R.L. Stine Essay BOO! Did I scare you? That is what R.L Stine, an author from Columbus, Ohio, aims to do with his novels. Stine has won many awards for his horror novels. These books are directed mostly at children and young adults. But don't make any mistake, these books are no joke. They are very scary even if they are for children. One of Stine’s books, “Don’t Stay Up Late”, is about a young girl living an average life, with her many friends and a loving boyfriend. Her life takes a scary turn however when she gets in a horrific car accident, in which her father dies and her dog is lost. She begins to hallucinate and see crazy things. She begins to work as a babysitter to take her mind off them, but this only intensifies her problems. Are these just hallucinations or is something much more sinister the cause? This novel shows how this young woman, Lisa Brooks, deals with the stress and anxiety of loss as well as her own mental struggles. …show more content…
Firstly, a quote explaining the creature she is “hallucinating”, “But before she did, I saw something frightening. A creature. Half-human, half-creature, very weird and ugly”. She says this while speaking to her therapist. She is explaining the creature in which she had seen the evening before while sleepwalking. She is quickly put down as this is seen as symptoms of her stress and anxiety from the crash. Even she herself thinks she is going