Writers use gothic literature to combine small elements such as psychological issues, supernatural, and mystery together to tell a story. The way certain characters act tells more about the story. Books like Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs, have a ton of small gothic elements throughout the book.
In the “Black Cat” by Edgar Allen Poe and Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs, the authors show that the characters have psychological issues.by the way the characters act. For example, in the “Black Cat”, the narrator begins to go crazy after he harms a cat. He blames the cat for the way he is acting. “The fury of a demon instantly possessed me” (Poe 2). In Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, …show more content…
“But the Raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only that one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour” (Poe 439). In the quote above the Raven is given human characteristics, such as the ability to talk. Ravens usually don’t talk but this raven kept repeating one word. In Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Grandpa Portman is showing Jacob old pictures. “She’s levitating. Only she couldn’t control herself too well, so sometimes we had to tie a rope around her to keep her from floating away” (Riggs 15).Many people don’t have the power to levitate. A raven talking and a girl levitating are supernatural …show more content…
For example, in “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner, the main character Emily is a lady of power. Many people fear talking to or questioning Emily’s decisions. When Emily finally gets close to a guy and rumors start to spread that he doesn’t like Emily, he all of a sudden disappears. “And that was the last we saw of Homer Barron” (Faulkner 1073). In Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs, the main character Jacob gets a call from his grandpa at work that monsters are coming after him, and he needs the key to get ahold of his guns. Jacob’s dad tells him to go to Grandpa Portman’s house to check up on him. When Jacob arrives at Grandpa Portman’s house, he sees Grandpa Portman in the backyard on the ground. Before Grandpa Portman dies he say’s “Go to the island, Yakob. Here it’s not safe” (Riggs 36). Those’s were his last words which left Jacob confused. Jacob didn’t understand his grandpa’s last words or how he
In the “Black Cat” by Edgar Allen Poe and Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs, the authors show that the characters have psychological issues.by the way the characters act. For example, in the “Black Cat”, the narrator begins to go crazy after he harms a cat. He blames the cat for the way he is acting. “The fury of a demon instantly possessed me” (Poe 2). In Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, …show more content…
“But the Raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only that one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour” (Poe 439). In the quote above the Raven is given human characteristics, such as the ability to talk. Ravens usually don’t talk but this raven kept repeating one word. In Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Grandpa Portman is showing Jacob old pictures. “She’s levitating. Only she couldn’t control herself too well, so sometimes we had to tie a rope around her to keep her from floating away” (Riggs 15).Many people don’t have the power to levitate. A raven talking and a girl levitating are supernatural …show more content…
For example, in “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner, the main character Emily is a lady of power. Many people fear talking to or questioning Emily’s decisions. When Emily finally gets close to a guy and rumors start to spread that he doesn’t like Emily, he all of a sudden disappears. “And that was the last we saw of Homer Barron” (Faulkner 1073). In Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs, the main character Jacob gets a call from his grandpa at work that monsters are coming after him, and he needs the key to get ahold of his guns. Jacob’s dad tells him to go to Grandpa Portman’s house to check up on him. When Jacob arrives at Grandpa Portman’s house, he sees Grandpa Portman in the backyard on the ground. Before Grandpa Portman dies he say’s “Go to the island, Yakob. Here it’s not safe” (Riggs 36). Those’s were his last words which left Jacob confused. Jacob didn’t understand his grandpa’s last words or how he