Furthermore, he needs to stay strong for the sake of himself as well as those that care about him. Her job his to establish that he is different from Bobo, Oslavdo and King in the eyes of the jury. He is not there by himself though he has O’ Brien there for him. He can’t give in to what other people think of him, such as he was doing when he constantly wrote the word “Monster” in his book, until O’ Brien stopped him. Steve needs to prove to those juror’s that have pre-judged him are incorrect in doing so. Showing the jury that he cares about the case, will make them care, and provide the right verdict. What he needs to do is show the jury he cares about the case, and listen closely to every detail. He knows himself better than anyone else, and if he doesn’t have faith in himself no one else will. Although this seems like a difficult conflict, there is a way to solve it.įor Steve to be able to correctly decipher who he really is, he must believe in himself. He is worried about the way other people view him, and so he starts questioning himself. These examples causes Steve to question what he thinks of himself, as supposed to what others think of him. When Steve asks his father if he believes that Steve did nothing wrong, the father is unable to give him the reassurance he asks for, and instead tells him about his own aspirations for Steve, along with his failure ever to imagine visiting his son in prison (111-12). Steve’s sense of his self-identity is further strained when he realizes that his father is no longer sure of who he is. Here she is saying that the jury is pre-judging him before the case is over and nothing so far is evidence as to him being innocent.
For example, O’ Brien’s words to him are “…You’re young, you’re black, and you’re on trial. In chapter three, Steve has to deal with some strong prejudicial stereotypes that may affect jurors. 115) Here he proclaims is innocence in his jorunal.
#REVDL GANGSTAR VEGAS TRIAL#
Is that what I am on trial for? I didn’t do nothing!…” (P. “…What did I do? Anybody can walk into a drugstore and look around. In chapter five, within Steve’s journal, we see Steve experiencing this desire to be seen as a good person. Steve experiences an internal conflict regarding the way in which he wishes to be acknowledged. Although Steve’s conflict puts him in a bad position, I will suggest a resolution that will help him resolve it. In life at one point or another, we all begin to question ourselves, and we let others influence our decisions. In Monster by Walter Dean Myers, Steve is faced with an internal conflict of desire that causes him to question his morality. Similarly, in a book that I have recently read, the main character is blamed for an action which he did not commit – the murder of a drugstore owner at a holdup. Before I realized anything else I was stopped by two police officers nearby, who quickly handcuffed me and took me down the station, ignoring every word I said. I touched the wall of the house onto which the tags were embedded upon, to find out it was recently done, due to the fact that it was still not completely dry. Headed home late one night, I came across a spray can near the end of the sidewalk, and as I turned the opposite direction there were a few graffiti tags.
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