Lit. of Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction

The word weird can imply or suggest many things, such as that something is strange, mysterious or even supernatural. People are fascinated with the unknown, reading or watching movies about adventures. With the unknown weirdness of the world it allows for us to experience the thrill of exploration without leaving the safety of our home. Many enjoy trying to solve or explain the unknown weirdness of the world. The Cabin in the Woods plays on the viewers needs to solve the unknown. Ever wonder why its always five teens with the same five stereotypical personalities that always get murdered or why they make such poor decisions in life threatening situations? Well the cabin in the woods gives the viewers the long awaited explanation as to why. All horror movies follow the same tropes that are meant to keep the audience entertained, a weird occurrence that happens to draw in the viewer’s curiosity, making the viewers wonder why and how these occurrences occur. The Cabin in the Woods pl

The Harry Potter book series is a famous example of a young adult novel dealing with complex moral issues. Through out the book series you follow harry from his point of view, his experience with these moral issues. From the beginning to the end you see harry deal with these issues, make mistakes, and evolve from his past experiences. The Harry Potter series deals with a lot of complex moral issues that range from dealing with the grief of losing a love one to your actions define you not your past. A large moral issue that is brought up constantly through out the book series is assumptions, especially with relation to the Slytherin house. The rumors surrounding the Slytherin house are that if you are sorted into Slytherin you must be a dark wizard. When Harry first arrives to the wizarding world he is shown both subtlety and outright the distain that is held for the Slytherin house. With no other knowledge of the house or the people in it, Harry decides that what they said is true

When you look at a villain of a story majority of those villains are brooding males. The idea of a male alcoholic or murderer is automatically accepted as an interesting, in-depth character. The same cannot be said for female villains. The stereotype for women is that they’re either innocent naïve women or a cruel man-hating lunatic. Depending on the writer you can have well-written female villains, such as Harry Potter’s Professor Umbridge for example. Umbridge’s character is written to progress the story and give our protagonist challenges to overcome. Aunt Maria is another example of a well-written female villain. The author doesn’t rely on magic as an explanation of Maria and her clan’s power over the town. Aunt Maria kept the concept of magic vague and instead emphasized on the witches power and control rather than explaining the spells and how they cast them. While Aunt Maria does fall into the elder stereotype, where the elder generation is portrayed as cru

No matter the story or the scenery every adventure novel follows the same path. A hero that has yet to be discovered, even by himself. An ordinary man or boy with no distinguishing qualities with an ordinary life until the adventure of a lifetime comes his way. When the adventure comes that the hero refuses to accept, for he believes that he is nothing special or that he only be seen as a burden rather than helpful. When the hero accepts the quest he goes through a series of tests, tests that not only test the hero’s capability, but also the party’s loyalty and trust. The Hobbit follows the same path as most adventure novels, with the exception that the hero isn’t a young man or teen. When Bilbo begins his journey he is already fifty years old, which is an unusual age for a protagonist to be. The story begins with the narrator telling the audience that the hobbits are a race that values ordinarity and shuns any type of adventure and those that seek it. Gandalf giv

A Wild Sheep Chase is an unusual horror novel, considering that when people think about horror stories they are used to stories about terrifying entities not of this world along with fast pace drama and crazy situations. What makes A Wild Sheep Chase an unusual horror novel is that the story is slow and is somewhat realistic about the narrator even if the people he encounters are not. Throughout the story it shows that the narrator’s existence is bland with no real anchors tying him to anything or anyone and that the quest to find the sheep gives his life a purpose, even for a short amount of time. The fact that no one in the story has a real name reflects the narrator’s point of view of life, considering his reaction to names. With the writer’s choice of not giving the narrator a name it solidifies the fact that the narrator has no real connection to anyone even with the reader. This creates the feeling that the narrator’s character is so open that he could be anyone, no real definin