Imaginationtion In House Taken Over By Julio Cortazar

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Does your imagination overcome reason? I know it happened to me. My brain didn’t question how it could have happened. I didn’t make any logical reasons. I just blamed it on a ghost and was scared. A few months ago my mom had to go pick up my dad from work and she took my brothers with her so I had to walk home and stay home alone. I had gotten home around 4:30 and I had music class at 5 so I had to eat fast so I can walk to music class. I made myself a Nutella sandwich and I got a cup of milk. I turned on the TV so the house would not seem quiet. I finished eating and I took my plate and cup to the sink and I washed it. It was early and I did not want to leave late so I had gotten my cello and my music stand and put it next to the door. …show more content…
In the story, Irene and Rodriguez’s house gets taken over by something and they ended up leaving. I think a ghost took over their house and they left because of how scared they were. In the story their imagination took over and they got scared so they ended up leaving. It doesn’t really explain what took over their house but it …show more content…
And continuously? I think my imagination took over and I was so scared my mind made up an excuse of ghosts because my family members are big ghost believers. I did not think about other reasons why the spoon could have moved. My imagination took over reason and I did not think of any logical reason how that could have happened. It could have been the wind because the tray is next to the window or it could have been a ghost because it was a metal spoon and the spoon is too heavy for the wind to move. I just know I was too scared to think and I assumed it was a ghost. In conclusion, your imagination can take over reason. Like it did in “House Taken Over”. There was no real evidence if it was a ghost or they are mentally ill or if it has a logical reason. Many times when you are scared, your imagination comes up with many reasons and excuses. You get scared and you don’t have time to actually think of any logical reasons and you can create a whole different situation than what actually

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