Do you believe in the spirit world?? The Horror story of “Diary Of A Haunting” was written by M. Verano. The main character is Paige. Paige is very capable of what she believes in. She also is very strong and fearless and curious about what is going on in her house. The theme of my book is “If You Have Something To Say, Say It.” I believe that Paige knew something was going on, but she was too afraid to say it because she was soon to know if her family would think shes crazy. Since she didn't say anything things got worse. I believe it is important to speak up if your know that something is wrong. This setting is in a haunted house in Idaho. Paige experiences some supernatural existences. She heard noises coming from her brother Logan's room but she didn't mention it to her mom or Logan because she didn't think it was that big of a deal. Then she started telling her mom, but her mom thought she was sick of thinking about all of this. Her mom took her to see a therapist. Paige knew that something was going on in her house, she knew that there was something wrong going on in there. She was too afraid to say that and it backfired on her. If she would of spoke up, her family could have solved this problem before it got out of control. If you have something to say, say it. Paige is very curious, she wanted to know everything. She …show more content…
Verano used imagery in this book to help the readers understand what all of this looks like. She says “ It covered the neighborhood, but not the fields behind the house, which are still green. And it doesn't sparkle. Turns out it's not snow but cottonwood fluff.” This gave me an image of what the cottonwood actually looked like. She wants to give an idea about Paige's feelings and so that the reader can know what she is going through and it's like you're stepping into the characters shoes. She wants the readers to have an escape from reality and feel like you're IN her book, like your Page and YOU'RE going through what she
For example, when one of Papa S’s companions enters the room with him they look unsettled or upset- and also with the Kindreds. Kate had always left sentences on empty notes, making the audience reading take note on how small she feels, how angry, upset and violated. By Heathfield making the readers feel what the characters in Seed felt at these times takes the imagery technique used to a whole different level. When reading this book and seeing how the characters were abused and mistreated made you feel disgusted and uncomfortable, which Heathfield most likely wanted for the reader to get the point
Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, is a story written in the first person about a young girl named Melinda Sordino. The title of the book, Speak, is ironically based on the fact that Melinda chooses not to speak. The book is written in the form of a monologue in the mind of Melinda, a teenage introvert. This story depicts the story of a very miserable freshman year of high school. Although there are several people in her high school, Melinda secludes herself from them all. There are several people in her school that used to be her friend in middle school, but not anymore. Not after what she did over the summer. What she did was call the cops on an end of summer party on of her friends was throwing. Although all her classmates think there was no reason to call, only Melinda knows the real reason. Even if they cared to know the real reason, there is no way she could tell them. A personal rape story is not something that flows freely off the tongue. Throughout the story Melinda describes the pain she is going through every day as a result of her rape. The rape of a teenage girl often leads to depression. Melinda is convinced that nobody understands her, nor would they even if they knew what happened that summer. Once a happy girl, Melinda is now depressed and withdrawn from the world. She hardly ever speaks, nor does she do well in school. She bites her lips and her nails until they bleed. Her parents seem to think she is just going through a faze, but little do they know, their daughter has undergone a life changing trauma that will affect her life forever.
This is Eleanor’s story. Another interesting point to make would be to address Eleanor’s obvious sexual orientation – and maybe the repressed identity is what causes the disturbances in the haunted house.
Was Eleanor mentally healthy or unhealthy? In the book The Haunting of Hill House, written by Shirley Jackson, the main character was Eleanor Vance. She was a 32-year-old woman that showed signs that she was mentally unhealthy. After receiving an invitation to stay at Hill House from Dr. Montague, a stranger to Eleanor and the rest of the invited guests, she made the carefree decision to accept the invitation to the comfortable country home (2). She felt as though Hill House was her calling, even though she had never laid eyes on the property and had no knowledge of what to expect. There was no way to know if the doctor could have been a psychopath that wanted Eleanor for some crazed morbid “experiment,” yet she had
One of the main literary devices would be imagery. One of the most important images found in the story pertains to Faith and reaching heaven. Goodman Brown says, "...I‘ll cling to her skirts and follow her to heaven."(H-CAL 375). This follows traditional Puritan belief that if you have faith you will go to heaven. The uses of dark and light also help convey the religious theme of good and evil. Dark is used to symbolize evil, the woods is mainly where this is seen. Light is mostly seen in the beginning, before Goodman enters the forest. Before it all becomes dark and gray. Colors also played an important role. In the beginning Faith pink ribbons in her hair, which represent that she is young and happy. With white symbolizing purity and red representing passion,...
There has been many ghost stories told over the years, but the same question remains… are ghosts real or not? The book Ruined, by Paula Morris, is inspired by the history and culture of New Orleans. Fifteen year old Rebecca, is suddenly shipped off to New Orleans, a year after hurricane Katrina. She is forced to go there when her dad leaves for a business trip in China for six months.
The book starts off with Jeannette, a successful adult, taking a taxi to a nice party. When she looked out the window, she saw a woman digging through the garbage. The woman was her mother. Rather than calling out to her or saying hi, Jeannette slid down into the seat in fear that her mother would see her. When asking her mother what she should say when people ask about her family, Rose Mary Walls only told her, “Ju...
Imagery is when the author presents a mental image through descriptive words. One prime example of imagery that the author uses is in paragraph 3; where she tells of a moment between a man and a woman. In this narration she states the time, year, outfit of each character described, and what the female character was doing. These details might come across as irrelevant, or unnecessary, but this is Didions way of showing what the blueprint of notebook it. Using imagery reinforces the foundation of the essay, and what the essay’s mission was.
The story of the “Ghost Girl” by Torey Hayden is a non-fiction book that tackles a story of a young girl name JadieEkhdal that faces different difficulties daily and thinking of herself as a ghost that Torey had focused for as a child psychologistshe felt something wrong. This books isfirst published on 1991 and has 28 chapters that briefly discussed the life of the young girl. The book was written on how Torey as a psychologist interact and show love, patience and resilience to human spirit to the ghost girl who is suspicious of child abuse and psychological frightfulness story.
“The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins-Gilman describes the experiences of a woman during a summer in which her husband has found them a large, beautiful house to stay in. This woman, however, feels as if she is ill, but her husband, who is a doctor, tells her that there is nothing wrong with her and that she only has depression, which she comes to believe. Her husband chooses to make her sleep in her own room, alone, upstairs in the house, which used to be a room for children in which the windows were barred for safety. The woman, which is the narrator, writes her whole experience, even though her husband does not approve of it. During the course of the summer, her husband attempts to keep her locked in her room because he feels that she will recover quicker if she stays in her room alone. He even will not let her go downstairs, which she does when he is gone to take a lonely walk through the garden. She believes everything he does is for her, and through the course of the story he holds her back, as she cannot talk to him nor can she freely choose what she wants to do.
Imagery: She uses imagery when she comes up with the dreams that Nora has. Also when depicting all of the magical things that as Angeles they can do. Coach: "All right, Patch. let's say you're at a party. the room is full of girls of all shapes and sizes. You see blondes, brunettes, redheads, a few girl with black hair. Some are talkative, while other appear shy. You've one girl who fits your profile - attractive, intelligent and vulnerable.
Protagonist- Charlie McGee is a girl with pyrokinesis (a power in which someone can light fires with a glance). She is 8 years old. She is short, has blond hair, and brown eyes. She doesn’t like her power very much because she can’t control it. When she was about 5 years old, she was in the kitchen with her parents when they were trying to help her control her power. They gave her a test on a piece of toast, she burnt it to a crisp, and then she accidentally burnt her mother’s hands. The next day, when her dad came home from work, Charlie and her mother were nowhere to be found. Her father, Andy McGee, found his wife, dead in a closet. Charlie was still missing; “the shop” had killed her mother and kidnapped her. Both Andy and Charlie’s mother had telekinesis, (a power in which, someone can make a person think that something is what its not, or make them think what that person is thinking). Andy drove to a neighbor’s house, and used his power on the two agents that had kidnapped Charlie. He and Charlie drove of and were in search of for a few years. Charlie can’t stand people that are after her, or mean, or especially lie to her.
Descriptive imagery is also dominant in line 29 “She clawed through bits of glass and brick,” allows the reader to vividly picture the mother frantically digging through the crumbling remains of the church in search of the daughter she holds dear to her heart. Clearly picturing the frantic mother the readers can feel how dramatic the situation is and the devastating, emotional impact it will have on the mother’s life. The descriptive imagery adds to the dramatic situation by allowing the reader to picture the mother and bu...
Poems I have read have always given a mental image through there descriptions, metaphors, and symbols. One of things that I find interesting is that many great poets have utilize imagery in their poems to get it across to their readers. Using in-depth descriptions in poetry better depicts to the reader your views. Some of my favorite poems has the best imagery, I was able to imagine the smells and see the backgrounds they describe. I found it amusing how roses are consider such a cliché in poems because when I was little I would always write my poems with “Roses are red, Violets are blue...” now I shall definitely avoid using roses as the theme of my poems. While reading “If the Tabloids Are True What About You” by Matthea Harvey, she gives
The story unfolds in a rickety colonial mansion described by the narrator plainly as “a haunted house” (Gilman 1) with barred windows and rings bolted to the walls (Gilman 2). These features along with the “horrid” (Gilman 6) yellow wallpaper entrap the narrator and swaddle her in her own madness. As the “woman” (Gilman 6) in the wallpaper takes hold of the narrator’s psyche she grows sinisterly corporal, depicted through the unintelligible sporadic entries. The purpose of the narrator’s journal warps from entries assuring herself of the pettiness of her sickness to entries that confirm and act as horrendous safe haven’s for her unhinged mental condition. Entries like “I see her in that long shaded lane, creeping up and down. I see her in hose dark grape 'arbors, creeping all around the garden” (Gilman 8) juxtapose nonchalant writing style with dark subject matter in a way that creates a disturbing tone that must be uncomfortably ingested by