Monster summer entry #2

           Monster by Walter Dean Myers is structured in an extraordinary way.  First of all, Monster is written in first person.  Also the book is written as a play of the life of the main character Steve Harmon as he goes through the life changing conflict of being framed for murder as the story unravels and evolves.  On each page of the book it is split up into different paragraphs for each person that is talking. You always know who is talking because to the side of each of those paragraphs is the name of the character that is speaking.  Another thing about my book that is different than any other book I have ever read is that because it is written as a play in bold it has the movement of the camera.

            In the book Monster the main character, Steve Harmon, has the desire for justice!  He does not want to be wrongly convicted of something that he never did.  Kathy O’Brien, who is also a major character that that I have mentioned in my last post. She is the attorney of Steve and she wants the case to be judged fairly. In the book it stated that she wanted Steve to be innocent until proven guilty not guilty until proven innocent. Osvaldo Cruz wants to be given a deal from the police to get less jail time. The prosecutor in the book, Sandra Petrocelli, has the desire to do her job in making the right decision and to be fair. James King the other thug wants to be set free of all charges of the crime.

            A major theme in my book is all things happen for a reason and everyone should have the right to get a second chance.