The novel is interspersed with various photos depicting Steve. As another critic wrote, " Monster is an experiment in form and structure, " demonstrating Steve's "vent his passionate perplexity. " Generally, the novel has been praised for remarkably sophisticated levels of thematic and formal complexity, considering its ostensible status as a young adult novel. " Critics have commented on how the novel offers "surface effects – marginalia, drawing, photographs, mugshots, and video stills – to offer an analysis of the complex identities that emerge in the context of such surfaces. " As one critic wrote, the novel is "Presented alternately as the first‑person, handwritten memoir. The screenplay's verisimilitude is enhanced by such cues as "fade in, " "voice over, " and "fade out. He is handcuffed to a U-bolt put in the bench for that purpose. ) Ain't that right, bright eyes? CUT TO: STEVE, who is seated on a low bench. (Turns and looks off camera toward STEVE. They go through the motions then they lock them up. STENOGRAPHER I hope this case lasts two weeks. A Black female STENOGRAPHER pours coffee for herself and the GUARDS. They have their breakfast in aluminum take-out trays that contain eggs, sausages, and potatoes. The camera finds the GUARDS in a MEDIUM SHOT (MS). Two GUARDS sit at a table away from the prisoners, who are handcuffed. He looks over at STEVE with a hard look and we see STEVE look away. Against the opposite wall, dressed in a sloppy-looking suit, is 23-year-old JAMES KING, the other man on trial. We see STEVE sitting at one end of bench. O'BRIEN (seriously) It probably depends on what you mean by win. CUT TO: SUNSET, another prisoner, pulling on T-shirt.
CUT TO: ERNIE, another prisoner, sitting on john, pants down. On the cot next to him are the suit and tie he is to wear to court for the start of his trial. Sixteen-year-old STEVE HARMON is sitting on the edge of a metal cot, head in hands. Camera stops and slowly turns toward a cell. Most of the voices are clearly Black or Hispanic. There are sounds of inmates yelling from cell to cell much of it is obscene. Camera goes slowly down grim, gray corridor. Monday, July 6th Monster! FADE IN: INTERIOR: Early morning in CELL BLOCK D, MANHATTAN DETENTION CENTER. I'll call it what the lady who is the prosecutor called me. I'll write it down in the notebook they let me keep. I could block out the scenes like we did in school. I could write it out and play it in my head.
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Tell readers what you thought by rating and reviewing this book. Thanks! We are currently reviewing your submission. " About this titleīe the first to review this book! You've already shared your review for this item. It probably depends on what you mean by "win. You think we're going to win? O'BRIEN (seriously) You let the jury know that you think the case is as serious as they do…. Felony murder is as serious as it gets… you're in court, you sit there and pay attention.
Both you and this King character are on trial for felony murder. Let me make sure you understand what's going on. KATHY O'BRIEN, STEVE's lawyer, is all business as she talks to STEVE.