Many people in today’s world are used to only one way; the way they grew up. People tend to judge each other and act cruel to them if they differ from what they are used to. They make it seem like the person that is different is the monster, but it is themselves since they treat each other cruelly. In The Monster by Stephen Crane, Henry Johnson is viewed as the monster because he got his face severely burned. His face got burned from saving little Jimmy Trescott, from a burning house, now the town’s people see him as a hideously dangerous monster that no one wants to be around. Although Henry Johnson is known and treated as the monster in the story, it is the town’s people who are the real monsters. The town’s people overly judge Henry by calling
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In The Monster, Henry Johnson is a man that everyone knew as a very kind man in town. Unfortunately, after his accident caused by saving Dr. Trescott’s son from the fire, the town sees Henry as a monster because this accident is the reason his face got burned. The people around him do not consider the fact that he is as a person; they only focus on how he looks (a monster). In the movie Carrie, Carrie White is viewed as the monster in school. She is a shy and awkward girl in high school, and everyone else around her is extremely social and they all have friends (Carrie). Since the other students see her as this weird new girl who happens to have a crazy mom , they all start to think that she is a monster. “She is known as a monster in her school and the word ‘monster’ equals to ‘different.’ However, happened all because of the monsters that started bullying her” (Monsters In Our Society). Carrie White is a girl and looks like everyone else that is in high school, but because she acts differently from everyone that goes to school with her, they all end up judging her and treating her like she is a monster. The bullies are the monsters because they act inhuman by making her feel terrible about herself. In both Carrie and The Monster, there are monsters that try to make it seem like the victim is the true
In The Monster, Henry Johnson is a man that everyone knew as a very kind man in town. Unfortunately, after his accident caused by saving Dr. Trescott’s son from the fire, the town sees Henry as a monster because this accident is the reason his face got burned. The people around him do not consider the fact that he is as a person; they only focus on how he looks (a monster). In the movie Carrie, Carrie White is viewed as the monster in school. She is a shy and awkward girl in high school, and everyone else around her is extremely social and they all have friends (Carrie). Since the other students see her as this weird new girl who happens to have a crazy mom , they all start to think that she is a monster. “She is known as a monster in her school and the word ‘monster’ equals to ‘different.’ However, happened all because of the monsters that started bullying her” (Monsters In Our Society). Carrie White is a girl and looks like everyone else that is in high school, but because she acts differently from everyone that goes to school with her, they all end up judging her and treating her like she is a monster. The bullies are the monsters because they act inhuman by making her feel terrible about herself. In both Carrie and The Monster, there are monsters that try to make it seem like the victim is the true