The Turn of the Screw
Ever wonder what it’s like to encounter and live with ghosts? In The Turn of the Screw, one of the main characters, the governess, tells us about the spine chilling events that take place in Bly, a country home in Essex, England. The Turn of the Screw, by Henry James is a story filled with suspense, horror, and madness. The author of this book shows how the governess deals with the struggles and fears of seeing the supernatural and how it has effect on her and her sanity.
The story begins when the governess arrives at her employer’s country house in Bly. It was a June afternoon when she first met Mrs. Grose, the housekeeper, and Flora, one of the two children she’s going to take care of. From the start, the governess already had a …show more content…
My favorite part of the book was probably the ending when the governess was describing her last event with Miles, “...With the stroke of the loss I was so proud of he the uttered cry of a creature...We were alone with the quiet day, and his little heart, dispossessed, had stopped.” It made my jaw drop because I didn’t know the governess would be glad for something like that to happen to Miles.
Also, during my first read, I couldn’t process what happened in the end because of the complexity of how well written it was. Compared to other books I’ve read, this was challenging to understand at times, but it was worth it because it showed Henry James’ style of writing and added meaning to the story. The suspense of the events that happened made you want to read more of it and seeing how the events drove the governess insane made me want to understand her struggle and try to be in her shoes while she coped with the children. This was an interesting read overall and it left me with many questions of if the governess just imagined the ghosts and what the events that happened to Miles, Flora, and the residence of Bly after the unexpected, yet horrific
Ever wonder what it’s like to encounter and live with ghosts? In The Turn of the Screw, one of the main characters, the governess, tells us about the spine chilling events that take place in Bly, a country home in Essex, England. The Turn of the Screw, by Henry James is a story filled with suspense, horror, and madness. The author of this book shows how the governess deals with the struggles and fears of seeing the supernatural and how it has effect on her and her sanity.
The story begins when the governess arrives at her employer’s country house in Bly. It was a June afternoon when she first met Mrs. Grose, the housekeeper, and Flora, one of the two children she’s going to take care of. From the start, the governess already had a …show more content…
My favorite part of the book was probably the ending when the governess was describing her last event with Miles, “...With the stroke of the loss I was so proud of he the uttered cry of a creature...We were alone with the quiet day, and his little heart, dispossessed, had stopped.” It made my jaw drop because I didn’t know the governess would be glad for something like that to happen to Miles.
Also, during my first read, I couldn’t process what happened in the end because of the complexity of how well written it was. Compared to other books I’ve read, this was challenging to understand at times, but it was worth it because it showed Henry James’ style of writing and added meaning to the story. The suspense of the events that happened made you want to read more of it and seeing how the events drove the governess insane made me want to understand her struggle and try to be in her shoes while she coped with the children. This was an interesting read overall and it left me with many questions of if the governess just imagined the ghosts and what the events that happened to Miles, Flora, and the residence of Bly after the unexpected, yet horrific