On Monday the 22 nd of December of last year, at approximately 4:00 PM, James King and Bobo Evans enter a drugstore on 145 th Street in Harlem. The

Monster Notes

Prosecution (The State)

On Monday the 22nd of December of last year, at approximately 4:00 PM, James King and Bobo Evans enter a drugstore on 145th Street in Harlem. The purpose of the crime was to rob the drugstore. During the crime 55 year old store owner Alguinaldo Nesbitt was shot with his own gun and killed. Both money and 5 cartons of cigarettes were stolen. Steve Harmon was the accused lookout for the crew.

The Defense (Steve’s Attorney)

If you consider him innocent now, and by law you must, if you have not prejudged him, then the defense believes they can convince you that nothing the state (Prosecution) will produce will challenge that innocence.

The Defense

The Defense ask you the jury, is to look at Steve Harmon now and remember that at this moment the American system of justice demands that you consider him innocent. He is innocent until proven guilty.

Monster Notes: July 6th

16 year old Steve Harmon is in the Manhattan Detention Center, Cell Block D

Steve Harmon is thin and brown skinned

The beginning setting is the Manhattan Detention Center in New York, New York


In the exposition the readers are introduced to Steve and given a description of Cell Block D

The Genre of Monster are Realistic Fiction, Crime, and Suspense.


The Author’s Purpose is to inform the readers how the American Justice System works

Learning to face the consequences of your crimes is part of the story theme.

Steve is on trial for felony robbery and murder


Steve went to Stuyvesant High School

A stenograph types what is said in the courtroom

Steve hides his head under a blanket to avoid hearing the sounds in the detention center


Mr. Sawicki is Steve’s mentor and film club teacher

A dispensary is a prison clinic

Steve thinks he is a monster because the prosecutor Sandra Petrocelli called him one


Steve’s defense attorney is Kathy O’Brien

Asa Briggs is James King’s Attorney

James King is 23 years old and leader of the crew. He is the one who is accused of shooting Alguinado Nesbitt


VO means voice overMS means medium shotCU means close upLS means long shotB and E means breaking and entering

POV means Point of View


The crime took place at a Drugstore in Harlem on December 22

Osvaldo Cruz is 14, and the youngest member of the crew. He is a member of the Diablos


Jose Delgado is the first witness, is worked at the drugstore and found the body

As July 6th Entry ends Steve flashes back to when he was throwing rocks with his friend Tony


Steve states that if he didn’t think about the movie he would go crazy

Wendell Bolden reveals that Richard “Bobo” Evans told him about the robbery, and sold him cigarettes


Steve has a flashback when he thinks back to the time James King said “ If I had a crew, I could get paid”

A character trait of James King is he is unscrupulous


The main motive for the robbery of the drugstore is the crew wanted money

When the Jury adjourns, that means the Jury is leaving the courtroom

The Atmosphere is menacing when Steve hears another inmate being beaten


The Prosecuting Attorney that called Steve a Monster is Sandra Petrocelli

Asa Briggs is the Defense Attorney for James King


Jerry wanted him and Steve to become the superheroes Batman and Robin

James King’s Voice/Tone was a drawl


The judge can overrule decisions made by the attorneys

To object to a comment is to disagree

Pertinent information means that the information is important


Adjourn means to put off to a later time

Reconvene means to get together again

Corridor means hallwaySilhouetted means shadow or

outline of a figureCrew means gang Testimony means statement

under oath

Documents

On Monday the 22 nd of December of last year, at approximately 4:00 PM, James King and Bobo Evans enter a drugstore on 145 th Street in Harlem. The