Stephen King Why We Crave Horror

Growing up, it's taught to always stay aware of your surroundings. Why is that? Is it to warn someone that they are going to trip over a curb, or is it based primarily on the lethal actions that are occurring amongst society. Either way, the cliche hopefully helps to develop an understanding that not everything in the world works at one’s favor. As a result, it should be noted that not all people have a positive mindset, and may be entertained with the awfulness and savagery that one may display. Furthermore, Stephen King states in the article, “Why We Crave Horror?” that horror helps humans alter their emotions depending on significant occurrences. This capability is known as our human condition. Also, King claims that it helps us humans face

Due to King’s strange and frightening style of writing, the reader is left on the edge since they don't know what to expect when reading the literature of this unusual character. For example, in the text of, “Strawberry Spring”, the story begins in a normal and mellow tone until suddenly a fog hits. The next day the newspapers were drowned with the news that a woman, “had been murdered by her boyfriend”(King, “Strawberry Spring” 2). Accordingly, these actions are very frightening not only because they were unsuspected, but because they were performed by one lover to another. Also, the result of this horrifying incident is what we all dread, and that is death. As a result, this traumatising incident is “daring our nightmares”(King, “Why We Crave Horror, 1). Moreover, this story by King abides by his claim that we all view horror as a way to face our fears, and to show that we are not

We have the ability to do so since the victims are usually regular people. For example, in the story, “Strawberry Spring” the main character was a student attending college. However, the equality comparison is discontinued after the characters are given the Stephen King’s spooky flare. In this case, a character by the name of Springheel Jack is the suspect of the multiple crimes. One consisted of a girl who he, “killed…and left her propped behind the wheel of her 1964 Dodge to be found the next morning and they found part of her in the back seat and part of her in the trunk”(King, “Strawberry Spring”4). Shockingly, the murderer was the college student. At this point, the story helps people realize that , “we are still light-years from true ugliness’’(King, “Why Do We Crave Horror”, 1) since they haven't done anything out of the ordinary to be labeled anything other than a human