Answer:
It allows him to separate his emotions from the events.
Explanation:
Walter Dean Myers's novel <em>Monster</em><em> </em>revolves around the murder trial that convicted James King while Steve Harmon was released. Through the third omniscient narrator and also at times from the diary entry point of view of Steve, the story presents the trial and also the numerous emotions and the way they are looked at even by their own counsels.
When Steve looks at the trial from a different perspective, from the point of view of the lawyers, the others involved in the trial, he was able to see the facts as they are and not favoring his own feelings. <u>This detachment helps or allows him to separate his emotions from the events, </u>away from his own fears and thoughts that may hinder his perception of what the trail entails. And through his act of writing about the trial as a screenplay, it allows him to see the scene from different perspectives, the viewpoints of the other people, the movement, the scene, the problem, and the murder.
Answer:
Explanation:
<u>The theme of the story is that we should not blame others for our lives and choices, especially considering it might turn out we would do the same in their shoes. </u>
Iyapo was blaming his fate on Adam, but once he was given the opportunity for a good life without the survival struggle he also fell under the temptation of curiosity. Just like Adam ate forbidden fruit and lost a chance to stay in the Garden of Eden, Iyapo opened the door King told him not to and lost the chance to stay in the palace as his brother.
<u>It was his own choice and he knew it is forbidden, even though before he blamed Adam for a similar situation.</u>
The story, therefore, talks about how we each make our own choices and that we should answer ourselves for them.
A brown bag of miscellany.