Werewolves

Ever had the excitement of going to the movie theaters and watching the scariest movie? You begin to experience your heart pounding, blood rushing, and goose bumps surfacing. The tension builds up with fear on what’s going to happen next. Horror movies have become so realistic; it puts characters into real life situations. Don’t worry, you’re safe in your own environment because after all it is just a movie, right? Just experience horror movies vicariously and witness other people get…

“My father is a liar and so am I” are the words that author, Justine Larbalestier, uses to lure readers into her captivating book, Liar (3). The author weaves a suspenseful tale about teenager, Micah Wilkins, who seeks to find her boyfriend’s murder. She also artfully places fragments of doubt and lies that keep the reader in suspense through the length of the book. According to Essentials of Young Adult Literature, Larbalerstier’s book is categorized as a Supernatural Fantasy (Short,…

black and the only thing to be heard is labored breathing. There is something out there. Suddenly, a noise startles you and you jump six feet in the air. MONSTERS! They’ve caught your scent and you take off running once again. Monsters like mummies, werewolves and ghosts have had cultures and peoples running scared for decades. More recently, one monster in particular has frightened individuals in ways the ‘classic’ monsters could only dream of. Zombies, the undead, terrify us because they are…

Thomas C. Foster introduces his topic in chapter 3, Nice to Eat You: Acts of Vampires, by presenting to us his guidelines to finding vampires in literature. He breaks down this chapter by starting off with the father of all vampires, the infamous Dracula. Foster points out to us that in every movie or book that contains Dracula he is always portrayed as always alluring, dangerous, mysterious, and tends to focus on beautiful virgin women. The reason for this is for him to gain back youth and…

Creatures of the Night From feared creatures of the night to romantically misunderstood, vampires have been a widely popular character in modern fiction. The characteristics have changed to a less frightening monster who is tormented with living for eternity versus the blood thirsty creature who haunts the dark and empty streets for unsuspecting victims. Vampire myths were part of European civilization since the Dark Ages. Science was a new concept and everyone turned to religion or the…

Horror stories are becoming increasingly popular in today’s era. The inquisitiveness of nature, behavior, and mysterious happenings in this specific genre have sparked interest in the unknown. When literary trends escaped the Age of Reason, literature was brought back to its traditional times when mysteries were fascinating. The most attainable model of creative narrative developed from the Middle Ages. The Middle Ages consisted of periods of crime, barbarism, works of witches, scientific…

Dracula is a classic horror novel that sparked a huge interest in a brand-new genre. Currently, the world is used to seeing romantic vampires fighting against werewolves for the love their life. Instead of fearing vampires people love them and have dreams of dating a vampire. However, I believe that vampire genre was always one filled with romance, and even the famous Dracula spoke of intense love. Dracula a book about horror and gruesome death is largely affiliated with many sexual innuendos…

Angel's blood runs through my veins, but demon's blood infuses it. It has been years upon years of experimenting on myself to try and unleash the true power possessed by both demon and angel. My passion has been thought to be lost since, but I truly know I haven't changed. Those against me are merely afraid of my immense power. The Morgenstern name would be remembered for generations to come. I infused demon blood into my first son with the intent of unleashing power, giving him a dark aura that…

Parental Censorship of School Literature Students in the graduating classes below Julia's may never get to read the Twilight series. Her parents thought that vampires and werewolves were unholy, satanic things to write about, not to mention that there were sexual themes, violence, and curse words present. Indignant, they called the school to complain when their daughter brought the series home to read. Her school chose to remove the books from its library, depriving the entire student body of…

Werewolf”, a faithful husband gets dishonored by his wife after the wife finds out that the husband is half werewolf. The story takes place in Ancient Greek, during the Medieval Times, where the Greeks wrote that people could be transformed into werewolves. The story really gives off a good example on how the people that you think you can trust with your life, especially in this case, can turn on you for the money, fame, power, etc. The three themes that are shown in “The Lay of the Werewolf”…