The main conflict of Walter Dean Myers' book, Monster, is about a teen accused of murder trying to clear his name in both the legal and social settings. Steve is 16 years old and claims to be at the wrong place at the wrong time, and claims to be the victim to inaccurate eyewitness accounts. Steve must also deal with the most frightening nature of the justice system. Steve's conflicts are primarily settled in the domain of an individual against a social order. Steve's battle to prove his innocence is the major conflict within the novel.
In addition to this, we never really know if Steve is innocent or guilty. The journal/ script aspect of the novel makes it upon us to think about such an issue. Perhaps, this is another conflict of the novel, only this one is left for us to analyze. This question has been asked before and you can check out that answer and compare it to this one.
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