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        <title><![CDATA[in a court room and in jail because he is on trail for murder]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[in a court room and in jail because he is on trail for murder]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The setting includes three different locales. The first is prison, the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The setting includes three different locales. The first is prison, the second is the courtroom, and the third is on the streets. The prison setting is the grim, brutal environment that Steve must endure. The courtroom setting reveals the hypocrisy of criminals dressed to be respectable, and distorting the truth to avoid conviction. The street life is conveyed through testimony. Steve's life leading up to the robbery are revealed here.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:13:50 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the setting of monster, and how does it relate to the story?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the setting of monster, and how does it relate to the story?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The book begins with Steve already in jail, arrested for
being&nbsp;a...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The book begins with Steve already in jail, arrested for
being&nbsp;a lookout for the robbers who killed the store owner.
Steve explains how he's making a movie of the the events of his
trial and his past leading up to the trial. Then there are several
flashbacks throughout the book that provide the reader with the
background information we need to understand the circumstances of
the trial. Several witnesses testify who have been given...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 5 Jul 2007 16:42:19 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The setting also includes the time period from the past December
when...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The setting also includes the time period from the past December
when the robbery and murder&nbsp;were committed up through the time
he's arrested, and his trial begins. Harlem is the part of New
York City where Steve lives, and we also get a sense of what his
home is like. After the trial, Steve goes home to try and learn how
to overcome his view of&nbsp;himself as a monster. The whole novel
spans almost a year from the murder in December of...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 5 Jul 2007 16:16:23 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Here is the &quot;overview&quot; of Walter Dean Myer's novel about 16...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Here is the &quot;overview&quot; of Walter Dean Myer's novel about 16 year old Steve, who is on trial for murder:&quot;Monster is presented as a screenplay, with handwritten comments, by the main character Steve Harmon. Steve says that he is writing the screenplay to keep his sanity while being held in prison during his trial for murder. &quot;I am so scared. My heart is beating like crazy and I am having breathing trouble,&quot; he writes....]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 1 Jul 2007 15:55:12 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[There are three settings in the novel:&nbsp; prison, the courtroom, and...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[There are three settings in the novel:&nbsp; prison, the courtroom, and the protagonist's (16 year old Steve's)&nbsp;life on the streets of Manhattan.&nbsp; The novel was written in 1999 and it is set in what was then present-day.&nbsp; Steve's story begins on Monday, July 6 and concludes five monts later in December.&nbsp; ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 1 Jul 2007 15:42:58 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Where are the settings in this story? Also, what was the time...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Where are the settings in this story? Also, what was the time (month/year) in the story? ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 1 Jul 2007 13:56:55 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are the events and resolution in this story? ]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What are the events and resolution in this story? ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 1 Jul 2007 13:50:21 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The climax, the most intense part of any story, is called the
turning...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/monster/q-and-a/what-climax-this-story-4825</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The climax, the most intense part of any story, is called the
turning point because it determines how the main conflict will be
resolved. Steve's main conflict is his internal struggle of
deciding whether or not he really is a "monster". He writes that he
is "so scared. My heart is beating like crazy and I am having
breathing trouble." On the other hand, Steve is a liar because he
was near the store on the day of the murder. He's also hurt...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:34:39 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the climax of this story?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the climax of this story?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:50:44 PST</pubDate>
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