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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9.9 of every 100‚000 teenagers are the cause for deaths. Steve Harmon is a high school student‚ who is sent to jail and is being tried for murder. The plot takes place in Steve’s jail cell and the court room. The lesson to be learned from the book is‚ if someone does something wrong they have to pay for it. The book is a murder mystery‚ that can entertain anyone. This book is a must read in my opinion. The plot of the book Monster includes setting‚ main character‚ and conflicts. First‚ the story
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“We’re all dead and just hoping that we come back to life when we get into the world again.” The book “Fallen Angels” by Walter Dean Myers is the tale of a young man named Richard Perry to Vietnam. Perry is just a young man and so are many of his fellow soldiers. Throughout the story they all face many of the same feelings. Feelings of fear‚ comradeship‚ and losing a close friend. All of the men face the overwhelming fear of war. Many times throughout the book they come face to face with death
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Monster by Walter Dean Myers Monster is the story about a 16 year old black boy named Steve Harmon from Harlem. Steve is on trial for a being a possible accomplice to a murder. The book begins with him in jail waiting for his trial to start. The story is written in screenplay format‚ due to Steve’s passion for filmmaking‚ along with Steve’s journal writing which he does even in the courtroom. Steve writes this way to keep his sanity while being in prison during the trial. The majority of
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Teachers can help one individual in more than one way. A teacher can be someone who knows more about a student’s background than anyone else. In the novel “Monster” by Walter Dean Myers the readers are introduced to Steve Harmon. Steve gets proven innocent with the help of his teacher and also by the jury finding out he was not part of the robbery and the crime committed. The character Steve is perceived as innocent because of his teacher’s good testimony‚ Mrs. Henry not being able to recognizing
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In writing his novel “Monster”‚ Walter Dean Myers used his experience to keep the judicial system relevant to his points while still realistic. Steve’s attorney‚ O’Brien‚ is honest about her role in the system to Steve‚ telling him‚ “My job is to make sure the law works for you as well as against you.” Instead of pretending to be crusading for a not guilty verdict‚ O’Brien tells the truth that she intends to help hunt down the truth both for and against Steve as an unbiased tool of the court. This
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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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I think that the other theme of William Carlos Williams’ poem “The Red Wheelbarrow” is hope because in the poem it states‚ “so much depends upon a red wheel barrow” (William’s 309). The red wheel barrow is used to represent the blood of life and the white chicken or the sick little girl is depending on blood in order to survive. The little girl is hoping that she will be able to get better because in order to survive you need to have water and blood in your body. The poem “Chicago” by Carl Sandburg
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The saying goes‚ a picture can paint a thousand words‚ but can the same feat be applied to a short poem containing just one sentence? This seems so cause during 1932‚ William Carlos Williams wrote a minimalist masterpiece‚ “Red Wheelbarrow”. Upon first impressions there’s not much information to take in. The only distinctive phrases that catches the reader’s eye initially is the countryside image that is applied to the scenery‚ along with the red wheelbarrow and white chickens. Although initially
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consequences are not considered. People will go to great lengths to survive no matter what happens in the process. Teenagers are a few of those people who can get lost in this chaotic world and do things to survive without considering the cost. Walter Dean Myers Dope Sick displays the life of a teenager named Lil J‚ who has lived through layers of pain and has to make difficult decisions. His life is troublesome with a drunken mother who has neglected him his whole life and a disappeared father. To make
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