The Girl Next Door
“It’s what you do last that counts”
The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum was written to open the readers minds to what could happen and what did happen. It also deeply examines the human awareness and the way people can be easily influenced, pressured, and in the end completely controlled. This book was based on a true story. The most interesting thing I learned about this book was how much the human body can handle before it gives up. A reason I did not find this book interesting was the fact that it could and did actually happen and that frightens me. The narrator, David is recalling his horrid memories of the abuse of a young girl next door.
The story took place the summer of the 1950’s, in a seemingly happy suburb, where the major troubles …show more content…
Within the conflict of Man versus Man, Megan and David are fighting Ruth. Ruth was an exceedingly psychotic woman. She tortured Megan to no end, Ruth made her take a boiling hot shower and more. In the conflict Man versus Society, Megan is against Ruth and the children in the suburban area. They were rude to Megan and rejected her in every way. Man versus fate is to be described as Megan versus her fate of dying, which the reader later finds that Megan lost this battle. David is facing himself in the conflict of Man versus self. David is fighting his intuition of helping Megan or following his friends and commence the torment towards Megan. David fights this scuffle with himself throughout the story.
One type of literature in The Girl Next Door is imagery. Imagery is used in stories to describe to the reader either, what the character looks like or where the character is. Jack Ketchum described how the basement where Ruth held Megan. An example would be “I was alone by the brook, lying on my stomach across the Big Rock with a tin can in my hand. I was scooping crayfish. The brook ran fast along on either side of me. I could feel the spray on my feet dangling near the water. The water was cold, the sun was
The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum was written to open the readers minds to what could happen and what did happen. It also deeply examines the human awareness and the way people can be easily influenced, pressured, and in the end completely controlled. This book was based on a true story. The most interesting thing I learned about this book was how much the human body can handle before it gives up. A reason I did not find this book interesting was the fact that it could and did actually happen and that frightens me. The narrator, David is recalling his horrid memories of the abuse of a young girl next door.
The story took place the summer of the 1950’s, in a seemingly happy suburb, where the major troubles …show more content…
Within the conflict of Man versus Man, Megan and David are fighting Ruth. Ruth was an exceedingly psychotic woman. She tortured Megan to no end, Ruth made her take a boiling hot shower and more. In the conflict Man versus Society, Megan is against Ruth and the children in the suburban area. They were rude to Megan and rejected her in every way. Man versus fate is to be described as Megan versus her fate of dying, which the reader later finds that Megan lost this battle. David is facing himself in the conflict of Man versus self. David is fighting his intuition of helping Megan or following his friends and commence the torment towards Megan. David fights this scuffle with himself throughout the story.
One type of literature in The Girl Next Door is imagery. Imagery is used in stories to describe to the reader either, what the character looks like or where the character is. Jack Ketchum described how the basement where Ruth held Megan. An example would be “I was alone by the brook, lying on my stomach across the Big Rock with a tin can in my hand. I was scooping crayfish. The brook ran fast along on either side of me. I could feel the spray on my feet dangling near the water. The water was cold, the sun was