Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

either tell the world about their secret, or try to stop the Chimera project on their own. In this journal, I will be connecting with the main character, Tane, visualizing the mysterious foggy setting, and evaluating the story. During the book, I could easily connect to the character Tane with his unknown future. Tane’s character showed little plans or needs for the future with uncertainty to what would come…

of characters, and the sound and lighting used throughout the movie. The Sixth Sense, a thriller and a ghost story, is portrayed as much more than just that. Perhaps it’s the chilliness and coldness in the air that make you just want to shiver. Or maybe it’s the way that they use almost direct silence to add to the scary feeling. Maybe it’s the lighting that always gets really dark and scary when ghosts are around. A psychologist, Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) is shot in his home by an…

Edgar Allan Poe uses the unreliable narrator approach to discuss death in “The Tell-Tale-Heart.” Within the story, we have the perspective of a character, whose account could not be trusted by the audience. The unreliableness is easily seen inside the opening of the very first paragraph. “True!- nervous – very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses- not destroyed- not dulled them. […]” (Page 404) Poe inputted a feeling…

by absorbing these patterns. Beowulf contains many archetypes like the hero’s journey, the outcast, and light vs. dark. Beowulf is the protagonist, he demonstrates light along with King Hrothgar and all of the citizens. Grendel, the antagonist that serves as the purpose of darkness. The story is entitled to revolving around an ongoing battle between them, which was the original story of the battle of light vs.…

Although the story of Beowulf and the song “Gangsters Paradise” have many differences but as well as many similarities of the viking virtues. The narrator and the story Beowulf share more than just one virtue such as the anglo-saxon virtue of reputation. In the rap song the narrator writes, “I’m the kinda G the little homies wanna be like”. The narrator of the song portrays themselves as somewhat of a hood God, that even the youngsters would like to be like in the future. He wants people…

enlightenment, the romanticism era was to get away from the enlightenment. Edgar allen Poe was no different, Poe was a product of this period, with his many short stories and poems such as “Annabel Lee”, “The Raven”, “The masques of the red death”, “The fall of the house of usher”, “Pit and the pendulum”, “The cask of amontillado” and many more. Poe 's stories had a gothic twist on them and…

Symbolism has many of ways to be expressed. It is shown in numerous of books, poems, short stories, and in almost every type of literature. In the story I just read, “A Rose of Emily”, had many different examples of symbolism. Death can be symbolized as black and dark. Anyone can use symbolism in anyways they wish. It’s to show ideas and qualities. A Rose of Emily was a story told in the south. She was a young woman that lived with her father that was dominant and over protective. Miss. Emily…

The role of women within society has never been bright. It has often shown itself to be abusive, repressive, and controlling for the better part of all world history. However, the photography of William Mortensen tells a much different story. His work has been able to grasp the compelling spirit of femininity and the power that every woman upholds as her own ruler. In this paper I will discuss the artistic portal of powerful femininity, a woman’s place as deemed fit by society, and Mortenson’s…

around her continuously tell her false information or leave out details in an effort to shield Marji from the horrors of the world around her. This affects Marji's life greatly because she does not understand everything that's happening, she believes there's only one correct way and doesn't understand that there are multiple sides to every story. She constantly rebels against the government, her parents, her school, and more. Since this book is a major coming of age story set in a warzone,…

which is a representative of a very scary place with many dangers. He has let his fear of the unknown consume him so much that he won't even let his son live a normal life. The only way that he would be able to conquer this fear is by seeing he was wrong. This connects directly to the topic sentence since it shows that Marlin is overprotective and has a fear of the archetypal ocean. His fear is irrational and made it so that his son wasn't allowed to be…