1. A story about peer pressure and making poor life choices.
Monster
A story about peer pressure and making
poor life choices.

2. Book Summary Steve Harmon Life before trial.
School, film club, supportive father, mother, and brother
Life during trial.
Murder, rape, stabbings, beatings.
Life after trial
Divorce, social disorder

3. Peer Pressure Steve Harmon
Product of his environment, lived in Harlem.
Incident in Detroit, Michigan.
Bad associations, James King, Richard “BOBO” Evans,
Incident in Watertown, New York.

4. Life Choices Steve Harmon Possible sentences.
Discussed his involvement of the robbery in the park, on the bench, with James King.
Stated in his flashback that he only went in the drugstore to purchase mints. Stated, under oath, that he was never in that drugstore.
Possibly given 20+ years for his involvement.
Possible sentences.

5. Peer Pressure Advisory
Types of peer pressure
Rejection
Threatening to end a friendship or a relationship
Put Downs
Insulting or calling a person names to make them feed bad.
Reasoning
Telling a person reasons why they should try something or why it would be OK if they did.
Unspoken Pressure
This is something you feel without anyone saying anything to you. You feel unspoken pressure if you want to do the same things others doing.

6. Peer Pressure Advisory
Resources
Boys and Girls Club
Big Brothers/Big Sisters
Teachers, Principals, Counselors, Religious Leaders
Parents, Siblings

7. Conclusion Steve Harmon Peer Pressure Resources
School Jail Social Behaviors
Peer Pressure
What have been some times where you experienced peer pressure?
What are these forms of peer pressure, Rejection, Put Downs, Reasoning, Unspoken Pressure?
Resources
Organizations, Mentors, Family.
“You can’t choose your cellmate, but you can choose your friends” ~Michael McCormick

8. Citation
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