BDCHS Advanced Reading discussion

The assigned book is Monster by Walter Dean Myers. I give Monster a 3 out 5 stars because I didn’t find the book appealing as other reviewers would have. The story is set in various places in New York. The characters in this book are Steve Harmon, Sandra Petrocelli, Kathy O’Brien, James King, Richard “Bobo” Evans, Osvaldo Cruz, Lorelle Henry, and Jose Delgado. The plot of Monster is about sixteen year old Steve Harmon involved with a drug store robbery and the story explains everything that happens to him and what he was thinking while he was on trial. The problem in my eyes is that Steve Harmon is on trial and the evidence shows he really didn’t do anything. In the end the solution is that the jury finds him not guilty but he doesn’t tell the readers himself if he really is guilty or not. The theme is don’t do anything that will result in great consequences. What I learned from the story is that peer pressure can affect your life in many ways good or bad. I did not like the book because if there’s going to be crime involved I want to read about the action. My overall comment is that it would have been better if something exciting would have happened.

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