Summary Of Haunted House By Valerie Worth

1.) In the article "Whispers from the Grave," and the poem "Haunted House" by Valerie Worth show reasons why many people are interested by ghosts. One reason people can be interested in ghosts is because they can use these stories to compensate their feelings for someone they lost that was close to them. In the beginning of the article, the author writes about who Sarah lost and how this affected her life after this tragedy. "Sarah was haunted by her grief. She felt she was being pursued by a menacing presence, some evil spirit that wanted to do her harm" (Bachko 6). This can show the reader that because of Sarah's loss, she assumed that ghosts wanted to harm her. What this really meant for Sarah was that her own guilt allowed her to pursue