Then, Mrs. Jones gave his $10 because she knew he wanted blue suede shoes. From the way that Roger looked when she met him and since he was out late without someone worried about him she knew that he didn’t have much. When she gave him the money she closed the door politely because Roger was speechless and even though he wanted to thank her he couldn’t say it.…
Margee Kerr is a scientist that studies fear and how certain things scare us. She conducts her research in part of one of the most popular haunted houses, the ScareHouse. She spends most of her time in the "Basement". She observes the volunteers at the ScareHouse and how they react. They get their ideas and creatures from pop culture and real-life stories.…
“Take-off-your-shoes.” whispered the stern boss rhythmically. “Never enter my office with dirty feet, do you understand?” Curley’s lips parted but then closed again as he reluctantly removed his filthy boots. “Good, now sit down.”…
“Ugh!”, he grunts from how large the suitcase is. “Will you be able to carry that, Scottie?” she says, her face, worn from time, twists with concern for her son. “Of course”, he laughs. “Okay, if you’re sure.” She says as she opens the metal gate to the front yard. They slowly walk through the cracked pathway until they reach the steps to the porch. Beatrice opens the sturdy door with her keys. “Honey, I’m home!” Scottie yells into the empty living room. “Must you do that every time you come inside the house?” She says fondly. “Of course, I must.” He says as if she should already have known the answer. While they were talking, Alice and Jake, Scottie’s younger siblings, heard his announcement and excitedly ran out of their room and down the beige stairs. “Stop making all that racket!” she admonishes her children. “SCOTTIE!” they yell out enthusiastically. “You’re home!” Alice states, full of wonder that her big older brother is finally back where he belongs. “Well, it’s obvious that I’m home unless I’m an imposer who’s secretly an alien”, He jokes, winking at Alice. “I definitely didn’t miss your humor,” Jake lightheartedly says. “Oh, come on, I tell the best jokes”, Scottie says smiling. “Yeah right, in your dreams”, Jake jokingly teases. “Leave your brother alone for right now. He had a long trip and he’s probably exhausted.” Beatrice gently tells to her…
Each year people from the tri-state area travel to different haunted houses to experience some of the scariest moments of their lives. The scariest haunted house of the state is located in Tuxedo Park, New York, called The Forest of Fear. This event is more extreme than ever this year, containing five attractions for one admission price between $20 and $30. The five attractions are Uncle Jimmie’s Place, Das Kamp, Blind Panic, The Graveyard, and the Slaughterhouse. This haunted house is not recommended to children under the age of 12 due to the gory, disturbing characters walking throughout the forest. Sara Abouaf, a junior at LHS, is going to the Forest of Fear with the Lady Lions Soccer Team for team bonding the weekend of the 23rd. Sara stated,…
Mrs. Mallard has heart problems, and she hears the news that her husband, Brently, has died in a train accident from her sister, Josephine, and her husband's friend, Richards. At first she starts crying thinking about abandonment, but that ceased when Mrs. Mallard goes to her room. She becomes filled with joy when she realizes that she is free. Louise and Brently love each other, but Louise still feels oppressed. Louise feels oppressed because Chopin lived from 1851-1904 and during those times women's rights weren't a priority. The wives were supposed to listen to their husbands and do as they said. The story never talks about Brently forcing Louise to do anything, but when Louise is being described, it states: "She was young, with a fair, calm face, whose lines bespoke repression and even a certain strength" ( 516). Mrs. Mallard's lines on her face are caused by repression. She has a strength of being a woman and is able to handle being in a marriage. When Louise is sitting in her room staring out the window at the sky, she realizes she has regained her independence and is excited about it. She is free! She thinks about the future and feels a joy about living for herself and says a quick prayer that her life will be long. On page 517 it states, "There would be no powerful will bending hers…
Today has gone so horribly, I believe it couldn’t have been more miserable. We had been up at the police station, around 11pm, after Frank had robbed a store. The next night we planned to see our “much loved” Grandma. The officers told me that Frank was armed with a gun. Although they weren’t going to put him in jail, they let him off with a strong warning, especially about the revolver.…
Kendall turned his head away from his reflection in the mirror as he heard the front door open and close. He ran out the bathroom and to the tall figure who stood in front of it, his working mother Veronica. Veronica kneeled down to hug her son, when the smile on her face faded and her eyes filled with worry.…
barefoot across the lawn, and he watched her darkened hair swing heavily across her shoulders, drenching her blouse. Then he turned and looked into the water in case there was a piece she had yet to recover its tranquility, and the turbulence was driven by the lingering spirit of her fury. he put his hand flat upon the surface, as though to quell it. she meanwhile, had disappeared into the…
In “The Haunting” by Joan Lowery Nixon develops the protagonist and antagonist in the beginning and middle of the novel. Lowery presents the protagonist Lia Starling, and the antagonist Mr. Slade the evil in the Graymoss Plantation. The author gives the readers that Lia’s a typical teenager with a love of literature; but when she’s in the hospital at her great grandmother’s deathbed, her great-grandma thought she was her mom Anna Starling and she was telling her about Graymoss and telling her, “Graymoss is there. It’s waiting.” In The Haunting, Lia finds that Graymoss was being haunted when Placide Blevins died and that’s when the evil thing’s started; Charlotte got scared of her own home, and the evil pushed her cousin on the veranda. At the end of The Haunting, Lia forces Mr. Slade out of Graymoss; she feels the house is safe for her parents’ to complete their dream. Throughout The Haunting, the interactions of Lia and Mr. Slade drive the plot of the novel.…
Having had a rough day at the office, Mike arrived home, weary and tired, after dinner he went to his office for a short time before going out to the patio. Louise knew by the quietness something was wrong with Mike, and waited until the children finished their homework before joining him on the patio. When she sat down beside him, without saying a word he went to the living room and turned on the TV, but never watched it, which he usually did when he had something on his mind. At first, Louise wondered if it might involve the children or at least Justin since he always wanted to visit the old man. When she realized the children had nothing to do with his mood, since he came home in that condition, she went to the living room.…
Again, the wind came at him with its needles, stinging like loneliness, so he began to move again. He watched the cobblestone beneath his feet, shining with water from snow too warm to stick to the ground. He watched his own shoes that were stained with ink and coffee. He found that stains weren't distasteful in themselves but that it was the source of their discoloration that held the sour taste. He didn't mind the stains on his shoes in the way he minded the ones touching the walls in the bedroom that crawled like shadows to the…
Standing at the white-railed fence that surrounds Stella’s stall I recognizing all the marks on the inside of the shelter and they bring back so many memories. Memories come flooding back, some good and some I wish I could just forget.…
first stanza: basically is saying you don't need to be a chamber to be haunted because you carry your own haunted place with you.…
"Hello there! Who are you? And what ... are you doing here." A soft , low pitched voice spoke behind me. I gradually turned with my heart beat raising, nose freezing and body trembling like a fish raised out of water.…