Walter Dean Meyers’ Monster is a realistic fiction novel following Steve Harmon‚ a sixteen year-old student on trial for felony murder‚ navigate his way through one of the most challenging‚ nerve-wrecking experiences of his life. The novel focuses on time spent at Steve’s trials as well as moments in jail‚ while it also takes the reader back to moments of his childhood. Written in the point of view of Steve himself‚ the book is written as a journal and not only focuses on the events which are taking
Premium Crime Prison Murder
Dreams by Langston Huges and Summer by Walter Dean Myers gives two different types of poems. The poem Dreams is in the ballad form and takes you to a sad place inside yourself as the reader. Summer is a free verse that gives you the sense of play and have nothing holding you back. Dreams is a ballad because the writer uses repetative speech. "Hold fast to dreams" is an example of the repetative speech in the poem. Dreams gives the impression of sadness and cold. "Life is a broken-winged bird that
Premium Poetry Psychology Linguistics
Alinaya English 1A 01/29/2015 MONSTER: The Story of Michael Myers There are a number of horror movies that come out each year. It seems that movie goers are fascinated with the gore and brutality that comes with this genre. Each movie has its own individual plots‚ but there remains a “monster”‚ the character that inspires fear and brings suspense. The monster is what makes each movie unique. One of these is Michael Myers from the Halloween franchise. Michael Myers or better recognized as the man
Premium Halloween Horror film KILL
HOOT BOOK RATIONALE Hoot‚ Carl Hiassen‚ 2002 Intended audience The novel Hoot tells the story of new kid Roy Eberhardt and his struggles to adjust to his new home of Coconut Grove‚ Florida. As he tries to do this‚ he goes on a crazy journey with two other kids‚ as they try to protect burrowing owls and their habitat from the construction of a pancake house. Hoot is a novel that is appropriate for readers who are 9 and older. Even though the book is meant for a younger audience‚ it still contains
Premium Fiction Character The Lord of the Rings
ones creator like in this quote‚"Man need no longer be in awe of his creator; he no longer even feel grateful for being created. He can turn his back on God with a good conscience and set about charting his own course‚ seeking out ways to remake an imperfectly created world‚ even to change his own nature for the better"(Hogsette). This quote talks about how in life now we don’t need a God figure in one’s life today. The monster though would disagree with this. The monster was left alone for his entire
Premium Frankenstein Mary Shelley Family
times not.” Walter Dean Myers said this to The New York Times about why he writes the way that he does. Walter Dean Myers grew up in a time of racial prejudice in a poor area of Harlem. Growing up African American in Harlem during a period of repeated racial prejudice and being in the Army influenced his writing. You can see some of his life from Harlem in most of his books including The Beast. His writing affected his life and his life affected his writing. Walter Dean Myers was born on August
Premium African American Black people Race
The novel begins with quote that states “My nightmare started like this. I was standing on deserted street in some little beach town. It was the middle of the night. A storm was blowing. Wind and rain ripped at the palm trees along the sidewalk. Pink and yellow stucco buildings lined the street‚ their windows boarded up.” The mere quote was quite intriguing and will truly draw you towards curiosity. The succeeding pages of the book will entice towards an interesting continuation of a 14-year old
Premium Odyssey Odysseus Greek mythology
The character I chose was Walter Cunningham. He is a shy and timid little boy. “Did you forget your lunch this morning?” asked Miss Caroline. “I looked straight ahead. A muscle twitched in my jaw. “Did you forget it this morning?” asked Miss Caroline. My jaw twitched again. “Yeb’m‚” I mumbled. Miss Caroline went to her desk and opened her purse. “Here’s a quarter‚” she said to me. “Go and eat downtown today. You can pay me back tomorrow.” I shook my head. “Nome thank you ma’am‚” I drawled softly
Premium Debut albums Family English-language films
Juice Book chat The book I read was written by Eric Walters and is called Juice. The book Juice was about a football Star named Michael Monroe (nicknamed Moose). Juice takes place in a small farm town in Georgia. The book starts off with Moose’s team winning the state championship. Which after they win later in the locker room Moose’s coach announces to his team that he has decided to retire from coaching. So it’s announced that a Division 1 coach‚ which is the level above Moose’s High school
Premium American football Anabolic steroid Football
Plot Summary By Michael J. Cummings...© 2009 .......Wounded‚ the narrator takes refuge at nightfall with his valet‚ Pedro‚ in an apartment in the turret of a grand but gloomy chateau in Italy’s Apennines Mountains. Pedro had broken into the building‚ which appears to have been temporarily abandoned‚ so that his injured employer would have a place to rest. .......The furnishings are elegant but old and run-down. On the walls are tapestries‚ armorial trophies‚ and modern paintings in frames
Premium Painting Candelabra History of painting