Monster- Thursday July 9th

Steve Harmon is concerned about what people think about him because of the robbery he helped commit. Since he was included in the robbery where there was a murder, he is now charge with murder of the owner of the drugstore. He is concerned because there is a big group of teenagers that are coming to watch what is going on during a trial. `` I went into the courtroom; I saw a group of kids sitting in front. It looked like a junior high school class… When I looked at the kids in the class, they turned away from me quickly. `` (p. 97). This quote proves that Steve is concerned about what people think of him, since he is on trial for something he didn’t do. Steve sees one pretty girl but as soon as she sees him she turns around right away.

I think the whole reason why they looked away from Steve right away is because they are scared because of what he is charged for. Steve didn't say a word yet, but people tend to judge a lot before they even know his side of his story. I think that Steve is a stereotype, most people think that young black man are usually up to no good and all they do is bad stuff, because of that most people will judge him quicker especially with the charges he has.

They act like as if Steve is a monster because of what people say he did. However there is no proof that he was near the drugstore at all at this point in the trial. When you are on trial for murder every thing that is said is being considered for an innocent or guilty verdict. When you’re on trial for murder, you are all of the sudden guilty no matter what.

Steve Harmon is concerned of what people think of himself because he is at an age where young men start discovering who they are, and who they want to become. With everything that is going on, he is questioning if he is truly a monster or not,.

Monster - Monday July 6th

Monster is about a black young man on trial. This book is very interesting because of how it is written .The book is written like as if it was a movie. Its sometimes hard to read but its different. Ive never read something like this before but im starting to like it. The story line is very interesting because you see a lot of differentes stories during the testimony which could change your idea on  Steve. It also shows me a lot about what happens during a trial and in prison.

The first part of the book starts off with Steve in his cell alone in the dark. He hears noises but he doesn’t know what it is. He talks about how he hates this place and how he wants to leave but he cant because in the society's eyes, he is guilty even if they haven't proved it yet.

Steve is in the courtroom and he is talking to his lawyer and doesn’t feel like he's going to win. The lawyer said that he had to believe in himself so they can believe him. While they're in the courtroom, all the lawyers are introducing themselves and who they are representing. The jury is introduced and the testimony is starting.

While they question people Steve is writing in his book as if it’s a screenplay. The lawyers gets mad and tells him to pay attention or he may lose the trial. If Steve loses, he will go to jail for life or go on death row. This is a big trial for Steve so his lawyer is trying to prove to the jury that Steve is innocent of the murder charge.

Time To Kill and The Shawshank Redemption

Both movies were about to young prisonners but were very different. Shawshank redemption was about a young man behind the bars and Time To Kill was about a black man on trial. Both these movies you saw differents sides of courtroom and the prison life.

Shawshank Redemption was about a young man who was accused of murder of his wife and her lover. He ends up going to jail for a long time till he escapes. He bonds with one of the men in jail and also he helps around the jail as a bookkeeper and accountant. He escapes and ends up going south. In this movie you see more what happens behind the bars and how jail is really like.

The life behind bars is very hard and lonely for most people. The inmates are very rude and it scares a lot of people. A lot of the inmates scare them so much that the jail men want to kill themself. Most people in jail end up dying in jail due to the cause of suicide or life sentence.

Time To Kill is about a black man who gets charged for the murder of two young men. These two young men raped his daughter so he decides to kill both of the man. Most people think he should be innocent but others think he is guilty. Throughout the entire movie, it is mostly about Carl Lee and his trial. In the movie, you mostly see what happens during the trial. in this movie, Carl Lee kills two young men out of revenge and goes through the process of trial. After a hard battle in the courtroom, Carl Lee is found innocent.

These two movies really show us different sides of the justice system: prison and the courtroom.

There will always be more wealth for some people.

How do we make sure everyone has enough to live comfortably?

There is different situation in the world that makes them live a hard life. Everyone has a different way to feel comfortable to go through those hard moments in life. Some could be love; some could be a family or even to be around animals. No matter what it is, it`s going to be different anyone.

For people that need love in their life, they will mostly likely need a significant other. Most of them aren`t really independant. They dependant on other people, especially the person they love. They need to feel love or they will crumble down and go into a very emotional stage. That is one of the downside of needing love in their life.

The people that need money to feel comfortable are very hard working people. They will work a lot just to get money. When they don`t have money they won`t feel comfortable what so ever and it will make them go in a very bad situation. They`re will be jobs for anyone out there.
Certain people need to be around animals. Animals bring a good vibe to people and it makes them very happy. So the only thing they will need to do is buy an animal and they will be very happy and comfortable. Most people that need to be around animals are the ones that lived a hard life.

For me, is to have good people around me. I couldn’t care if I don’t have money, as long I have people that love me for who I am. Also being around an animal makes me feel happy.

Biography of Grigori Rasputin

Grigori Rasputin was born in Tyumen, district of Siberia. People believed that he was possessed by some inexplicable power that could heal people. He entered Verkhoture Monasterv but escaped to become a monk. Afterwards, he returned and got married at 19 to Proskovia Fyodorovna. Rasputin has 3 children and another one with a different woman.  

The first time he met Nicolas 2 is when his son was very ill and Nicolas needed someone to heal him. He knew that Rasputin had some sort of unknown power so he decided to take him. Nicolas son was ill with haemophilia. With Rasputin’s power he managed to stop the bleeding and was now a member of the royal palace.

After a couple of rumours that passed by, Felix Yusupov, Vladimir Purishkevich, the Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich Romanov, Dr. Stanislaus de Lazovert and Lieutenant Sergei Mikhailovich Sukhotin, an officer in the Preobrazhensky Regiment, decided to kill Grigori Rasputin. The plan was to invite him for dinner and poison him. When they saw that the poison never worked, they decided to make Yusupov shoot Rasputin.

This is a quote Yusupov's said about killing Rasputin:

"Rasputin stood before me motionless, his head bent and his eyes on the crucifix. I slowly raised the crucifix. I slowly raised the revolver. Where should I aim, at the temple or at the heart? A shudder swept over me; my arm grew rigid, I aimed at his heart and pulled the trigger. Rasputin gave a wild scream and crumpled up on the bearskin. For a moment I was appalled to discover how easy it was to kill a man. A flick of a finger and what had been a living, breathing man only a second before now lay on the floor like a broken doll."

Rasputin’s body was found on December 19th by the river 65 metres from the bridge by a cop. The man that committed his murder got interviewed by the cops decided to drop the charges of murder.

How do you know your not in a dream?

The only way you truly know you’re not in a dream, is finding yourself a way or an object to know you’re in the reality. Also another way to know you're not in a dream is if you feel pain.Usually if you feel pain, it means your not dreaming. That is why poeple say the certain quote, pinch yourself to make sure you're not dreaming. A good example of bringing yourself back to reality is: in the movie Inception, he found himself back in reality with the totom. If it fell, he is not dreaming.

How does the movie truly end.

Inception end in a good way. Cobb finally sees his children. I know he is not in a dream because of the small details they said in the movie. The way the movie end, it makes you think that it is a dream, but it isn’t. When Cobb was in the dreams, he couldn’t see his children’s face. But at the end, he saw their faces. Meanwhile that proves that he was in reality.