First of all, gothic literature is a genre that began in the 1700s it refers to medieval buildings like castles that are dark and gloomy. “Where is here” by Joyce Carol Oates would be an example because of how it has points on where seems normal and relatable than where it goes downhill. For example the mother and father let the stranger in the house based off of curiosity and feeling bad for him. Soon after he came in the mother began to state, “[she] went worriedly, he could be anyone, after all. Any kind of thief, or mentally disturbed person, or even murderer” (70).While he was in the house and backyard walking observing how the house is now without interacting with the now owners which scared them. Although the mother is worried for her
