King vs. Walker
Fear is the essence of the unknown. In an article by Stephan King called "Why We Crave Horror Movies," he claims that we all crave an inner fear. He claims that we all crave for the worst, and at times this seems to be a scary truth. However, in an article by Alice Walker, "Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self," her fear is of not being accepted by people as an externally beautiful person. Although they may at first seem different, both authors are actually talking in contrast about the same thing. Fear is present in us in two forms: fear of the unknown, which King indulges in his writings, and the fear, which always lives within you whether good or bad as Walker writes about. As King writes,We also go to re-establish our feelings of essential normality; the horror movie is initially conservative, even reactionary. Freda Jackson as the horrible melting woman in Die, Monster, Die! Confirms for us that no matter how far we may be removed from the beauty of a Robert Redford or a Diana Ross, we are still light-years from true ugliness. (456) When we are afraid, it gives us a "feeling" we experience as false sense of helplessness. We are never helpless. Fear is the decision to relinquish our powers. The relinquishment is
I imagine anyone who's enjoyed a Stephen King movie has experienced a similar moment where, if only briefly, horror and reality blur. The unsettling force of King's powers of persuasion-maybe there really are monsters outside the window-may have sent some readers scurrying back to the more secure, safe place in there lives. Others, like myself, get hooked on the intensity of being scared, the adrenaline of terror. Movies provide a safety net for this experience. We are safely scared. We know that when we finish a King movie the worst terrors will have been averted and, in any case, our own problems are not nearly as horrible as what happens to the characters in the King-world. Just as King discuss' fear and how it impacts human life, whereas Walker describes her fear and how this fear has haunted her for many years. Walkers fear is the perception of being the star in her own horror movie where she is the main character. Her perception gives you the feeling she is living a horror movie everyday. As a child, people can be highly self-conscious about some aspect of their appearance even something as small as a defect in the eye. Walker's picture of herself here is of someone who is highly self-absorbed, in some cases, perhaps, even vain. As Walker describes, I am fourteen and baby-si
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