These Girls Knew That Slender Man Was A Fantasy Lisa Miller Analysis

If these girls knew Slenderman wasn’t real, then why did they try to kill their friend? This question and title poses a thought that was never answered throughout a poorly written article. This question is not the only part of the article that author Lisa Miller forgets to explain, leaves out, or describes in a confusing order and manner. In the article “If These Girls Knew That Slender Man Was a Fantasy, Why Did They Want to Kill Their Friend for Him?”, author Lisa Miller does not answer nor follow the title, does not include or forgets to include key components in the story, and writes the article in an awkward, confusing matter. The article written by Miller is about two girls who stab their friend many times to please a fictional creature …show more content…
Why did the two girls want to become “mini-monsters”? Why would one even want to live with Slenderman in his mansion if he kills children? It very confusing when it is stated in the article that the girls fear Slenderman, but also search for his approval and want to live with him. Also, she never states why Morgan and Anissa picked their friend Bella to stab. The article states, “In her interview, Morgan acknowledged Bella’s role as her social lifeline: ‘She was my only friend for a long time’” (Miller). If Bella was one of Morgan’s good friends, then why would she stab her 19 times? One other idea that is not thoroughly explained is why the girls dressed Bella’s wounds after they stabbed her. The article says, “Morgan tried to dress Bella’s wounds with a leaf” (Miller). Why would they do this if they wanted her dead? The author needs to give better insight to what these girls were thinking before they committed the attempted murder and explain details better throughout the …show more content…
At the beginning of the article it talks about the girls before the crime then it leads into the stabbing. This would make since except for the fact that aimlessly, random details about the three girls are throw into the article causing it very had to follow the story line. Then, the article dramatically jumps to a year later, but still talks about details from the day of the stabbing and events even before the Slenderman stabbing. Why not just tell all this information in chronological order? One part towards the end of the article states, “For four months last fall” (Miller). When is this? For an audience reading this years down the road, they have no clue when this was. A specific year or date would be very beneficial. The author also does not make clear at some points which girl she is talking about; this makes the reader have to reread or guess to figure out who the author is talking about. By the end of the article, the past and present are mumbled back and forth so many times that it is hard to determine the sequence of events