In the book MONSTER, by Steve Harmon, Steve is the main character. He is a black sixteen year-old boy from the streets of Brooklyn. At the beginning of the book, there is no backround information about him. The book starts out with Steve in a prison cell enlightening the reader with his story. In order to maintain his sanity, Steve records his experiences in jail and pretends to be a movie producer. He explains that he was wrongly convicted of being an accomplice in a murder at a local store where the owner was murdered. Steve is currently seperated from his family and locked in a prison cell until his trial that will determine his entire future. He continuously describes the agony he faces in prison: the food, the people, the endless thinking. He repeatedly states that he, "HATES, HATES, HATES!!!" prison.
He soon explains the inspiration of the title. He says that the prosecutor refers to him only as a "MONSTER,"
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