Monster

//MONSTER// by Dean Myers

__**Setting**__

This novel is based in Manhattan and Harlem, New York , in present day. Based on the location of the setting affects the plot of the story in the following ways; being in the state of New York where there is a high crime rate, where there's a midsize percent of people who look at life as every man for themselves, and where there's gangs.


 * __ Summary __**

// Steve Harmon //, a sixteen year old black man that’s being arrested and convicted of being involved in a crime that had gone bad. Steve was to be the lookout during the crime as King tried to encourage him. A movie? No! Actuality! He feels as if he's in the middle of a movie and starts writing every detail down in screenplay form in his journal and as well as his own entries about his own personal feelings during the dark, obnoxious loud nights in his cold jail cell. Monster is what he's called, but why?

**__Main Character__**

// Steve Harmon - //a sixteen year old black male who narrates his experiences and feelings about the crime he's being convicted of through out the entire novel. I look at Steve as a respectful and responsible character because of the way he deals with his problems.


 * __ Recommendation __**

Overall after reading this novel, I recommend it any reader that enjoys books that have you on edge, has strong feelings, and has lots of detail. I enjoyed every second of this book. A person that despises reading (myself) and read this book and enjoyed every second, you know it has to be a good book. The lesson I learned from this novel was to be sure to pick good friends and to be careful of who you meet and become acquaintances with.

By: David Newhard