# 6 ASSIGNMENT

Fear Questions:

1. Do you like to be scared? Why or why not? In what settings are you okay with being frightened? I hate being scared, because when I’m scared I feel as if I think of the worst things possible. The only time I find myself frighten but okay with the situation is during thunderstorms the lightning doesn’t scare me it’s the big “booms” of thunder and I know its just a sound so its all okay.

2. What scares you? Are there things you fear? Are there things in our world you consider horrific? These do not have to be about ghosts or monsters. (One of Stephen King's bestselling horror novels was about a dog.) Perhaps you are afraid to ski or afraid of snakes. Maybe you hate being alone in your house at night. Maybe you are afraid of big cities. Where do your fears come from? Are you more scared by blood and guts terror or by subtle the possibility of something horrible happening? The top things that scare me would have to be spiders (any bug/insect or creature with more than 4 legs, heights, the dark, being alone <---- (sometimes) thunderstorms, old cars and vans that drive slow at night past me when I walk outside. I think I fear all these things because something bad can happen out of them. I always am cautious and blow it all over proportion, I always think of the worst. when I’m on a ride at a fair that goes up high the things that pop in my head are what if it break or what if I get stuck. When I see a spider I think it just laid babies and their going to crawl in my bed. I walk outside when its dark and see cars I fear of being kidnapped, This is were the fear comes from.

3. What, in your opinion, is a good definition for madness? What would a person have to do to be considered "mad" by you? Someone who is destructive enraged, or infuriated. You can see anger in there eyes, they look serious. They can be screaming and have a red face, yelling threats etc.

4. Poe writes about a man driven to madness. What drives people to madness today in your opinion? How does someone go from seemingly normal to insane (at least temporarily)? Gas prices, crime, war, terrorism, money. Someone who keeps something bottle up eventually has to let it out. So you don’t see anything is wrong with them but the second they let it out you think they’ve gone crazy but really their just mad.

assignment # 5

1) "Hi there" meme said.
"ah! what the hell?" the strange girl yelled as she dropped a small pocket knife out her hand.
"sorry i didn't mean to frighten you" meme said sadly with her head down seeing blood trailing down the stream of water.
" what do you want girl"
"well i just moved here and i found this park and everytime im here no one ever comes so i seen you and thought to introduce myself" Meme explained.


2) We called her little Meme. She wasgirl of innocenc, shyness, and happiness, but had no friends.

ASSIGNMEMT # 4

The short story " where are you going? where have you been" was a really good story all though some parts really confused me while reading. I think Arnold was a really sick creepy man who comes off as a rapist even though we have no idea what he did connie. This story is a story that has you questioning at the end, and sometimes that really bugs me because i want to know what happened. if Connie's feelings grew more for Arnold or was he really this sick man he came off to be. If i was Connie i would be so scared and suspicous about a man that randomly pulls up in my drive way at my home while im alone.

what makes a good short story

1) a short story really has to grab your attention right away
2) the plot has to be very interesting and keep my attention throughout the story
3) i like something i can relate to
4) all short stories to do with love, happiness, comedy, suspense, true stories are good things to write stories about
5) i think within a short story you need to make it a good length not too long but long enough to get your point across
6) personal reflect stories
7) stories you can get something out of
8) learn from
9) stories you can describe your personal views to
10) conflicts