Steve Guilty Character Analysis

The novel, Monster, tells the experience of a young boy, Steve, while enduring his trial and time in jail. Steve is a teen, black boy who enjoys filmmaking. Unfortunately, he is on trial for a felony murder. Filmmaking is his crutch as he goes through this misfortune. After analyzing all evidence supplied in this novel, finding Steve guilty was a no brainer. Though the jury gave the verdict not guilty, one may find some serious flaws in the reasoning. Flaws such as, no one was able to prove Steve’s alibi at the time this crime took place. Also, even though Steve was not the one who committed the murder he still was a part of the plan that lead to a death. Telling if a verdict is really just or not is very hard to prove because naturally as human beings, differing in opinions is usual. …show more content…
Steve did not. This young man claims to have been “going around taking mental notes about places he wanted to film for a school project.” However, he did not seem entirely sure where he was. Which already seems a bit suspicious, but to make things even worse, no one actually knew where Steve was. By now this should have sparked suspicion in the jury, but unfortunately they did not know what happened before Steve testified. O’Brien, Steve’s lawyer, coached him through how to answer possible questions that might be asked. She taught him to lie, without giving too much up. Therefore, how reliable can Steve