#TONY MONSTER WALTER DEAN MYERS MOVIE#
#TONY MONSTER WALTER DEAN MYERS TRIAL#

He was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia, but was raised in Harlem. A neighbor mentions that a local child was shot while sitting on a doorstep.Walter Dean Myers (born Walter Milton Myers AugвЂ“ July 1, 2014) was an American writer of children's books best known for young adult literature. A witness admits to taking part in a gang initiation that involves fighting a gang member and knifing a stranger in the face. When a detective testifies that the death penalty may be considered, Steve imagines a guard inserting a plug into his rectum so he wonвЂ™t defecate during his execution. Nesbitt died by drowning in his own blood. Evidence is also presented that proves Mr. Tony tells Steve that he wants to get an Uzi and blow the young manвЂ™s brains out.Д«lack-and-white pictures of the deceased drugstore owner, Mr. The tough-looking young man who was walking with her mistakenly thinks that SteveвЂ™s friend Tony threw the rock and punches Tony. Steve throws a rock that hits a young woman. A prisoner is hit in the face with a tray so hard that he bleeds. Prisoners beat up inmates who show signs of weakness. Inmates have been jailed for various crimes, including robbery, assault, manslaughter and murder. In prison, violence is normalized, threats are commonplace and strangers find reasons to hurt each other. Sawicki, the teacher who leads SteveвЂ™s film club. Steve remembers wanting to emulate the tough, streetwise men he now recognizes as criminals.

#TONY MONSTER WALTER DEAN MYERS TRIAL#

They show no compassion toward the inmates and make it known that they are betting on the outcome of the trial and severity of the sentencing. Although he wants to believe that Steve did nothing wrong, he doesnвЂ™t understand the choices Steve made and is no longer sure who Steve is. After the trial, however, SteveвЂ™s father moves away.

During a supervised visit to the jail, SteveвЂ™s father shares both his affection and his emotional turmoil with his son before telling him that everything will be OK. Although she and SteveвЂ™s father try to be upbeat, Steve feels that she is mourning him as though he were dead.ДЄfter his arrest, SteveвЂ™s relationship with his father is tense. She tells him that she knows he is innocent, regardless of what happens. Throughout the trial, SteveвЂ™s mother leaves cleaned shirts and underwear for him. SteveвЂ™s parents visit him regularly in jail, and Steve wishes that he could tell his brother, Jerry, that he loves him. Steve didnвЂ™t think he was a monster, but now heвЂ™s not so sure. She may have convinced the jury that Steve was human, but she couldnвЂ™t convince herself. But Kathy OвЂ™Brien refuses to return his hug. He reaches to hug his lawyer, the woman who showed the world that he is not a monster. The testimonies finally wind to a close and the jury delivers a verdict. He slowly loses hope that he will be acquitted and struggles to cope with the reality that he may spend the next two decades of his life behind bars. (The script comprises most of the novelвЂ™s text, interspersed with brief journal entries.) As the trial progresses, Steve alternately chronicles the courtroom proceedings and the brutality of his fellow inmates.

#TONY MONSTER WALTER DEAN MYERS MOVIE#

On the witness stand, he denies all connection to the murder.ДЄn aspiring filmmaker, Steve copes with the stress of jail and the trial by writing a movie script about his life and experiences following his arrest and detention. Because he gave no signal after leaving the store, Steve doesnвЂ™t believe that his peripheral involvement makes him guilty of criminal activity. Steve was supposed to make sure no police officers were in the store before the robbery occurred. In his journal, Steve secretly admits to being involved in a drugstore robbery that left a man dead. Thankfully, SteveвЂ™s lawyer, Kathy OвЂ™Brien, is doing her best to make the jury see him as a human being. But not everyone agrees with Steve, least of all Sandra Petrocelli, the attorney who is prosecuting him for felony murder. Steve may have made some poor decisions in the last 16 years, but heвЂ™s not a monster.

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