Monster Chapter Summary & Analysis - Chapter 8, Sunday, July 12th Summary

Chapter 8, Sunday, July 12th Summary

Steve goes to breakfast and is served extra large portions because most prisoners skip Sunday breakfast. He goes to a church service, where nine other prisoners are attending, and two of them get into a vicious fight. The guards are called and they act as if they do not care if the fight is going on. The prisoners are locked down and play cards, and another fight almost breaks out. Steve speculates about why people fight so much in prison.

After being let out of lockdown, Steve watches a baseball game and feels the difference in his prison world and the world from where he came. He looks down a corridor to the streets of New York, nearly empty on Sunday. He spots Jerry on the street with his parents and waves. The visit with his parents is upbeat, but Steve feels that his mother is already mourning his death....
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