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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The short story‚ “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers‚ the author proves that the value of some items is often highly personal and cannot be easily understood by others when Lemon Brown tells Greg about his treasure‚ when Lemon Brown tells Greg about his son‚ and when Greg’s father lectures him about hard work. The idea that the value of some items aren’t easily understood is shown when Lemon Brown‚ a homeless man‚ tells Greg he has a treasure. Greg can’t quite wrap his head around
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The Gay Agenda: Response to Compliance is Gendered Dean Spade outlines the difficulties trans-gendered individuals have in advocating for their rights to safe spaces and gender inclusive policies. As most trans-gendered people experience some form of abuse and/or trauma‚ and are unwelcome in many high schools and street outreach programs‚ their disenfranchisement often turns into a vicious cycle of poverty. Although trans-gendered individuals are part of the LGBT community‚ there is a strong
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This summer I read a book called Monster. The author is Walter Dean Myers. I was reading through the titles of books i could of read and when i saw Monster it reminded me that people told me it was 10/10. I never like the books i read but i know for sure that this book was the best book i have ever read!!!! Even though i only read like 4 book’s in my life but trust me i know it most more than just good. Judge announces‚ ‘ James King Then must have to return a verdict of guilty of felony murder
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his brother pushes him to his limit. The narrator wanted a brother to play with and interact with. But‚ Doodle was born with a disability so he couldn’t play with the narrator which led to the narrator unintentionally leaving him to die. Doodle died because he fell‚ his weaknesses and worriedness caused for him to bleed. Along with the fact that Doodle was not healthy to begin with and the narrator abandoned him. At the beginning of the story the narrator was describing what Doodle looked like when
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displays the narrator to be unreliable. An unreliable narrator is a character whose telling of the story is not completely accurate or credible due to problems with the character’s mental state or maturity (study.com). In the story‚ our narrator Montresor plans a scheme to kill his friend‚ Fortunato‚ for the wrong he has done to him. Throughout the piece‚ the narrator explains to the readers that while this is a plot to take revenge on his friend‚ Poe utilizes the unreliable narrator to symbolize
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does. The narrator wants us to understand that their beliefs and culture is a daily lifestyle and is their type of nature. The narrator wants us to feel as if we are in one of the Igbo people shoes and to play along in their society and wants us to believe that these things can happen even if it’s not in your own culture that it may exist somewhere in the world. As readers‚ we are persuaded by the narrator to believe in their beliefs and cultural practices‚ especially because the narrator is very consistent
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In his book‚ Normal Life‚ Dean Spade (2011)‚ following Foucault presents an understanding of power. In referenced to the perpetrator/victim mode of power Spade (2011) highlights that there will be a wrong that needs to be rectify by punishing the individual deemed responsible for the harm (102). In this way of looking at power‚ the “perpetrator” is the scapegoat for systems like racism‚ sexism‚ ableism‚ and transphobia that are responsible for the “victims” situation (Spade‚ 104). In other words
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In everyday life‚ we see many examples of the flaws of humans and narrators. For example‚ CNN and Fox News are both news channels who usually have the same stories that they report on. CNN could report on the story from a more Liberal standpoint but Fox News could report on the same story but from a more Conservative standpoint. Whose story would you trust? That is the main flaw about our society and about people in general‚ is that we lie or re-write a story to fit what we believe or what we want
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Cleopatra has become one of the most memorable figures in Egyptian history‚ even though she was not actually Egyptian. This fabulous ruler of ancient Egypt surely left an incredible mark on history. Cleopatra’s life story has gone on to inspire and encourage different kinds of people in many different ways. “Fool! Don’t you see now that I could have poisoned you a hundred times had I been able to live without you.” Although it may seem like it‚ Cleopatra’s good looks were not her biggest asset. She
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