Richard "Bobo" Evans

Author’s Note: This essay is about one of the characters in the novel “Monster” by Walter Dean Myers, Richard “Bobo” Evans. As the author of this current essay I am informing the reader on Mr. Evan’s features, characteristics, role in the story, and likes and dislikes towards the character.

Richard Evans known on the street as “Bobo” had just been put in jail for seven to ten years for selling drugs. He’s also one of the acquaintances on December 22 when he, James King, and Steve Harmon were accused of killing a man during a drug store robbery. He slowly walked into the court room with a straight serious face, pimples and zits covered it, and his orange jumpsuit looking tough and buff. He was known as someone you don’t ever want to mess with. People would say he was like an armed bomb, ready to explode at any moment if you were to do even one little thing wrong.

“Bobo” had a pretty big role in the novel. He was one of the people who were in the store when the man got shot. He was also a person that the jury could relate to Mr. King and Mr. Harmon if they did in fact know each other. Since he did know Mr. King very well he might have been the biggest problem for Mr. King. Especially after “Bobo” told Mrs. Petrocelli that after the incident they both used the money they had stolen to get a bite at the local fast food place. Mr. Evans had explained that he didn’t actually see who shot what. He said that he saw James and the clerk fighting then heard a “BANG!”

I like that Richard is not afraid to tell the truth about that night as if he were a snake in the wild, fearless with a very smooth strategy. I don’t like how egotistical Richard is, in his mind he is the strongest, smartest, and most handsome man in the world, but really he’s not.