Monday, October 6, 2008
Inferencing
On page 140 of Monster Steve wrote the following in his journal: "What did I do? I walked into a drugstore to look for some mints, and then I walked out. What was wrong with that? I didn't kill Mr. Nesbitt... Sunset said he committed the crime. Isn't that what being guilty is all about? You actually do something?" Do you believe Steve only walked in there to get mints and nothing more? Do you think he denying his part to make himself feel better? What can you infer Steve is feeling as he sits in jail thinking about what he is being accused of? How do you know this is what he is feeling?
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Steve did more than buy mits, gave the signal for King to robbed the store. I do believe he is he denying to make himself feel better.
At first Steve was scared, know that cause it was stated.
I think Steve is tring to esscape from this case telling he just went to buy mints. But he acctually didnt kill him. He just gave the signal.
I think thats the case, Steve is trying to make him believe that he didnt do it. But in reality i think steve did actually give them a sign indicating that the store was empty and ready to rob.
i agree that Steve did more than look for mints. i think that he is just trying to lie. not just to the jury but to himself too. i think that he is trying to make himself feel better. i can infer that he is feeling sad and guilty. i think that he is feeling this way cause the way he testifies and says no. it just doesn't seem like a real innocent person will say things like that. and the way you read it can give you the feeling that he is lying.
Steve is trying to make himself believe that he is innocent. I can infer this because is sad and scared. He is sad because everyone he loves is slowly leaving him, they don't knoe who he is anymore. He knows it's true because in the beginning of the book he writes," When I look into the small rectangle, I see a face looking back at me, but I dont reconize it.It doesn't look anything like me." He is also scared because if he is found guilty then he has to face the death penalty. It seems that he is afraid to die(which is true). He is also afraid that if he is found not guilty then when he goes back home he would have lost all of his street credit. evryone will think he's a punk and will treat him like one.
i think that steve really didnt do anythign, i think that he turned down kings offfer for the part of the loookout and james king proably saw steve gogin into the store and had gotten mad that he turned down his offer,so if anythign steve coudl be a suspect,in all honselty I think that they need to check the cameras in the store and that steve needs to speack out
Steve didn't go in there for mints, he was the lookout for king.I agree with juror 827. He is trying to make himelf look innocent so he wouldn't feel as guilty as he does. besides he is losing the love of his family and no one believes in him anymore.
oi think steve is just trying to made himself feeling good, feeling that he did nothing more than buy mits. i do believe that he just want to make himself feel better. because he did more than buy mits. he also automaticly help king to murder mr.nesbitt. i can infer that he is thinking about he was innocent, he didn't do anything more than buy mits.he is just feeling so bad because he thought he did noting more than but mits.i know it because that what he siad in the diary he wrote. it just like a implied theme, he wrote he did nothing more than buy mits and he didn't get a gun and shot mr.nesbitt so he thought that he did nothing. and this could tells me that he thought he did nothing so he is feeling so bad.
Steve didnt only just bought mint from a store he gave the crew a signal.I think steve dont wanna feel bad and even if he wanted to change it, its to late to change what he did.
I agree that steve is scared and afraid. i can infer this because its destoying his life. We however can not yet conclude that Steve was part of the robbery.
steve wants to say hes good but he is kinda involved in the case two but he it scared of being in jail for the rest of his life
i think that steve is tryign to make him slef belive that he didn t HELP OUT even a little bit because he doesn twant to belive he hepled. hes confused ebvacuse he donwet e xpect him self IN JAIL and hes triyn to make sure he is not a MONSTER
I belive that steve is tying to cover up in his mind that he didn't do it by saying he just bought mints because wat people usually do is try to think of a thought like steve and replace it with wat he really did was give king the signal to kill someone. And I also belive that steve is slowly going crazy due to his events
I belive that steve is tying to cover up in his mind that he didn't do it by saying he just bought mints because wat people usually do is try to think of a thought like steve and replace it with wat he really did was give king the signal to kill someone. And I also belive that steve is slowly going crazy due to his events and srry for the last comment I was suppose to put myjuror but in case anything else shows up again I AM JUROR 830
i think itrs steves fault he knew who he was dealing with and he knew all about king but he still went along with the robbery
steve is trying to make himself feel better by stating that he went in to buy mints. but thats not what really happened. he gave the signal to rob the store. although he didnt kill mr.nesbitts. he is just afraid and desperate to bail out of jail. he did not tell the real story. he is just sad of what his family thinks of him.
i agree with juror8808, Steve did more than just buying mints. he played a part in the robbery and thats why he's on trial. Even though he didn't kill Mr. Nesbitt.
SORRY i didnt do my h.w. yesterday!!! I think his justs malking him self feel better because everyone is aganist him and when that happens it hurts alot. p.s i agree with juror 8081 and 827
l believe that Steve walked into the store to get mints but that not all he did.l do thing steve is denying to make himself feel better.l can infer Steve is feeling as he sits in jail
scared beause he maid sed his hole life in jail or his life can be takeing away.l know steve is feeling this beause if l was steve l will be feeling the same way
I believe that Steve went in the store and gave the signal, and that he didn't kill Mr.Nesbitt. Steve should be on trail for HELPING with the ROBBERY, NOT for MURDER. I've n
if he went into the store and gave the signal he still helped.
Steve should know that it was a muder not a kidnap, he kind of deserve it by going on trail, and plus he should be scared too and he is scared. my infer is i think he thinking he is guilty and also sad, because you can tell on the pictures and the face and the words in the book. so I think he is guilty, thats all I can say.
this is juror 817 just in case...
well steve did go in the drug store to help and tell king that the coast was clear. He didnt just go to buy mints. I also think that steve was deying it to make him feel better. I can understand him because if i were him i would also be scared but i wouldnt lie anyways.
this is juror 817 just in case...
well steve did go in the drug store to help and tell king that the coast was clear. He didnt just go to buy mints. I also think that steve was deying it to make him feel better. I can understand him because if i were him i would also be scared but i wouldnt lie anyways.
I think that Steve is making an explanation for his part of the crime because when people do something bad, they give themselves every possible reason to justify their actions. I really don't think his explanation will make him feel better because he knows what he did. Trying to forget it will only remind him of it more. Each part of the crime was important. He must be feeling guilty, even though he actually didn't kill Mr. Nesbitt, he contributed to the crime.
Steve Harmen went in the store to check if the coast was clear, but he also felt bad so he brought mints. I do believe that he is denying to make himself feel like he isn't gulity or a monster. i think that he is trying to make himself feel better. i think that he is feeling this way cause the way he testifies and says no. it just doesn't seem like a way any innocent person would say things like that. Plus the way it's written can give you the feeling that he is lying.
Steve only bought mints and checked if there was only somebody in the store. So I think he did have some part in the robbery. Even thought he only gave the signal and had no part in the crime he still has some blame to it. I should suggest that Steve should say that he gave the signal because if he doesn't and the judge finds out he is going to be in lots of trouble
steve is trying to make slef feel better.I dont believe that steve went to the drugstore only to get mints because he went to see if the cost was clear to give the exact change. And i do think he's denying his part because he's feeling guilty since he already knows that the thing he did was to check if the cost was clear was wrong.
I think that Steve is just denying his part in the robbery to make himself feel better. He knew that the gang members were going to commit a crime and he was an accomplice. By buying the mints, Steve is trying to convince himself that he wasn't part of the murder because he did not pull the trigger.
I can infer that while Steve is sitting in jail, he feels scared and alone because he is paranoid, thinking that everyone thinks that he is guilty. This is a reflection of his own guilt, not someone else's accusations.
I think that Steve is trying to deny the part to make himself feel better even though he knew it was wrong to take part of the crime by giving King the signal to rob the store. So he is trying to make himself feel better by saying all he did was buy mints.
I believe that Steve only bought the mints to make him feel that he wasn't doing anything wrong by buying something. I think he is denying his part to make himself feel better because he doesn't want to feel like a criminal. He wants to feel like he didn't do anything and that he is innocent. I can infer that Steve feels he is being wrongly accused for a crime he didn'y mean to take part in. I also can infer that he is trying to make himself feel that he's innocent by telling himself over and over again that he din't kill Mr. Nesbitt. I know he is feeling this beacause when I read his journal entires I see that he writes that he didn't kill the store owner and that he bought mints and didn't take part in the crime.
Steve did walked in to get some mints but then he was ij there to do something else to give the signal, that the store was clear. Steve problably bought tose mints for him not to feel bad, and by buying some mints his mind will be clear and that way he can tell that, that was all he did and that he diid not do somethig wrong. and to sais that what is wrong by going in and buying some mints.
Even though he did not kill mr.nesbitt all he did was give a signal and that a part of the roberty. Steven did a relly bad thing by roberting a grugstore and at the end he did not even got a "taste" that is what King and osvaldo called it.
I believe that Steve is trying to convince himself that he didn't do anything wrong by saying that all he did was go into the store and buy mints. He doesn't say that he is going into the store and look around for people. Then come out to give a signal for it to be okay to rob the store.
steve didnt even go in to buy mints he went to see if the cost was clear so it kind da gives me a feeling dat he is lying
Steve didn't actually do it, but he is also guilty for giving the signal. I think he is denying by thinking he didn't do it, to make himself feel better.
I think that Steve is trying to forget that he was part of the crime, by saying he just bought some mints. It's true that he didn't murder no one, but he didn't say that he went in the store to check if it was safe.
Steve did more than buy mints. He also gave a signal to King so he can rob the store. I think Steve did it so that he can escape from what he was being told to do so he doesn't get in troble so thats why he had to lie to the jury so the jury don't do anything bad to him like what going to happen to Steve now because the jury don't know anything right now so thats why he is try to escape from those stuff that King had told him. At first Steve was scared but then he got into it so he just did what he was told so then he didn't get killed or beaten up.
Steve did not do anything but buy mints.But he gave a signal to King James so that him and Bobo could rob the store. I think Steve Harmon didn't do anything.I think that Steve Harmon is forgetting that he was part of the crime,but him by saying he just bought some mints it is true but he didn't murder no one. Steve Harmon didn't say that he went in the store to check if it was empty.
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