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The Tell Tale Heart Analysis

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People in my age group shouldn’t be afraid of reading scary stories like “The Tell-Tale Heart.” Many parents believe that exposing kids to horror isn’t appropriate because they want to protect them from trauma. I believe students are mature enough to read bloody and scary content. Most teenagers today are watching modern day entertainment that are much scarier than “The Tell-Tale Heart.” Schools teach this story to students to expose them to a different literary genre for education, so the story is completely appropriate for us to read.
In “The Tell-Tale Heart”, the story exclaims how children should exercise their fear. It’s an emotion which needs to be trained, and if not trained, you would lose your sense of fear. Exploring the horror genre

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