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How does one know if they can trust themself—that what they believe to be the truth is really true? Sometimes one can lie to themself without even knowing it, other times one worries that they are lying to themself, but they cannot tell if they are. In Monster by Walter Dean Myers, Steve Harmon and James King are put on trial for the felony murder of a drug store owner, Mr. Nesbitt. During his jail time due to the trial, he writes a movie script and journal entries, which is how the information is presented to the reader. Kathy O’Brien, Harmon’s lawyer, helps him to be innocent in the eyes of the jury while the prosecutor, Sandra Petrocelli, and King’s lawyer, Asa Briggs attempt to link Harmon to King. Throughout Harmon’s writing, it is evident

In Ha Jin’s short story “Saboteur” a couple, Mr. Chiu and his bride, returning home from their honeymoon decide to have lunch while they wait for the train. While they are eating a police officer at a nearby table spills his tea on Mr. Chiu’s. In anger Mr. Chiu stands up and calls out the officer on his actions. The officer accuses him of lying and ends up wrongfully arresting Mr. Chiu for disturbing the peace. Mr. Chiu tells his wife to return home without him and send help. While in jail the police chief tells him he has to apologize for his actions and admit to his crime at which he refuses. Stricken with heart disease and hepatitis Mr. Chiu pleas for his release but gets denied. Finally help arrives from home, a student Mr. Chiu once taught at the university he works at, but the police lock him up as well. After seeing how his student is being treated Mr. Chiu finally gives in and admits to the crimes. They are both released and on their way home. Out of anger and hate for the actions of the police Mr. Chiu eats and drinks at multiple restaurants on the way to the train station to spread his hepatitis

Imagine the punches, the kicks, the smashing on the table, just to realize the character traits can change everything. Monster by Walter Dean Myers evolves on the fact that being tough is key within life. Steve Harmon, 16 year old boy, black male, is being accused of felony murder. A court case involving James King and Steve Harmon is taking place to see who is not guilty. Steve writes in his journal of the experiences in jail. Through Steve’s writing it is clear that one must be strong and avoid showing weakness.

When i started reading “Saboteur” by Ha Jin, i sympothized with the main character, Mr Chiu after he was wrongly arrested by the police officers. Mr.Chiu was innocent. Mr. Chiu was in a difficult situation, he had to find a way home without causing problems, but during his process we found out what Mr. chiu was really like. Mr.Chiu is a caring, certain ,and an ambitious person.

The novel Monster, by Dean Myers is about a 16 year old, African American on trial for a felony murder from a robbery. Steve is VERY scared, him just writing in his journal isn't working, so he begins making his experience/trial into a movie.The novel begins with opening statements and other courtroom stuff, none of which is interesting, but things start to get very interesting shortly after when witnesses start taking the stand.The witnesses in the trial come from many different parts. There's Richard "Bobo" Evans, the thug who claims Steve was a lookout at the crime, James King, another bad guy on trial, Osvaldo Cruz, the poser, Mr. Sawicki, Steve's favorite teacher, Dorothy Moore, James King's cousin, and even Steve himself. The drama doesn't just happen in the courtroom, though, as the novel cuts back and forth to flashbacks from Steve's past. To keeping things interesting, this gives us more insight

Mopping unsanitary floors on hands and knees but looking out the window seeing joy-filled kids. Behind cold steel bars in a lonely cage, however able to relate to other prisoners who have faith for the future. The Monster masterpiece by Walter Dean Myers puts Steve Harmon—a sixteen year old black kid in jail—on the hot seat for the crime of robbery and felony murder of an innocent man named Mr. Nesbitt. On trial are two men--Steve Harmon and James King—that not only have a chance to be given a minimum sentence of 21 years and 3 months but a maximum sentence of life in jail. While being called a Monster by the prosecutor, Mrs. Petrocelli. this dark time for Harmon results in having no true place to escape where only doubt runs through his mind. However, the progression that Harmon makes, not only in jail but during the trial with his defense attorney, Miss O’Brien, allows us to understand that during many situations, doubt and hope intertwine.

In the memoir Night, the author, Elie Wiesel, uses vividly descriptive diction to establish the theme that one should never let go of their goals. After Elie and his family were forced to leave their home, they were loaded into a box car. Elie recalls that, “After two days of traveling [on the train], [ they] began to be tortured by thirst.” (Wiesel 21). Elie Wiesel’s choice of the word torture, instantly brings to mind a picture of people going through unbearable suffering. His vivid descriptions easily bring to mind instant images of what the text is depicting. Through Elie’s ride in the box car, he never let go of his goal of survival. His vivid description of the box car show you what Elie had to withstand while never letting go of his

Reality sometimes appears like it is a fulfillment of a dream. In Monster by Dean Myers, various characters portray the theme of Dream and reality. The story demonstrates what is like to be in a courtroom, jail and various struggles one family faces due to the action of judicial system. Dean Myers demonstrates more realistic picture of what it means to be in jail. Sometimes to be behind bars it is to be far from being in a state of freedom. We see the dream and reality through Steve Harmon, who is the main character, who is involved in robbery of drug store but not in the actual killing of the owner of the store. He faces a possible life imprisonment for his participation in the crime, on the other hand two of the robbers possibly face a death

There are many ways authors write their books that can vary from style, experience, setting, and language. One author that I would like to talk about is Walter Dean Myers and the book that I would want to analyze would be Somewhere In the Darkness. This novel speaks about a poor little boy who was adopted at the age of two after his mother died and had to move to Harlem leaving his family behind . He also had a speech impediment and couldn’t speak or write as well as others but that didn't stop him. The book “Somewhere In The Darkness” is about a boy named Jimmy who was adopted by a very kind-hearted lady after his mother had passed away and his father went into prison. In the book his father is finally released and gave a surprise to Jimmy and takes him to Arkansas to settle down but Jimmy does not trust him. Walter Dean Myers usually writes his books from his own experiences which makes them inspirational, thought out, down to earth, and somewhere relatable to the reader!

Opium use during the 17th and 18th century the use of opiates was positive and no one saw the harmful effects it could bring. Morphine, heroin, and oxycontin were widely used for helping with pain. In the turn of the 19th century people were having concerns of the side effects of these opiate drugs as well as the health risks that these drugs were bringing about. These drugs were highly addictive and once people were hooked onto the opiate it was very hard to get them off and this was leading to deaths and this was scaring people. Eventually in the 20th century the government saw the risks involved with legal drug use and they started putting regulation over the opiates. They would make the drugs illegal and if people were caught using they

Once upon a time in a faraway land there lived a family of four, a mother, father, and their two children. Every morning they were woken up by an evil, disgusting creature who would bang on their doors and ring in their ears. This happened to everyone in the town for years until one day we had had enough and we decided to fight the monster.

I went Into Elie Wiesel 's Night having read the book in various stages in my life. It seems to follow me through my schooling years. In junior high I read it in standard English class, just like any other book I would have read that year. In high school I read it for a project I was creating on World War II, looking at it from a more historical approach. Being a firsthand account of concentration camps made it a reliable source of historical information. But during previous times when I was reading, I never thought to take a look at it from a theological point of view. Doing so this time really opened my eyes to things and themes I hadn 't noticed during previous readings.

This summer, I read the book The Dead by Charlie Higson is a novel about a large group of kids, left to live by themselves without guidance from their parents. In this run-down setting of London, England, people who are over the age of 16 turn into kid hunting, flesh-eating zombies. The younger kids are forced to live on their own, fighting for life against the wrath of the Adults. The message Higson showed in his book is: after people are forced to rely on themselves without experience, their lack of experience and knowledge will lead them to failure.

Is living forever the greatest gift of the ultimate curse? This is the question that both the ALA notable book, Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt, and the movie based on the book raise. Both explore the exciting possibility of never facing death, the harsh reality of a never ending life and the greed that it can bring. A look at the similarities and differences will reveal that the theme, along with the general story line, was one of the few things that remain the same in the translation from book to movie.

Predicting events in House of the Scorpion is quite an interesting affair. The protagonist, "Matt," has a perspective that is almost identical to that of myself as a reader of the story. As Matt unravels the mystery as to what he is and what his purpose is, his thoughts begin to match my own. As questions arise as to the history of the slaves, the opium farm, or the Alcrán family it seems that Matt often seems just as curious as myself if not more so. As a result of this many of my questions and assumptions are also stated within the text. Is Matt truly like all the other clones? El Patron puts in a lot of effort to educate, care for, and provide Matt with a proper life yet at the same time none of it seems quite right. A man who has quite