Why We Crave Horror Movies By Stephen King Analysis
Will Brewer
EN-1100-029
Gera Miles
November 12th, 2015
We’re All Crazy
Stephen King is one of the most well-known horror story authors in history. In his essay, “Why We Crave Horror Movies” he opens up with the thesis on the first sentence, “I think that we’re all mentally ill; those of us outside the asylums only hide it a little better – and maybe not all that much better, after all” He later goes on to say “When we pay our four or five bucks and seat ourselves at tenth-row center in a theater showing a horror movie, we are daring the nightmare.” Basically what King is trying to get across is that horror movies are vital to mankind’s sanity. He gets his point off early and keeps reiterating it throughout the essays entirety. That point is that we NEED horror movies to let out our monstrous, and mentally ill side. A side in which according to Mr. King, we all have whether we believe it or not. The essay’s intended audience is all of humanity in my opinion. King talked about how everyone is insane in some way, shape, or form. This makes the audience basically everyone. When he says he thinks everyone needs horror movies to let their insanity out by watching horror movies, he is talking to all humans.
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He is trying to persuade people to have the same opinion as him. He wants his opinion to be a common opinion about people because that is what he believes to be true. That’s what the entire essay is about, to tell us his opinion about mankind. Stephen King writes this to tell that everyone is insane in some way. That there are levels to insanity and people crave and need horror movies to let that insanity out. He wants people to realize this after reading his essay. He wants to entertain while it is being read so you stay interested. He does a great job of making the purpose of the essay clear for the
EN-1100-029
Gera Miles
November 12th, 2015
We’re All Crazy
Stephen King is one of the most well-known horror story authors in history. In his essay, “Why We Crave Horror Movies” he opens up with the thesis on the first sentence, “I think that we’re all mentally ill; those of us outside the asylums only hide it a little better – and maybe not all that much better, after all” He later goes on to say “When we pay our four or five bucks and seat ourselves at tenth-row center in a theater showing a horror movie, we are daring the nightmare.” Basically what King is trying to get across is that horror movies are vital to mankind’s sanity. He gets his point off early and keeps reiterating it throughout the essays entirety. That point is that we NEED horror movies to let out our monstrous, and mentally ill side. A side in which according to Mr. King, we all have whether we believe it or not. The essay’s intended audience is all of humanity in my opinion. King talked about how everyone is insane in some way, shape, or form. This makes the audience basically everyone. When he says he thinks everyone needs horror movies to let their insanity out by watching horror movies, he is talking to all humans.
King uses irony and sarcasm in …show more content…
He is trying to persuade people to have the same opinion as him. He wants his opinion to be a common opinion about people because that is what he believes to be true. That’s what the entire essay is about, to tell us his opinion about mankind. Stephen King writes this to tell that everyone is insane in some way. That there are levels to insanity and people crave and need horror movies to let that insanity out. He wants people to realize this after reading his essay. He wants to entertain while it is being read so you stay interested. He does a great job of making the purpose of the essay clear for the