Alguinaldo Nesbitt Character Analysis in Monster

Alguinaldo Nesbitt was the owner of a Harlem drugstore who was murdered during an attempted robbery, allegedly by Bobo Evans and James King. Mr. Nesbitt was an immigrant from St. Kitts who was respected by his community. King targeted Mr. Nesbitt for robbery because he believed that, as an immigrant, Mr. Nesbitt was unlikely to report the robbery to the police.

Alguinaldo Nesbitt Quotes in Monster

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Miss O’Brien looked at me—I didn’t see her looking at me but I knew she was. She wanted to know who I was. Who was Steve Harmon? I wanted to open my shirt and tell her to look into my heart and see who I really was, who the real Steve Harmon was.

Related Characters: Steve Harmon (speaker), Kathy O’Brien, Alguinaldo Nesbitt

Related Symbols: Monster

Page Number and Citation: 92

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Alguinaldo Nesbitt Character Timeline in Monster

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...and the state believes they were Richard “Bobo” Evans and James King. The shopkeeper, Alguinaldo Nesbitt, produced his legally-owned handgun, there was a struggle, and Mr. Nesbitt was shot dead. One... (full context)

...remarks by stating that both King and Steve are implicated in the murder of Mr. Nesbitt. Then O’Brien makes her opening remarks, stating that the law protects young men like Steve... (full context)

José Delgado, Mr. Nesbitt’s employee, is the first to take the stand. Under Petrocelli’s questioning, Delgado recounts that he... (full context)

Petrocelli questions Detective Karyl on the stand, who investigated Mr. Nesbitt’s murder. He describes the murder scene as gruesome. Aside from the opened cash register, he... (full context)

...months, which seems unimaginable. Steve thinks about his mom fretting over him, and about Mr. Nesbitt and the crime scene photos O’Brien showed him. O’Brien tried to hide it, but Steve... (full context)

...into the drugstore and back out of it. He didn’t steal anything; he didn’t touch Nesbitt. But his whole family feels the pain of it, and Steve feels like his relationship... (full context)

...a lot too, and they scare him. He wonders what it was like for Mr. Nesbitt, lying there, knowing that he was dying. Steve wonders if there was a lot of... (full context)

...on the stand while Petrocelli questions them. One testifies that the gun that killed Mr. Nesbitt legally belonged to Nesbitt. Detective Williams describes his entrance onto the scene, how he saw... (full context)

The medical examiner testifies that the bullet struck Mr. Nesbitt from his left side and tore through his lungs, causing heavy internal bleeding. As his... (full context)

...enter a drugstore, look at the mints, and exit again, but he certainly didn’t kill Nesbitt. (full context)

...King, whom she identifies, and another man entered the store and started arguing with Mr. Nesbitt and grabbed him by the collar. Henry left as quickly as she could, seeing that... (full context)

...gave the signal, King smoked a little bit of meth and they went inside. Mr. Nesbitt pulled a gun from behind the counter and King tried to wrestle it from him,... (full context)

...he could go buy himself a meal directly after. Bobo still claims that King shot Nesbitt, most likely because he was high, and then tells Briggs that he’s done talking to... (full context)

...and that they didn’t split the money up as planned after he and King heard Nesbitt died. O’Brien sits. (full context)

Briggs brings another witness to testify that King is left-handed and Mr. Nesbitt was shot from an angle that suggests a right-handed shooter, but the questioning is brief... (full context)

...King did not enter the store with Bobo; Osvaldo did. One of them shot Mr. Nesbitt. When he was arrested, Bobo needed someone to rat on to earn a lenient sentence... (full context)

...are thus unreliable. Bobo is using and discarding Steve’s life just like he murdered Mr. Nesbitt and left him on the floor. Thus far, Steve is the only witness charged with... (full context)

...jury on the admittedly poor character of criminal witnesses rather than the fact that Mr. Nesbitt was murdered and deserves justice. Ms. Henry and José Delgado have no ulterior motives in... (full context)

...the state’s accusation, and King and Steve Harmon are thus both fully culpable for Mr. Nesbitt’s death. They each played their part and made their contribution. King is obviously closely associated... (full context)

...they believe either King or Steve were involved in the robbery that led to Mr. Nesbitt’s death, regardless of whether they themselves fired the gun, the jury must give a guilty... (full context)