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I would try to involve my mind in the story and then a stage direction would cut in and ruin the moment in my mind. I have read plays before, such as Shakespeare and such, but I found the stage directions placed in such script as this to just be a distraction. I appreciated the attempt on using “handwriting” for when Steve was talking about himself personally but for me it failed as a good addition to the novel. I understand that because it is written as a play that different fonts might be necessary, but I found it confusing. A major rhetorical part of this novel is the font choices and changes. Maybe if I had listened to it via audiobook is would be been easier but the script set up of the novel was distracting. I could not get into the book because of how the novel was set up. I just finished Monster, and I did not like it at all. There is so much more I want to say but I will leave this for class. Many people didn’t have hopes of making it through college without messing up. I live in a neighborhood right next to Harlem. I myself had strong connection to the characters because I am from New York City. It is a big stereotype that they are “thugs” with no future. One of the major factors that I believe contributed to this was the fact that they were African Americans from Harlem. The lawyers were horrible in my opinion but besides that they did not even believe in their clients. The way we portrayed Steve, the way we read the book, every within the characters and their interactions. I knew going into the text that there was going to be a race factor. Although now a days we don’t read books with pictures I believe they are very important because they give us the emotions and message the text is trying to convey we wouldn’t have otherwise imagined because we haven’t been through that situation. That was also the first encounter where we see an image. For example, the transition from page 55 to 56 gave me chills. The places where Meyer’s decided to put the pictures were important to me as a reader.
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Having the journal section was very powerful because it conveys the emotion that Steve felt while he was in the trial process. It was broken down into a journal and screen play. The way Meyers wrote this book was brilliant to me. Now that I am older and have more of an understanding of the legal system I was really able to get into the book. I know that I have read this book back in middle school and it was okay to me. Reading this book I felt as though I was watching the show. I may sound like the biggest LOSER right now but I absolutely loved loved loved this book! If anyone knows me they know that I love Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.