Stephen King's Monsters: The Human Safety
Monsters: The Human Safety Net It was Stephen King who stated, “…we wake up horrors to help us cope with the real ones (“StephenKing.com”). Known for writing horror, science fiction such as the iconic novels of It and Dark Tower series, Stephen King has dedicated his writing career to understanding the monster that lives inside of each human. Authors inspired by Stephen King such as Max Brooks, author of World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, will find probable explanations as to why the general public is fascinated by the concept of monsters in our society. Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author, has recently published his findings on our society being captivated by the monster industry because of the stimulation influenced
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Yet, monsters exist in various cultures of the world. In our society, zombies may not be inherently visible within our population but they do exist. The general population relies on the monsters that surround us to represent the fears within our personas. We are born without fear yet when we develop into adults, our fears are represented through the various tales of our childhood monsters. Monsters that lived under our beds. Monsters in our closets. Or the monsters that were created when we first ventured into school. When we had our first dates. Monsters permit the human mind to reveal and justify the fear in our lives. The result is the mind accepting the fear in our lives and assuming the body is capable of dealing with the force. Monsters develop into mindless tools of control. It is through monsters that humans can survive their daily lives. Monsters are a vital part of our human tendency to respond to our irrational fears; monsters constitute a survival mechanism. Monsters evolve into a human safety net for the irrational fears formulated from the demands of our daily interactions with life. In the words of Brian Keene, author of The Rising, “Our daily lives are filled with real monsters and real horrors…These are dark times, and people want an escape. Sometimes it’s good to curl up with a make-believe monster, rather than the one outside your door” (Maberry,
Yet, monsters exist in various cultures of the world. In our society, zombies may not be inherently visible within our population but they do exist. The general population relies on the monsters that surround us to represent the fears within our personas. We are born without fear yet when we develop into adults, our fears are represented through the various tales of our childhood monsters. Monsters that lived under our beds. Monsters in our closets. Or the monsters that were created when we first ventured into school. When we had our first dates. Monsters permit the human mind to reveal and justify the fear in our lives. The result is the mind accepting the fear in our lives and assuming the body is capable of dealing with the force. Monsters develop into mindless tools of control. It is through monsters that humans can survive their daily lives. Monsters are a vital part of our human tendency to respond to our irrational fears; monsters constitute a survival mechanism. Monsters evolve into a human safety net for the irrational fears formulated from the demands of our daily interactions with life. In the words of Brian Keene, author of The Rising, “Our daily lives are filled with real monsters and real horrors…These are dark times, and people want an escape. Sometimes it’s good to curl up with a make-believe monster, rather than the one outside your door” (Maberry,