What makes a kind, compassionate, moral human being? On the flip side, what makes a monster? A prevalent theme in the YA novel “Monster” by Walter Dean Myers is image, or how one views themselves and how they want, or need, in the case of Steve Harmon, others to view them. The reader is presumably dropped into New York of the late nighties, in time to watch 16-year-old Steve on trial for a crime he might or might not have committed, despite the dearth of evidence.
“Someone said something downstairs, but I couldn't hear it clearly. They started running up the stairs until they reached the bedroom doorway. It was a guy; he asked, ‘What's
The door creaks open, I see them, two men… they look so tasty. They’re picking me up and dragging me down the hall. We finally stop, I hear another door open, I look up and the only thing in the room is a table tilted at a seventy-five degree angle. They are pinning me against the table, please speak up, you’re never this quiet.
Thump. Thump. Sudden steps echoed around the hall. I crouched down, trying to make the least amount of noise possible. The steps stopped.
Skinamarink is a supernatural horror movie that came out in 2022. It follows a young boy and his sister as they navigate their way through their dark and unfamiliar house one night alone, unable to find their parents, and with a mysterious entity whispering to them all the while. It has been praised as a new and original story, with an eerie style of storytelling. While Skinamarink does use a very unique style, it does not use any new or particularly original themes, and other movies like it include Oculus, The Shining, and Poltergeist.
When I was fifteen years old and in middle school, there was this one kid in my grade that was Muslim. He sat by himself minding his own business but everyday a group of kids in the grade above us would come and make fun of this young boy, each day it would be the same thing, they would call him names and tell him to go back to where he came from. All because he was a Muslim boy in Australia. One day he fought back to the bullies and threw a punch at the main culprit, of course he got beat up and all the boys had to go to the office and talk to the principle but what was astonishing was that the Muslim boy got suspended for three days and all the bullies did not get into trouble. From that day, I saw how the world target Muslims and how there is this witch hunt for them.
Mckenna, I too wrote about the mindless monster and the negative effects it can have on someone. It's crazy to think about the lengths people will go to please someone and will overwork themselves to make sure others are happy. I believe that the only way to be truly happy is to make sure you're good first. The other aspect I agree with was your point on body language. That is something I need to work on a lot as well.
For fifteen years, I put my heart, effort, and soul into my band Murky Waters. I made it into a career that supports my wife, my stepdaughter, and my parents. Murky Waters is what saved my family and me from poverty in the ghetto of Warsaw, Poland, and it’s what saved me from giving up on life entirely before I met my wife. I met her only a year after Murky Waters began and she was introduced to me by my best friend and drummer, Tony. Anka was two months pregnant with my stepdaughter, Antonia, at the time we met.
It walked over to my bed and brought me downstairs into the basement. The thing sat me down and tied me to a chair and brought out a large tray of tools, there is no escape. I felt my teeth being ripped out, it started with the back. During this process a sound alarm went off, the entity vanished, and security ran thro the doors.
Jonathan had lost breath after a few minutes that felt like hours. He ran into a bush and ducked down whispering to himself, "Help me.. help me.. Please.". Jonathan heard a faint growl and moved around the bush. He began to make a loud sound of pain as a thorn stuck itself into his shoulder.
I was very tired and knew soon that I would be asleep…
What does it mean to call someone a monster, and it not be literal? This is what. A few I thought of was doing something really cool, being mean, or being able to do something hardly anyone else can. First, doing something really, you could be called a monster.
I looked around the room looking for the mysterious sound and that’s when the weirdest thing happened. A glowing ghost came out of the wall which happened to be shimmering. “Hi my name is storm, don’t be fooled by my name, i really am a nice person or as my peers call me, a ghost. Anyways I am here to take you to the magical world of Candy Land. Candy Keller is full of candy, food, drinks, and all types of various animal species.”
I pushed open the door and an unfamiliar figure greeted my eyes. I screamed and lost my balance, which caused me to fall into the door frame. From there, I dropped to the
I woke up terrified , those nightmares they keep happening. I was thinking to myself saying why haven't they went away. But suddenly my thoughts were disturbed by the yelling of my sister. I got out of bed and went down stairs where i had seen my sister jill making breakfast , she turned around and saw me , then she asked “ nightmares again ”. I answered “ yes ”.