Steve Harmon - Monster 3

Steve Harmon, main character in Walter Dean Myers, Monster. The young 16 year old is on trial for murder. He is worried mainly of what the jury thinks of him. As said from attorney Kathy O'Brien ''My job is to make sure the law works for you as well as against you, and to make you a human being in the eyes of the jury.'' (P.16, Monster) The jury is who will decide the faith of Steve Harmon. As seen in the similar movie, A Time To Kill, they must show to the jury that Steve is not a criminal. He is a young boy who still has lots to do in life. Much better things then sit around in a penitentiary wasting away a perfect life. That is why Steve Harmon is so worried about what the jury thinks of him. If they think he is a no good criminal then they will have no problem sending him to his death. Steve isn’t only concern with the jury though. As seen in his notes ‘’Miss O’Brien looked at me- I didn’t see her looking at me but I knew she was. She wanted to know who I was. Who was Steve Harmon? I wanted to open my shirt and tell her to look into my heart to see who I really was, who the real Steve Harmon was.’’ (P.92, Monster) Maybe if the attorney’s and prosecutor knew the real Steve Harmon they would think a little differently.