Stephen King's Argument On Why People Crave Horror Movies?
To summarize Stephen King’s argument, he explains his thoughts on why people crave horror movies. After reading the give supports of why, Stephen King has been convincing that people are attracted to horror movies because they let people express they’re fearless, their true sanity and feeling on normality.
In this argument Stephen King talks about how people’s appetite changes for roller coasters by stating “And horror movies, like roller coasters, have always been the special province of the you; by the time one turns 40 or 50, one’s appetite for double twists or 360-degree loops may be considerably depleted.” (401) Looking how this was phrase brings out the significance of not showing fear. That being and adult means someone is not a little kid anymore and that they can stand up and show no fear as they are an adult. Having this sense of pleasure turns into this horror story into a fun event.
Ever scared someone for the thrill before? Waiting for their reaction is the best part of the scare and Stephen Kings says “the fun comes from seeing others menaced-sometimes killed.”401 Reading that quote opened a whole another view on why going to the movies or watching a horror film at home is so fun. Waiting for the bad …show more content…
Stephen says “When, as children, we hug our rotten little puke of a sister and give her a kiss, all the aunts and uncles smile and twit and cry, “isn’t he the sweetest little thing?”401 Later he states in the movies people would want to see “but if we deliberately slam rotten little puke of a sister’s fingers in the door, sanctions follow-angry remonstrance from parents, aunts and uncles; instead of a chocolate-covered graham cracker, a spanking.”402 This would not be how society works and is completely frond upon. Therefore, jokes are used to express what the mind is truly thinking to make it socially
In this argument Stephen King talks about how people’s appetite changes for roller coasters by stating “And horror movies, like roller coasters, have always been the special province of the you; by the time one turns 40 or 50, one’s appetite for double twists or 360-degree loops may be considerably depleted.” (401) Looking how this was phrase brings out the significance of not showing fear. That being and adult means someone is not a little kid anymore and that they can stand up and show no fear as they are an adult. Having this sense of pleasure turns into this horror story into a fun event.
Ever scared someone for the thrill before? Waiting for their reaction is the best part of the scare and Stephen Kings says “the fun comes from seeing others menaced-sometimes killed.”401 Reading that quote opened a whole another view on why going to the movies or watching a horror film at home is so fun. Waiting for the bad …show more content…
Stephen says “When, as children, we hug our rotten little puke of a sister and give her a kiss, all the aunts and uncles smile and twit and cry, “isn’t he the sweetest little thing?”401 Later he states in the movies people would want to see “but if we deliberately slam rotten little puke of a sister’s fingers in the door, sanctions follow-angry remonstrance from parents, aunts and uncles; instead of a chocolate-covered graham cracker, a spanking.”402 This would not be how society works and is completely frond upon. Therefore, jokes are used to express what the mind is truly thinking to make it socially