This book Monster has focused on the theme of a teenage murder, how you life can be turn upside down by a single mistake and how racism can make your life that much harder. My perspective of this theme is that a black person has been accused of a crime because he is black, but he is innocence even if people automatically assume he is guilty. My perspective of this theme has change at the end of the book, I think that he actually committed the crime since at the end his lawyer was not happy and he wondered "What did she see?' she might have found out that he did the crime. I still think that assuming that someone is guilty because of there race is completely wrong. Even though he was proven innocent the last line of the book leaves doubt in my mind. Also i think that any one can commit a murder no matter how old they are.
The picture on the cover of the book is a mug shoot of a black person and the first sentence reads "The best time to cry is at night, when the lights are out and someone is being beaten up and screaming for help. From the cover and first sentence I can infer that a black boy has done a crime and is in jail. He faces the life changing week that will announce he's future. He knows he needs convince the judge that he is innocence and if the judge bangs he gavel and he is announced guilty he will lose everything.
From what I read the book has rolled out as I inferred. The main character has fought for his freedom and has jumped over obsticales in cou The book monster has been easy to visualize since the book is written like a movie. Starting on page 213 Steve Harmon starts to testify to the court. I see him nervously wiping sweat from his brow as he testify to the court. He's sweating bullets knowing this is his last chance to clear his name. His back is bent, eyes are blood shot, and his face is pale. Its hot in the court room and atmosphere is heavy. The air is salty and putrid as if someone was holding an old sock under his nose.The wooden stand feels protective as if, if i hide behind it they will leave me alone. Then after the questioning it was over I was free to go back to my seat.
This movie format helps me see the stat the main character is in and puts me in his shoes. Vislizing is how you make a picture of the scene and makes it like a real movie. The book monster has dug up many questions. While I read these questions keep popping into my mind. "Will he get out of jail or be announced guilty and be stuck there forever." My other question is "Is he really innocent". Right now Steve the main character is on trial for murder his lawer is a person named O'brien and he has written this book as a movie while in the court room. I believe he is innocent, but I wonder who actually committed the crime. Sometimes I have my doubts like when he says " I don't know where I was that day." I think this means he was at the crime scene. What I think will happen is that Steve will fight for his freedom and eventually get proven innocent and the right person will be put behind bars, such as King or Bobo. "What connections have you made so far between your novel and ... (A)Your life (B) Your world (C) Other books
(A) I have made no connections so far with my book and me. Every thing the book talks about has nothing to do with me. Such as being on trail, going to jail, breaking in places, doing drugs, drinking, smoking, rape, being in a gang, and being black (Not to be racist). (B) This book has many connections to the world. I could picture all the things that are happening in this book happening to a teenage boy. This book could relate to a Gang-related murder trial that is happening right now to a boy named Cola Fred Taylor. He was convicted of murder just like Steve Harmon in the book. To think of these things actually happening to a boy this age is horrible. (C) This book can be related to a book called the "Encyclopedia of serial killers." In this book it talks about people and how they become serial killers, their life, and how a teenage boy could be framed for killing just like in the book "Monster". |
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