The novel I am reading is Monster by Walter Dean Myers. This story is about Steve a young black male who has been accused of murder and stealing cigarettes. Steve was in a robbery in a store when the clerk was shot and killed. Steve didn’t kill the clerk he stole cigarettes and sold them. In the book Steve is admitting that he stole the cigarettes but all the other people on trial are saying he killed the clerk. One of the major social issues in Monster has to do with race. Steve is a young
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Have you had a life changing experience? Well‚ Brian‚ Moon shadow‚ and Rachel had life changing event. First of all‚ Brian was lost on an island and thought that the pilot will look for him. Secondly‚ Moon shadow was a fear of American because of the heavy debt they have to pay off. Last of all‚ Rachel faced her emotions in the classroom that an ugly red sweater was her’s. As shown above‚ all the characters can have a life changing experience. Brian faced loneliness and hunger when he was stranded
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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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Fallen Angels Essay Cassidey Shafer Period 4 In the book‚ Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers‚ the main character‚ Perry‚ changes a lot. His views on life and war change quite drastically and he begins to question the war and if there is any straightforward morality in the fighting. In the beginning of the book‚ Perry isn’t too worried about the war and thinks that he won’t engage in the conflict there due to a knee injury‚ but by the end of the book‚ he is considering going AWOL just to get away
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For my Independent Reading Project I read the book BAD BOY by “Walter Dean Myers.” I enjoy to read books that have a main character that as to overcome an obstacle in their life‚ and that is why I enjoyed this book so much. The main character grew up in Harlem‚ New York in a poor old fashioned family. Growing up in a city like that being smart and reading is not cool. For the first thing I chose in my Bento Box was a stack of books to represent how the main character loved to read even though he
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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 him in
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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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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
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Moon Shadow‚ a young chinese boy‚ is brainwashed by his mother and grandmother that all people in San Francisco in America are “Demons.” Moon Shadow’s father lives in America‚ but whenever he asks his mother or grandmother about him‚ they always find an excuse to try to not to talk about it. Moon Shadow then tells them that he wants to go to America to see his father. When Moon Shadow arrives to America‚ he is introduced to all of his father’s friends including his uncle. His father’s nickname is
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Moon shadow had finally been old enough to fly his dad’s kite. His mom didn’t want him to fly them when he was younger. Moon shadow‚ his mom‚ and grandma lived together while windrider‚ moon shadows dad lives in America and works at a laundry company. He and a lot of tang men go to America to make money for their family. Sometimes some or the whole family goes with them. But not windriders. One day this strange man named hand clap comes to the door. He had told them that he worked at the company
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