Once when I was at home with my younger sisters and older brother I had been in my room listening to music. When out of nowhere, I heard taps on my window and at first I didn’t realize someone or something was at my window, because I thought the sounds were just kids with fireworks. It was July so it wouldn’t have been out of the ordinary. I then realized there was a person at my window tapping on it, and they were doing it slowly and creepily. I ran out of my room and ran to my brother’s and told him. He jumped up and ran out of the room and out the front door, but no one was there. I was so shaken up and my heart was beating really hard and fast. This was supposed to be nice, relaxing night but it transformed into a creepy night I’ll always remember. Transformation obviously creates fear. This can be seen in the following three stories as well. Oate’s “Where is Here”, Julio Cortazar’s “House Taken Over” and Arthur Tress’,“Dream Collector” uses transformation of an ordinary person and an ordinary setting to
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This is effective because it causes readers to question their own homes. One example is “This room, cozily lit as well, was the most carefully furnished room in the house. ...cheerful chintz drapes, a sofa and matching chairs...framed reproductions of classic works of art…”(72). The description sounds like any normal living room that has all the essentials needed. In contrast, “the father pushes past her without comment...he saw that the lights were flickering as if on the brink of going out…”(76). This proves this is eerie because the lights shined bright and the father and mother seemed happily married before the stranger. Now everything seems to be fading and drained of life and the couple fight. Everything is different than it was before. Therefore, the transformation was effective because as the home became eerie and different, so did the
This is effective because it causes readers to question their own homes. One example is “This room, cozily lit as well, was the most carefully furnished room in the house. ...cheerful chintz drapes, a sofa and matching chairs...framed reproductions of classic works of art…”(72). The description sounds like any normal living room that has all the essentials needed. In contrast, “the father pushes past her without comment...he saw that the lights were flickering as if on the brink of going out…”(76). This proves this is eerie because the lights shined bright and the father and mother seemed happily married before the stranger. Now everything seems to be fading and drained of life and the couple fight. Everything is different than it was before. Therefore, the transformation was effective because as the home became eerie and different, so did the