When a person picks up a Horror Novel for the first time, they have no idea what is in store for them. Certainly they know the book will be quote unquote “scary”, but of course it will be scary. The sole purpose of that book is to scare the reader. Many horror books attempt but are unable to scare the reader, or if they do scare the reader, the book is not very well written. The three books that this essay is focusing on all do a brilliant job of not only terrifying the reader, but also using and exploiting many literary devices that make the book stick in the reader's memory.
A bundle of Mexican families grows up with their parents or grandparents telling the kids scary stories, or some of the scariest experiences they’ve been through. Honestly who doesn’t pick up the chills when hearing these stories? Hearing stories are one concept, however reading about them can be even scarier. It all depends on how the writer tells it along with how he or she indicates the story to make it extra horrific furthermore compulsive. “Suspense is the uncertainty or anxiety you feel about what will happen next.”
Stories from the horror genre leave little information to the imagination. Although, why do people believe this about most stories. Well authors use the horror genre elements to surprise, excite, and give a reader many emotions while reading.
In Edgar Allen Poe's short stories, "Ligeia" and " The Fall of the House of Usher," it is helpful to view the characters as 2 halves of one persona. Ligeia and Rowana respectively represent the romantic and gothic writing styles as do Madeline and Roderick Usher. The characters cannot exist without their other half, just as the gothic writing style cannot exist without the romantic. Often made clear in Poe's writing, it the use of gothic writing style includes romantic stylings without intention. the opposite is true as well because the 2 writing styles are tied together as 2 halves of one whole, dark romanticism.
The horror writers association wrote on horror.org that horror, “forces us to confront who we are,” along with examining, “what we are afraid of” (Bradbury). People fear losing what they have, and they fear, “the fire bursts,” in their house, along with many other things (Bradbury). This story is horror because of the levels of emotions and supernatural occurrences that are
I believe that the fear elicited by these stories is a universal aspect of human nature. I think that it stems from our inability to understand or control our intrusive thoughts, making them a source of anxiety and terror, similar to how the occupants of the haunted house in Pliny's tale felt (Pliny, the Younger: Letter to
Fear plays a big part in everyone’s lives. While not everyone will admit it, everyone is scared of something. There is a lot that isn’t known about the world and everything in it. For some this is a tool that can be used to develop horror in literature as well as many other things. “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.
I think this story is meant to put you into states of fear and terror but in a good way. After reading this story i believe this is one of the greatest horror stories of all time that scares you to death and creeps you outAlso said by other reviews it says he is “the master of british horror.”. When being interviewed by Mamilliian Pan James said the tried to make the book a “talking terror”. Also said by other reviews it says he is “the master of british horror.” And I think the has made this story to do
The producers of horror movies or suspense shows wanting to make one person is the person who is pulling the prank or kill that person like in Pretty Little Liars Spencer, Aria, Hanna, Emily think Ian Thomas killed Ali because of something Spencer remembered from that night or it make perfect sense, Ian and Ali were secretly together, and Ali gave him an ultanium break up with Melissa who was his girlfriend and Spencer’s older sister or she will tell the whole world about them. But it turns out Ali has a twin sister named Courtney who was pretending to be Ali to avoid Prudence Heights an asylum for mental insane and the real Ali killed Courtney then buried in the hole. In the Fall of House of Usher, Usher in the beginning of the story
It is used to make the story become more real, and easier for the reader to place himself in the story, and feel the same way as the characters. Stephen King is using the terror effect throughout the whole story. He is making the feeling of dread and anticipation the main factors in the horrifying experience. He also uses the horror effect, when he is writing about The Boogeyman, but he leaves out the gross out part. Edgar Allan Poe is in the same way using both terror and horror to give the reader the most horrifying experience.
