Monster: Pages 115–200

by Walter Dean Myers
Told in the form of journal entries and a screenplay, this novel tells the story of a teenager on trial for murder.

This list covers pages 115–200 in the 1999 HarperCollins edition.

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  1. cacophony
    loud confusing disagreeable sounds
    As camera zooms in, we pick up a cacophony of sounds.
  2. grisly
    shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
    In New York's Harlem, yet another holdup has ended in a grisly scene of murder.
  3. culprit
    someone or something responsible for harm or wrongdoing
    She sits down, obviously pleased that the culprits have been caught.
  4. montage
    a film sequence made by editing together a series of separate scenes or shots
    Four-way SPLIT SCREEN MONTAGE: Three images alternate between shots of witnesses and defendants. We hear only 1 witness at a time, but the others are clearly still talking on other screens.
  5. stark
    complete or extreme
    The upper right screen is sometimes black, sometimes a stark and startling white.
  6. homicide
    the killing of a human being by another human being
    From the money being gone from the register, I figured it was a stickup and homicide.
  7. esophagus
    the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
    It produced a tearing of the lung and heavy internal bleeding and also went through the esophagus.
  8. trauma
    physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident
    Death was caused by a combination of trauma to the internal organs, which put the victim into a state of shock, as well as by the lungs filling with blood.
  9. salvation
    the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
    She brought me a Bible. The guards had searched it. I wanted to ask if they had found anything in it. Salvation.
  10. diminutive
    very small
    The diminutive 58-year-old retired school librarian is neatly dressed.
  11. sidebar
    a courtroom conference held away from the jury
    Your honor, could we have a sidebar?
  12. respective
    considered individually
    They return to their respective previous positions with PETROCELLI at the podium.
  13. manslaughter
    recklessly causing someone's death without intending to
    So the arrest for fighting a guy that died was manslaughter, is that right?
  14. attache
    a shallow and rectangular briefcase
    Man, this lame-looking brother with an attaché case come up to me and said he wanted to cop some rocks.
  15. concentric
    having a common center
    Concentric colorful circles and hurdy-gurdy music: A hustling, bustling CARTOON CITY comes alive on the screen.
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