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Stephen King's Argumentative Essay About People Watching Horror Movies

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Imagine walking down a street, you pass by two people sitting outside looking terrified at the slightest noise and you ask them what’s wrong. They said they watched a scary movie, but they enjoyed watching it. Stephen King is correct about people watching horror movies to feel normal, but he is also wrong because not everyone feels normal watching them, some might think it’s odd to like movies like that. People watch scary movies to feel normal, but some feel odd for enjoying those type of movies. Many people enjoy watching scary movies, others like to think that they shouldn’t watch them because they think they’ll be outcasts from their friends. People want to be frightened, they want what they wath to affect them in some way. Some scenes

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