Entry Four: Monster

          The reason why I chose the book Monster By Walter Dean Myers because I wanted to know if Steve Harmon the protagonist in the story is going to jail or not. When I looked at the front cover I saw a African-American teenager being booked and he was taken into custody. I was curious to know if this book was a true story of if it was realistic fiction. Also, the photographs of a sixteen year old boy on trial for a felony murder drew my attention to this particular novel.
            One personal connection to the book is the main character Steve Harmon and I are in the same ethnic group, African-American. Also, I have family members that are police officers. Another connection is that after high school I want to attend college to major in criminal justice and become a F.B.I agent.
             I recommend this book to readers who like mystery, real life crime and drama. The characters in the story are interesting but the main character has a guilty conscience. The story teaches the reader about respecting people's property, there lives and the law. The problems in the story can be unpredictable. The author writes Steve Harmon life like a play to show how on single bad decision can change a person's life.

Entry Three: Monster

            The section of the book Monster made me want to read page 132 and 133. The quote Detective Williams said, "The body of the victim was lying halfway... his legs were half sticking out from behind the counter. I looked around the counter and observed a middle-age Black male of approximately 200 pounds. It was pretty clear that he was dead. I looked around the scene and saw a gun. I didn't know at the time if it was the gun that killed the victim or not. The cash register was open. The change was still there, but no bills. Also, there were several cartons of cigarettes on the floor and the clerk mentioned that several cartons of cigarettes were missing. We chalked the body, then had it turned." I believe this section hooks the reader because it provides dramatic details of the crime scene. The description from this section provides the detective and the reader a possible motive for killing of the clerk at the drugstore. This section of the book makes the reader want to read more to find out who did this crime and why. The character is trying to persuade the jurors that the clerk was the victim and the suspects on trial will have consequences. The reason why I chose this section because the author, Walter Dean Myers hooks the reader by describing the conflict of Steve Harmon.