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    Stephen King is known by his grotesque movies and recognizable writing. In his piece‚ “Why We Crave Horror Movies‚” he explains the human races’ need to watch other people being tortured‚ mutilated‚ and eventually killed. King uses two opposing tones in his essay to create an atmosphere that is both humorous and serious. People want to see other people being menaced. This desire has led us to become hidden psychopaths. King establishes that we all laugh at sick jokes because we are crazy‚ or “mentally

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    The essay of Stephen KingWhy We Crave Horror Movies‚ basically talks about how the people in society need to watch the violence portrayed by the media entertainment to satisfy their thirst for evil embodied in their soul and to get away from the reality of life problems. This paper‚ in my opinion‚ was not written to persuade the readers to do something a specific way‚ but to prove a certain point and to make the audience feel a certain way through the use of inductive reasoning‚ specific word choices

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    In the short story “Why We Crave Horror Movies” by Stephen King‚ the author suggests‚ everyone has some degree of evil inside. Some act upon their evil in ghastly ways ‚while others simply suppress their evil inside. First of all‚ King states that “we’re all mentally ill.”He further elaborates on this point by saying‚ “those…..outside asylums only hide it better.” Essentially‚ saying we need ways to tame our evil. King ‚ evidently presents the idea that scary movies are a way to satisfy our inner

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    Having the horror genre gives us a chance to escape reality. Humans go through so many things everyday. Working‚ going to school‚ taking care of kids‚ finishing deadlines‚ and even cleaning up the house. Lots of people say that it isn’t stressful‚ but doing all of it in a single day can be a real challenge. In order to win the challenge we have to take a short cut. Anything from the horror/ gothic genre can be that short cut. According to Stephen King in “Why We Crave Horror Movies‚” and Carina Chocano

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    Stephen King is a renowned writer who is internationally well known for his best-selling horror novels‚ such as Carie‚ The Shining and Dream catchers to mention a few. In this essay‚ Why We Crave Horror Movies Mr. King has established some causes that may be responsible for our craving for horror movies. The causes that he speculated are‚ our desire to prove that we do not have fear for anything‚ we also feel that it is essential for us to re-establish a sense of normality in our lives by overcoming

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    people enjoy a fine horror film. The feeling of being scared comes naturally when watching a fearsome movie. However‚ one has to ask‚ what is it about horror that people enjoy? They are aware that watching these types of movies will make them scared‚ but most people still go watch these movies and essentially pay to be scared.What is it about these movies that drive others to go see them? In Stephen King’s essay‚ “Why we Crave Horror Movies‚” some causes of why people watch horror movies because there

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    Calvin brown Analyzing “Why We Crave Horror movies” EN1320 The purpose of this article is to explain why we as people are so in to horror movies. The intended audience is anyone who loves horror movies. Why We Crave Horror Movies he attempts to explain the reasons we go in to dark movie theaters and endure the horror of a scary movie. His main conclusion is that we are all a little deranged as he states‚ “If we are all insane‚ then sanity becomes a matter of degree.”

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    Honors English 11 5 November 2014 Commonplace Insanity Renowned horror author Stephen King is known for his humorous and macabre articles‚ like‚ "Why We Crave Horror Movies". King uses humor‚ metaphors‚ and relates to readers on a personal level. The point that he makes in the article is that we are all a little bit insane which is why entertainment is found in the macabre such as horror movies‚ games‚ or novels. King states that horror movies are humankind’s method of feeding the instinctive‚ insane

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    ethical appeal‚ reliability‚ credibility and experience. The last component‚ Pathos‚ deals with emotional appeal‚ sympathy‚ empathy‚ and shared values. Stephen King uses rhetoric in his essay‚ Why We Crave Horror Movies‚ to influence his audience that we all crave horror movies because they are a passage for our aggressive desires. Stephen King has plenty of experience. His books have greatly surpassed 20 million copies.

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    Horror movies do excite something in a lot of people. Some people may wonder why in the world would watching some crazy guy go around and kill a bunch of innocent people be exciting? Stephen King said‚” I think we all mentally ill.” I think the reason for this is that watching horror movies is a way that we can escape reality for a little while and enter a world of disorder and bad conduct. In a way‚ people like the effect that horror movies have on them. When you’re watching a horror movie what

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