Dave

Monster by Walter Dean Myers Friday, March 18th 2011 I have read up to page 55 so far, and the most interesting quote that I have found so far is the following.. =**"I'm writing this whole thing down, as if it's a movie." - Steve**= The beginning is an intro to a young man who is in prison for the very first time and is extremely scared. He explains about how he is scared and at night he cries when he hears people being beat because it hides that sound of his tears. You can be beaten up for being seen as weak in jail. People in jail continue telling him how you get use to being in jail, but he can't see himself getting used to doing. He began to be trialed in court for being an accomplice to a murder. Which is something that he can receive life in prison for doing. He says this quote while he is talking the lawyer that is assigned for him. I feel that this book is going really well. It's very interesting and it makes me feel like I am watching an actual trial that is in jail. I believe that Steve is a very interesting character, but I think he fell into a bad crowd at some point and it caused him a lot of trouble. He needed money, so he decided to help someone rob a pharmacy and because the man had a gun, and he did not want to get shot, somehow the man that was behind the counter was shot and killed. I dislike that it seems the story is dragging on, and it sometimes doesn't make to much sense.

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The story starts off with Steve Harmon being trialed for jail
 * 1.) Date:** March 20th, 2011
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