Despite the macabre fact that there were multiple deaths in the short story “Strawberry Spring,” the experience is a bizarre form of enjoyment. This fun, according to King, “comes from seeing others menaced - sometimes killed” (King, “Why We Crave” 2) which is exactly what “Strawberry Spring” delivers. Accordingly, each loss of life in the short story spices up extra suspense, including mystery, which brings amusement to the reader. To elucidate, the murder left the words “HA! HA!” on one numerous killings as a taunt to each person who is unsure of his identity. The dead corpse of same person wasn’t complete either; part of her was “in the back seat and part of her in the trunk” (King, “Strawberry” 4). This is the source of the “peculiar sort of fun” that King
Despite the macabre fact that there were multiple deaths in the short story “Strawberry Spring,” the experience is a bizarre form of enjoyment. This fun, according to King, “comes from seeing others menaced - sometimes killed” (King, “Why We Crave” 2) which is exactly what “Strawberry Spring” delivers. Accordingly, each loss of life in the short story spices up extra suspense, including mystery, which brings amusement to the reader. To elucidate, the murder left the words “HA! HA!” on one numerous killings as a taunt to each person who is unsure of his identity. The dead corpse of same person wasn’t complete either; part of her was “in the back seat and part of her in the trunk” (King, “Strawberry” 4). This is the source of the “peculiar sort of fun” that King