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Definition: unfriendly; antagonistic

Used in the story by Briggs when he asks if Petrocelli is saying Mr. Evans is hostile by calling him a juvenile

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Definition: a person who carries out a harmful, illegal, or immoral act

Used by Karyl when she says that the crime-scene technicians didn't find any fingerprints that belonged to the culprit

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Definition: a statement or assertion that expresses a judgement or opinion

Used in story by Petrocelli when she asks if Bobo made a proposition to Osvaldo

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Word: Monster
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To me the word monster represent how the jail is, like a big angry place.

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Definition: continuing for an extended period or without interruption

Used in story by judge when he/she allowed and agreed to Briggs' objection

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A thing that surprised me was when the people said they committed the drugstore robbery because they were scared of Bobo Evans. That surprised me because someone can not make you commit a crime they can just influence you to

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I think the author had 16 year old Steve Harmon in this book to describe to kids what happens when you try to grow up to fast. Now since he wanted to commit an adult like crime, he will be doing adult like time.

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I feel kind of sad for Steve when I first read the story. I felt sad because he was so young, but then I had to remember. When he was being at the robbery he probably wasn't thinking about how much jail time he was going to get. So in that case I do not feel bad for him because he should have known what he got himself into.

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How does the character's actions differ from his words?

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How does the character's actions differ from his words?

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Steve's actions are different from his words because he says he had nothing to do with the robbery. While he is saying he had nothing to do with the crime the judge and jury thinks something else. So he is trying to prove himself innocent.

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What i think caused Steve to help in the crime is that he thought he was grown up so he helped. What he didn't know is that there would be a trail and jail time to go along with it

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Monster is about how someone that is in jail because of a murder that happen. The person that is in jail is Steve Harmon and he do not like being in jail at all, but who does? In the beginning he talks about how in jail you see people getting beat up, people making weapons, and how just everyone is upset. In the story you come by exciting parts and parts that make you think a lot of people that they mention should be in jail too. I think it tells kids that are not really grown yet to stay in their age, because when you want to do bad things your going to have to pay for it later and who wants to go to jail? How would you feel if you were on trial and your own lawyer didn't really believe you? His lawyer was trying to tell him what to say and what to do so he could possibly have a chance winning his case. Steve Harmon just want to get out of jail and be free again but when you participate in a crime that might be hard to do. Would Steve get out of jail. Do you think the judge will think he's guilty of murder? I can't wait to find out.

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Word: Testify

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Don't do anything you don't want to do.
When you dont want to do things isn't it because you dont want to? The reason you go through with things that you dont want to do is mainly because peer pressure. Your friends are doing it so why not you join. Before you do the bad thing you should ask yourself could I go to jail for this, do i really want to basically want to say goodbye to my life? That is why you should never do something you don't want to do because chances are that their is going to be consequences.

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When i see handcuffs i think of someone going to jail or someone that did something bad. Hearing the sound of them closing is like part 1 of going to jail because the sounds of handcuffs closing and the sound of a prison cell bars closing sound the same to me. Handcuffs go along with this book because this book is basically showing you that you do not want to be in jail. When you get handcuffs on you it mean you did something bad. There are some situations when you get handcuffs on you that are worse than others though.

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"If you do the crime you have to pay the time".

Lets say you stole something, your going to jail. What if you kill someone? Jail. If you do something that is not right you should already know where you going. People woud cry when theyre in the courtroom talking about i wish i never did that, but they did it so its no going back. Everyone honestly knows how jail is. You read books about it, you see movies with it, you hear about it. Jail is not a fun place to visit. People make descions based on how theyre filling then but later will regret it. I bet if Steve Harmon would of have the chance to think what his consequences would be he wouldve decided not to participate in the murder. Always remember if you do something against the law you would be going to jail.

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There are laws, and we all do have to follow them. For example, do not steal or kill. If anyone decide not to follow the law then they would be taken to jail. We have rules for a reason, its for us to follow them. If we didnt have laws there would be so many more crimes and many more people dead. In Monster that is a reason Steve Harmon is in jail, because he did not want to follow the law. That is why he is wanting to get out now. This is why you follow the law.

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Things dont always go as planned.
In Monster, Steve Hamron participated in a murder. The plan was to rob the drugstore and get cigarettes.The plan was probably not to kill the man. This show that you shouldnt even plan to do bad things because you don't know how they could turn out in the end.

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Anyone could be "innocent" how could you tell? If your innocent then that mean you didnt do anything wrong. Poeple have different meanings of innocent. If your in a courtroom you want the judge to think your innocent so you do not have to go to jail.

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A courtroom is where you meet the judge to see how the rest of your life may look. When i think of courtroom i think of a place where you dont want to be. Being in a courtroom is probably the scariest place you could be in. The judges dont know you so they are not going to care if your in jail for the rest of your life. Sometimes a courtroom be good to you because you think you have a 99.9% chance the judge will believe your innocent. When your in the courtroom its serious no playing around, because you could be telling the judge something you didnt want to say.

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If the police is investigating the crime scene you want them not to find your fingerprints. If your fingerprints are all over the crime scence then your going to jail, because theyre going to know you had something to do with the crime. A investigation could take days, weeks, and even months to figure out and if they think your a person of interest then your going to be in jail until they say you had nothing to do with it. Why spend unneccesary time in jail if you dont have to? You should not even give the police a chance to even think you were involved in a crime.