""The Monster"" is a short story written by Stephen Crane that was first published in 1899. It tells the story of a man named Henry Johnson, who was a former boxer and had lost his arm in a fight. Johnson is now a beggar and lives in a small room in a tenement building. He is often ridiculed and treated poorly by the other residents of the building, who see him as a monster because of his missing arm. One night, a group of boys come to Johnson's room...