...Nathan Hoyle Professor Brandt English 29 October 2012 In the Waiting Room In the Waiting Room, Elizabeth Bishop writes in an adults perspective of herself as a child. Bishop writes this small poem in an adults perspective of herself as a child to get the deep thoughts she had as a child across to the reader. In the waiting room is the realization of Elizabeth Bishop as a seven year old child that she is just like every other human being in the waiting room. In this poem, people are brought together by recognition of each other's pain. We all have sat in dentist office asking ourselves questions that lead to more. Elizabeth Bishop was an only child from Worcester, Massachusetts. In her early childhood she was adopted by her grandparents that lived in Great Village, Nova Scotia. This move happened because her father had passed away when she was only eight months old and her mother was institutionalized for being mentally ill. Later in Bishop's childhood she was removed from the care of her grandparents and moved back to Worcester, Massachusetts with her fathers wealthy family. Bishop did not agree with the move since she was having major separation problems being away from her grandparents. Her time in Worcester is when this poem takes place. Elizabeth Bishop being an orphan is the reason this intelligent little girl realizes at such a young age who she really is. Elizabeth is left not knowing who she is because her parents have both passed. She is searching...
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...fun rides and souvenir stores I knew we could’ve gone to, my parents took me to the horror house. I was so scared I could’ve peed in my pants. Upon reaching got to the horror house, the line was long enough to where it could be an excuse not to go, but my parents went on with it. The screams coming from the beginning alone were hair raising. Then, after an hour of waiting, it was my turn. Ahhh! I couldn’t tell what was making everyone scream, my eyes were shut, and when I reopened them, a big scary thing with bleeding eyes and a bloodcurdling roar was trying to escape from a straitjacket. At this point, I was crying, screaming, and doing whatever else a five year old in a horror house does. Up next, oh, I couldn’t tell, I was only five, but I do remember the maniac with a chainsaw. He was wearing one of those masks with the holes and his chainsaw sounded like it needed lubrication. That shriek made the hair stand on the back of my neck. The next room smelled like gunpowder. What room would...
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...Tim Burton is a film director that has made Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Edward Scissorhands, dark, Beetlejuice.Tim Burton uses different shots and lighting to establish a tone and theme in his movies.Tim Burton is known for his childlike and scary themes in his movies, In the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory when the Oompa Loompa was dancing while Augustus was stuck in the chocolate pipe.The Oompa Loompa looked creepy and really didn't care about the boy, Willy Wonka wasn't scared or worried.The music he puts in his movies creates the mood of the character. In his film the Beetlejuice, Tim Burton uses different shots and the camera tracks the characters in the movie and all the different shots give you a better understanding of...
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...in this movie as it is in an important part in any child’s life. Every child has those moments in life where all of a sudden they are seen as mature and there innocence is seemingly gone, making Ofelia’s journey much more relatable for anyone watching. Throughout the movie, Ofelia’s innocence changes in order to show her full cycle through life. Ofelia’s innocence begins to change when she starts her first task of going into the tree and getting the key from the frog. Before entering the tree Ofelia, still had the innocence of a young girl. She hadn’t experienced many dangers or scary situations in her...
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...houses were once something scary and forbidden, today they are quite popular, especially during the fall season. In today's world, there are thousands – if not millions – of haunted houses located across the globe. While the easy access is nice, the scare factor is quickly declining. Those looking for a good fright have to look for it. But do not worry it is still there. In fact, there are several great haunted houses located just in America. Five of the most frightening include: 1. The 13th Floor/The Asylum Located in Denver, Colorado, The 13th (The Asylum) was once an asylum for the insane. Set in a dark and damp institution, the truly terrifying haunted house features several...
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...The mood of a story or movie can evoke certain feelings or vibes in the reader or the viewers. The mood is usually referred to as the stories atmosphere, mainly because it creates an emotional situation that surrounds the reader or viewer till the end. A story or movie can have more than one type of mood that it gives the viewer. There are plenty of stories or movies that have the same or similar types of moods. A mood can be told or shown in many ways, such as the settings of where the story is taking place, or the descriptive words the author uses to explain how the character feels. The stories and movie Tell-Tale Heart, Darkness Falls, and Monkey’s Paw all have a scary mood to the it to make the reader more interested in the story till...
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...Regret This is the story of how my life ended. No it wasn’t because of some illness, or suicide, but it was because of someone. I kept warning everyone about the things that were happening to me and no one lessened. No one. They all said: “you are being paranoid”, or “ Why on Earth would anyone want to chase you?” So I gave up on trying to prove it to them. If only I didn’t give up; then maybe, maybe I would still be alive and to be able to blow my 18th birthday cake. All those wonderful plans for my future, all those years of taking hard classes during High School; they were all for nothing. All those money that my parents spent on me to become somebody all went for nothing. This is all I can think about. I am Sorry for myself. Sorry for my self that I couldn’t live the life that I always wanted. The life my parents wanted for me, and this is how it goes… “MOOOOM! CAN I GO TO THE MALL WITH LUCY?” I asked hoping she would let me go. “ But you guys hanged out recently Diana” Replied my mom. “ Mom two weeks ago is not recent,” I said “ She is my best friend you know…” “ If I say yes will you promise to come back home before 7? We have that dinner we need to go to.” She said. “Yes! Thank you! Thank you! I’ll be back before you know it.” I said. I can’t believe she said yes this fast. It usually takes me forever to convince her to let me go somewhere, and sometimes I need to start the water works so that she will feel sorry for me and let me go. The weather outside is amazing...
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...in Richmond. Upon arriving at the museum the outside of the building looked a little scary, because all the windows had boards and locks on them. As we went in the building we went to the information desk and this older man told us that the museum was built by survivors of Holocaust that ended up living in Richmond many years later. He then told us to go into the video room and watch the video and then come back and they would tell us what to do from there. The video was of four survivors telling their reasons for building the museum and telling the stories of the Holocaust. The reason for the museum is because the survivors are getting older and they do not want people to forget about the tragedies that happened to the Jewish people so that history would never repeats itself. When the video finished we went back to the information desk and was given a book with a map in it and told which way to start the tour. As we walked down the hall it was a little scary because everything was dark until you got to certain parts of the rooms. In the first room (Dachau/Buchenwald) we went into it showed how the “prisoners” had to sleep. The bunks were from the floor to ceiling made out of wood and two to three people to each bunk they had no blankets or pillows. They looked as if they were sleeping on top of each other. A Nazi soldier stood with a gun aimed at them all the time. In another room it showed the Kovno Ghetto and how people lived and then how when they were called in...
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...Learning Can Be Scary Learning to Swim Can Be Scary “Learning something new can be a scary experience. One of the hardest things I've ever had to do was learn how to swim. I was always afraid of the water, but I decided that swimming was an important skill that I should learn, .I also thought it would be good exercise and help me to become physically stronger. What I didn't realize was that learning to swim would also make me a more confident person. New situations always make me a bit nervous, and my first swimming lesson was no exception. After I changed into my bathing suit in the locker room, I stood timidly by the side of the pool waiting for the teacher and other students to show up. After a couple of minutes the teacher came over. She smiled and introduced herself, and two more students joined us. Although they were both older than me, they didn't seem to be embarrassed about not knowing how to swim. I began to feel more at ease.” Learning to swim made my summers more enjoyable by making my time in the water safer. As a teen that didn’t know how to swim I was terrified by the thoughts of drowning, afraid to look weak or ashamed for not knowing how to swim. Learning how to swim increase my self-confidence and eliminated my fears of drowning. I had to overcome the fear of the water that was a huge step for me. Before deciding to take swimming lesson, I would spend many days on the side of the pool also walking in the shallow end. My instructor...
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...Screams and gasps are heard throughout a mysterious Friday night. Rushing in to view late-night movies, crowds witness as a horror movie constructs its debut during its opening weekend. As an aspect of pop culture that is always popping up, especially as the nights begin to chill and the leaves fade away, the horror genre is scary. With aspects that are so apparent in the media, with trailers for the upcoming scary movie always appearing on our televisions and anybody around the block adding a little bit of spooky to their décor, spine-chillingarticles surround us, but are they actually okay for younger children to be watching? No. But what about the ever-changing group of teenagers? Correspondingly, more mature than their youthful counterparts, but unable to handle as much as an adult, the adolescent rang can be quite confusing. However, it appears quite...
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...upcoming scary movie always appearing on our televisions and anybody around the block adding a little bit of spooky to their décor, but are they actually okay for younger children to be watching? No. But what about the ever-changing group of teenagers? Correspondingly, more mature then their youthful counterparts, but unable to handle as much as an adult, the...
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...Crowds rush in to see late-night movies as a horror movie debuts during its opening weekend. The horror genre is an aspect of pop culture that always seems to be popping up, especially as the nights begin to chill and the leaves fade away. These aspects are so apparent in the media, with trailers for the upcoming scary movie always appearing on our televisions and everyone around the block adding a little bit of spooky to their décor, but are they really okay for younger children to be seeing? No. But what about the ever-changing group of teenagers? More mature then their youthful counterparts, but unable to handle as much as an adult, the adolescent rang can be quite confusing. However, it seems quite apparent that the horror genre is appropriate for teenagers because they grow up with rather morbid stories ringing through their ears, scary stories really play a big part in humans not turning into a bunch of airheads, and witnessing terrifying...
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...Author Ray Bradbury wrote stories about people and the way science and technology can benefit us in many ways, however – he seemed really afraid of the malevolent side where tech either turns on us or is used against us. In Bradbury’s short stories The Veldt, There will come soft rains, and The Murderer, they all have a common theme where technology has a very twisted way of intersecting with humans: a nightmare come to life, life-ending technology and resisting technology. Instead of writing about fantastic, futuristic scenarios, Bradbury creates world and characters that the reader can imagine living in and relating to – which makes their stories so scary. In The Veldt, the story is about the family’s relationship with each other and the way technology interferes with these relationships. For example, George and Lydia Hadley and their two children, Wendy and Peter, are all crippled by technology; they don’t function on their own any more. George and Lydia bought an expensive house that cooks, cleans and even ties their...
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...book. This is perhaps a kind of sign that perhaps he is not a normal human being and some kind of spirit highlighted again by his the fact that he seems at times to be prophetic. This is again suggested by his name. He is inspector Goole a word very similar to the world ghoul a slightly less subtle reference to him being a kind of ghost. It certainly seems like an unlikely coincidence that the inspector would share the same name a spirit that for large parts of the book he reminds people of. But as well as meaning a kind of visionary spirit he resembles a ghoul in a much simpler way in that at times he does actually seem quite scary and certainly appears to chill the Birlings. In some films and plays as opposed to knocking on the door he simply kind of appears in the drawing room of the house having let himself in enhancing his slightly scary ghoulish characteristics. In fact he does immediately make an impression on both the audience and the characters immediately as he comes in. The inspector is said not to have to be a big man but he should create an air of “massiveness solidarity and purposefulness” this is clearly intended to make an impression. It is also said that he should wear a plain suite and this coupled with the fact he doesn’t need...
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...American Horror Story, better known as AHS, is one show that has horror written all over it. After four seasons of terror, it was time to add the fifth season: American Horror Story Hotel. Season five began airing this fall, and just after the first few episodes people around the country were hooked. This season would keep people eager to watch every Wednesday night just to see what was going to happen next. This show provides all the right materials to fit a horror genre: scary scenes, violent and bloody scenes, scary atmosphere, a good story, unseen events, values at stake, a monster, and a hero. While watching an episode of AHS, viewers are warned about the scary and violent content of the show. This warning should not be taken lightly. From the very beginning of the season, every episode has had its own twist of horror and gore. The setting of AHS:Hotel is the Hotel Cortez located in Los Angeles. In the opening scene of episode one it features two swedish girls that find a creature hiding in the bed of their hotel room.This scene could make anyone want to stay up all night just to make sure there was not a monster underneath his or her covers. During...
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