Monster By Walter Dean Myers The main character in the novel Monster by Walter Dean Myers is 16-year-old Steve Harmon who has been arrested and put on trial for his part in a robbery in which a convenience store owner was killed. A question that people can ask while reading this novel is‚ was Steve Harmon truly the lookout for the convenience story robbery or was he in the wrong place at the wrong time? Regardless‚ he has been arrested for his part in the crime that led to the killing of the store’s
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Myers‚ Walter Dean. (b. 1937)‚ poet‚ editor‚ and novelist. A versatile and prolific writer‚ Walter Dean Myers (also Walter M. Myers) has published short fiction‚ essays‚ and poetry in such disparate periodicals as the Liberator‚ Negro Digest‚ McCall’s‚ Essence‚ Espionage‚ and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. He was a regular contributor to men’s magazines until‚ as he says‚ "they gave themselves up to pornography." In 1968‚ he wrote his first children’s book as an entry to a contest sponsored
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handcuffed me and took me down the station‚ ignoring every word I said. Similarly‚ in a book that I have recently read‚ the main character is blamed for an action which he did not commit - the murder of a drugstore owner at a holdup. In Monster by Walter Dean Myers‚ Steve is faced with an internal conflict of desire that causes him to question his morality. In life at one point or another‚ we all begin to question ourselves‚ and we let others influence our decisions. Although Steve’s conflict puts
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The story I read and am writing my essay on is the book Hoops by Walter Dean Myers. The reason why I am writing this essay is because I like this is a great book. The book is about a seventeen year old boy named Lonnie‚ faces a difficult life with the harsh nagging of his mom and trying to become pro at basketball. Later on in this book Lonnie faces a really difficult decision if he wants to throw the game or if he wants to beat the opposing team. This is a great book because it teaches about friendship
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Walter Dean Myers Walter Dean Myers is a writer of children’s and young adult literature. Born in West Virginia in 1937‚ after his mother died‚ when Myers was only two‚ he was sent to live with foster parents. With these parents‚ Florence and Herbert Dean‚ Walter moved to Harlem. The Deans were good to Myers‚ and as an adult he took their last name as his own middle name‚ to honor them. Myers spent most of his young adult life in Harlem. "Harlem became my home and the place where my first impressions
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Walter Dean Myers is a well established author who writes compelling stories of the struggles of young adults. Walter Dean Myers became well known by his astounding achievements and amazing literature. A big part of what made Walter who he is today is his early life and how it affected his writing‚ his first success‚ his background‚ how his writing contributed to our youth‚ the controversies about him‚ and the fact of should his books be red in a high school. The great quality that Walter Dean
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In Monster by Walter Dean Myers a teenage boy named Steve Harmon. Steve Harmon may or may not be apart of a felony murder case that killed a 55-year-old man. Steve learned The people you hang out with and the actions you make can turn your life around in a second.In my life I have learned many things but one important lesson is you need to keep your head up because in life things are going to get rough and there is not always a solution to the problems that we face. A good friend helped me learn
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This book is about a kid named Jamal Hicks‚ and his best friend named Tito Cruz. Jamal have a brother that is in jail‚ because he stabbed another person‚ so Jamal’s mama need to get the money to get him out of jail. Jamal has a bad time at school‚ because he doesn’t do his homework‚ and he is always getting in trouble‚ and he is always on Mr. Davidson office {the principal of the school}. He also has a young sister named Sassy. At school there is a kid named Dwayne‚ and he always a bother to
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In his novel Monster‚ Walter Dean Myers demonstrates the complexity of the justice system‚ and how people can be tried unethically. The characters‚ Bobo Evans‚ Steve Harmon‚ James King‚ and Osvaldo Cruz all differ in magnitude of guilt and involvement‚ but were tried either too harsh‚ or let off too easily. What differs in each person’s case is attributed to biases including age‚ race‚ and cooperations with the police. The first poorly tried suspect in this felony-murder case was Osvaldo Cruz. Osvaldo
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Analysis of “Summer” a poem by Walter Dean Myers Walter Dean Myers poem “Summer” describes in short how the hot summer days are. This is the reason why I chose the poem. It brings me to a younger time in my life when it was less complicated. It was all about having fun. After reading the poem and the mention of “old men” in line 8 the perspective could be from a young person. It brings me to the thoughts of my summer days with my great uncles and their inability to do much during the heat of the
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