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Steve Harmon Movie Analysis
Steve Harmon is a 16 year old boy who fell on the wrong side of the law. He was associated in a look out for a robbery gone wrong. Being charged with felony murder, he decides to write a screenplay about his time in jail. Mr. Harmon writes it in a journal the guards let him keep with him while he is in the detention center, so that people would know what and how things happen. Steve starts off the expert by stating that you never really do get used to jail. Right away you can tell Steve Harmon is depressed and scared about being locked up. Mr. Harmon feels lost in jail. Steve states that, "Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. It is a strange movie with no plot and no beginning.". Jail is full of strangers
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