Monster

For the past few weeks, we as a class have been creating our own perfect monster. However, no matter how hard I tried, I could not make one. My monster always ended up being either not proportional or vary greatly in color. The one that I have here with me is the third monster that I have created. I wanted her to be dark and mysterious so I chose a face that is staring into the distances. This face will make people wonder where is she staring at, what is she looking at, and why is she looking at…

When Monsters Attack Every second of every day, a monster enters my body. The monsters come in all forms, shapes, and sizes. Some days the monsters are subtle, playing with my thoughts, filling the positive ones with harsh, negative thoughts instead. Other days, ferocious, breath- sucking, light dimming, vein shrinking monsters come in to achieve their desired harm. Three specific monsters have found their home in my life, and their names are Anxiety, Insecurity, and Fear. The first…

What, if anything, do the monsters of horror cinema have in common, besides the fact that they are not real? They may be human—just think of Norman Bates, Leatherface, or Hannibal Lechter—but they are not real, in the sense of experientially real. They may even be non-fictional—just think of Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1990), a film about real-life mass murderer Henry Lee Lucas—but that still doesn't make them real (the Henry of the film is just an actor, Michael Rooker, pretending to be…

A reflection of Shelley’s journey in the monster “Frankenstein is a story of longing. It is ultimately about the abhorrent realization that a man is the master of his own destiny, yet slave to his unanalyzed repetitions.” Says the author Barbara D’Amato in his essay entitled Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: an orphaned author’s dream and journey towards integration. In this article, the author talks about how Shelley’s life experiences and internal conflicts have manifestations in the fictionalized…

“Children are human beings to whom respect is due, superior to us by the reason of their innocence and of the greater possibilities of their future,” (Maria Montessori). Steve Harmon, from the young adult drama book Monster, is an African American teenager who is sent to jail and put on trial since he is accused of murder with three other men. Steve Harmon is innocent in his own eyes, but to the government he is guilty. Steve was just in the wrong place at the wrong time, but the government…

The mind of a so called monster could be an interesting feat to many. In one instance this could be a related to the Showtime TV network's, now concluded series, "Dexter." In the show, the protagonist is Dexter Morgan who is a forensic blood spatter analyst who works for the Miami Metro Police department. Dexter also has a side to him that consists of gruesomely killing other killers. Dexter had first recognized his urge to constantly kill at a pre-adolescent age. He calls this urge within him…

Monster Culture - Neo-Nazism Beginning just before the mid-1900s, the idea of National Socialism (more commonly known as Nazism) came about in Germany and the rest of Europe after the release of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf. The main purpose behind the people who supported this ideology was to promote a what was dubbed a master race, composed of white, blonde hair and blue eyed, non-Jewish people, known as Aryans. In the present day, Nazism has taken on a new form, most notably being American white…

In “The Monster Are Due on Maple Street” by Rod Serling, the actions and/or people in the act include important roles that make up the plot of the story. As quoted in the passage, "They look just like humans.” Tommy points out that these monster looks just like humans. After Tommy stated this, people began to panic and question who is the monster(s) by harassing other neighbors. Also the evidence in this section, “And he never did come out to look… Not even interested.” These facts demonstrates…

Shakur’s memoir, Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member, the audience follows the events that transform Monster Kody Scott into Sanyika Shakur. While writing his memoir from prison, the book starts in 1975 with his graduation from elementary school and initiation into the Crips. His initiation included a brutal beating from fellow Crips members, which immediately followed his first gang shooting against the Bloods. At the age of thirteen, Kody Scott earned the nickname “Monster” due…

Deonte McLean Mrs. Joyner English IV 16, December 2015 Who is the real monster? Victor Frankenstein’s creature is not a monster, but a victim in the society in which he was created. Ever since the birth of the creature, he has felt nothing but neglect and pain starting with his own creator, Victor Frankenstein, abandoning him. He’s just like an average human, minus a few qualities. Many people believe that he has no emotion, but even he feels pain emotionally and physically. Professors…