Something Upstairs Book Summary Essay

Something Upstairs Something Upstairs by Avi is a historical fiction book based on the main character Kenny who has just moved into his new house in Providence, Rhode Island. He soon finds out that a ghost lives in the connecting room to his room because of the scratching sounds he hears coming from his closet. The ghost was a slave who was murdered in that house. Caleb, the ghost and Kenny are able to transport to the past, because of Caleb’s abilities. Kenny figures this is a great way to go back in time and stop Caleb’s murder from happening. Eventually, a local historian Willinghast has asked Kenny to kill Caleb, and by doing so that will be the only way he will be able to return back to his time. Instead, Kenny kills Willinghast, and saves Caleb life. The Book shows the feeling of uncanny just like the books read throughout the semester in the English 110 course. The uncanny feeling is clearly shown when Kenny is first discovering something odd is happening upstairs in his new house. The mysterious, unsettling feeling he gets when he realizes something odd is happening is the feeling of uncanny because where he normally would feel safe at home has been disrupted by the ghost in the room upstairs. Throughout the
The Book would be a perfect first book in the start of the class because it would be a easy way to get the students to understand the meaning behind the term uncanny, as opposed to Hamlet which is a difficult read on top of having to understand the term. However, having something upstairs as an introduction to the class and to the term it would make following the other books much easier and help in comprehending the term. Altogether, the course has taught me how to properly compare novels and understand how the word uncanny fits the ones we have previously read throughout the