Godzilla, hairy, King Kong, ugly, Frankenstein, scary, and lastly violence. All of these are words and things we think about when you hear the word monster. We tend to forget about real monsters like John Wayne Gacy and other killers and robbers in the world because of one aspect; their humanity. We have monsters lurking among us unfortunately due to parts of their lives such as growing up among criminals and being taught to believe that the world is about survival of the fittest. No one is ever born a monster. These evil tendencies derive from life circumstances. We can see that people who grow up in projects are more likely to be criminals, granted they are only given a limited amount of resources. For example, we are given the book Monster by Walter Dean Myers. This book that showcases a young boy who is on trial for possible being a part of a robbery gone wrong that ended with murder, and his attempt to keep himself sane by writing down the events of the trial in a script (for a movie) format. On page 51 of this book we see a character called Peaches, a women from the neighborhood the protagonist is from, comment of how broken the neighborhood is. She states “That’s the only thing left in our neighborhood—restaurants, liquor stores, and…show more content… They bring up the point that humans are indeed human, and will always have an aspect of humanity inside them no matter what you do. But some people have lost their grip on humanity. Just as dogs are trained to become more domestic and learn to do certain things, humans can be learn evil things and be taught how to live in such a way that others are hurt without the thought of how scary and violent they have become. In the book Monster for example, characters Bobo Evans and James King brutally robbed a corner store and murdered its owner, with no remorse which is shown when they use the stolen money to go eat a meal from a nearby fast food
