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Windigo And House Taken Over-Personal Narrative

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When I was in 8th grade, me and my friends decided to go on the Haunted Hayride. We all got in the tractor which took us to the top of a hill and dropped us off at the start of the maze. When we got out of the tractor we went to the maze entrance and me and all my friends were very scared. Through the whole maze me and my friends were screaming and holding onto each other. At the end of the maze we were all scared but laughing at the same time, but we wanted to go through it again. My night had Transformed, because we got into the tractor and we weren’t scared at all, and then when we entered the maze we were being chased by scary people. Transformation obviously creates fear. This can be seen in the following stories as well. The stories “Where is Here”, ” Windigo”, and “House Taken Over” uses happy setting to gloomy transformation to remind us …show more content…

This is effective because it might change people’s outlook on their life. For instance, “We liked the house because, apart from it being old and spacious, it kept the memories…” (internet). This proves that this house is just like any other normal house. In contrast, “We stood listening to the noises, growing more and more sure that they were on our side of the oak door…” (internet). It shows that this house went from being peaceful to people trying to get into their house. Therefore, transformation was effective because the house went from being peaceful to noisy very fast.
Transformation causes fear because the story is changing from normal to stressful by the end. The story “Where is Here” shows transformation because the house changes from normal to odd. In the story “Windigo” it shows that the monster goes from scary to nice. The last story “House Taken Over” shows transformation because the house goes from normal to scary. This transformation in all the stories, draws the reader into the story

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