The author has written over sixty award winning books. The
book Monster has been chosen as his most popular book by far. Walter Myers books are written of African
American youth and the trouble that the characters have gotten into, and the
struggles they had to prove their innocence.
Monster is about an African American sixteen year old boy
who lived in Harlem. Steve Harmon is the main character in the story. The story
tells about a kid who was accused of murdering the owner of a drugstore.
Acquaintances of Steve got him into several conflicts including putting him in
jail. Steve tried proving his innocence; Steve was determined to prove his
innocence regardless of what the acquaintances were saying about him. His film
teacher was very inspirational to his testimony believing that he was innocent
and helping him proving it through the trial.
During Steve’s trial he takes notes about what is happening while in
jail and during his trial, and he hopes to make a film about the struggles he
had suffered with his notes. In his notes he writes his notes in scrip form so
that it sounds and looks like a movie/ film theme; so if gives off the
characters interest in filming.
I recommend this book because it shows that if you believe
in yourself and you are innocent and you try hard enough that you can achieve
your goal, through all the struggles and rough times, you can make it. Also I
recommend this book because it goes through step by step of a struggling
teenager and it changes people’s views on different things, it’s also exciting
to see what goes on during the trail and keeps the suspense of if he’s guilty
or not. What make this book so good is
all the pros and cons of the trail and in Steve’s live. This book is different from all the books I
have read in the past, this book has character, like it’s not just a narrator
saying what’s going on all the time, it’s as if Steve is telling the story and
it makes you want to keep reading.
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