By: Walter Dean
Myers
Module Descriptor and Page #: Point of View Pg. 208-209
|
A.
Author
|
Walter
Dean Myers
|
|
B.
Title
|
Monster
|
|
C.
Illustrator
|
Christopher
Myers
|
|
D.
Readability Score
|
7.1,
Lexile Measure 670L, Grade Level 9-12
|
|
E.
Genre
|
Realistic
Fiction
|
|
F.
Subgenre
|
Murder,
Prison, Prejudice
|
|
G.
Theme
|
How the American legal system
works to determine who committed a crime and how the criminal is punished. Other areas relevant to the them include:
·
African
American
·
Prejudice
and Tolerance
|
|
H.
Primary and Secondary Characters
|
Steve Harmon: (Main Character) A sixteen Year old African American boy
who was in jail For acting as a Look-out For the Robbery.
Kathy O’Brien: Steve Harmon’s defense attorney. (She doesn't know if he
is guilty or innocent but she still tries her best to plead him innocent.)
Sandra Petrocelli: Assistant District Attorney. She prosecutes Steve and
James King, labeling them "monsters" before the jury.
James King: the defendant who encouraged Steve to join the robbery.
He is responsible for the death of the store owner, Mr. Nesbitt.
Richard "Bobo" Evans: the defendant who planned the robbery. The prosecution
uses his testimony in an effort to put King and Steve in jail.
Asa Briggs: the defense attorney for James King. He has blue eyes
and white hair.
The Judge: a 60-year-old man. He is tall and thin with white hair.
Osvaldo Cruz: a 14-year-old boy. He is slim and well-built. He has a
tattoo of a devil's head on his left forearm and one of a dagger on the back
of his right hand between his thumb and forefinger. He is in a gang, The
Diablos.
José Delgado: the drugstore clerk. He is young, well built, and very
articulate.
Sal Zinzi: a nervous man, slightly overweight, who sells stolen
goods. He wears thick glasses.
Wendell Bolden: a boy in jail for Breaking and Entering and Intent to
sell and possession of drugs, called to stand for additional information
about Steve and other witnesses.
|
|
I.
Date of Publication
J.
Awards
|
1999
Awards
·
Coretta Scott King Honor Book
·
National Book Award Finalist
·
Excellence in Young Adults
|
|
K.
Publishing Company
|
Harpercollins
|
|
L.
ISBN Number
|
9780064407311
|
|
M.
Summary
|
Monster
is about a 16 year old African American boy named Steve. He has been accused of murdering a
convenience store owner. He awaiting
his trail with the possibility of receiving the death penalty. Steve spends much of his time writing a
movie script that is based on his trial.
Through his writing, Steve proclaims his innocence and all of the
personal struggles involved with being in a terrible situation. He explains how hard it is to plead not
guilty when you are black with a jury full of white people. Steve’s version of what happened that night
indicates that he was only the lookout person. Was he only the lookout person or is he
trying to get away with murder? As the story unfolds, more people are
brought in for questioning.
|
|
N.
Picture of Book Cover
|
|
|
O.
Usage with students
|
Using
this book to teach point of view for upper grades.
Writer
reports by addresses some of the situations that take place in the text.
Whole
group reading with a lot of discussion based on history.
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/monster
|
No comments:
Post a Comment