate the reader on monster culture.…
According to the text fear affects people's behavior in a way so they don’t think or act their right mind. Just think about a movie like “The Last Decent” the guy who gets trapped starts to freak out and thrashes. I believe he did this out of fear. Everybody big or small when they are really scared they freak out and don’t think right.…
Existentialism: I was born on February 24, 1998. When I came into this life I already had four older brothers and a loving mother and father. Over the years I always had someone to look up to and admire as I continued to learn and grow. My brothers may not have always been the best examples in regards to the choices they made but they did their best to keep me on the right track for being the best person I could possibly be. Like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, they taught me to have fun with life and enjoy the little things before it was too late.…
The True Monster Mash - Is Frankenstein’s Creation a Soulless Man? Science has made extensive medical advancements, but to this date the type of “human” created by Frankenstein has not yet been accomplished. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is a classic fictional or (more accurately) science fiction story - so to contemplate the topic of whether the monster was a human being with a soul is to consider whether this type of “creation” could actually transpire. The only true creator is God; man was created in the image of God. Christians believe that a “person” has a soul, and that is only through God.…
Son: I am my parent’s only child. I am their son and I was named after my father. I chose this as the first noun that describes me because I love my parents and I am everything I am today because of them. Student: I am currently a student at Perimeter college and am trying hard to get my associates degree.…
In Sanyika Shakur’s memoir, Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member, the audience follows the events that transform Monster Kody Scott into Sanyika Shakur. While writing his memoir from prison, the book starts in 1975 with his graduation from elementary school and initiation into the Crips. His initiation included a brutal beating from fellow Crips members, which immediately followed his first gang shooting against the Bloods. At the age of thirteen, Kody Scott earned the nickname “Monster” due to his violent acts committed against a victim. In 1978, Monster describes himself as having “ambition, vitality, and ruthlessness” in order to build his reputation and define himself as an individual.…
Growing up as a child I never had real friends. I had people in my life that I thought were my friends, but I got bullied so often that I did not know who my friend was or not. Everybody growing up should have friends. The power of friendship is one of the strongest things in the world. Friends are people that push you to do things you thought were not possible.…
In his writing, “Monster Culture (Seven Theses)”, Jeffrey Jerome Cohen argues that we no longer live in an age that uses Unified Theory, an age when we realized that history is composed of a multitude of fragments. In this writing, he has bound some fragments together to form a “monstrous body” and pushes his readers to reevaluate their cultural assumptions relating to those specific fragments. In his first thesis, “The Monster’s Body is a Cultural Body” Cohen explains that each monster has a certain culture and follows certain rules. The monsters are typically born within a certain cultural moment.…
"If you care what people think, you will always be their prisoner." Self worth, my biggest monster, follows me everywhere. Growing up dealing with it was especially difficult. Always comparing yourself to others, thinking you are not enough and worrying that every move you make someone won't like it. It's something evil always standing on your shoulder, constantly reminding you of your flaws.…
When I’m asked about things that have changed who I am, I immediately think of my friends, and ex friends. Every day, people come and go in our lives and less often, these people are friends. For me, friends are hard to make (and to keep) and I easily lose contact with them. I have few friends who I know are true to me, they have been by my side for years and I know they won’t be leaving anytime soon.…
Why do we as a people fear monsters and similar entities? Throughout history people have created stories centered around monsters who would terrorize communities. These stories would be used to rationalize findings they couldn’t understand. These monsters were used to rationalize dieses, deaths and many other occurrences. These monsters still persist in stories today because over time they would evolve past what they stood for and would become symbols of our primal fears.…