Short Story The Bogeyman

When we first meet this curious character he is preferred to as a "recluse" who refuses to leave his house. Jem, one of the children, describes Boo as a six -and-a half feet tall monster with a long jagged scar that ran across his face and teeth yellow and rotten teeth from dining on raw squirrels and any stray cats he could catch. This of course is only a fictional description of Boo, thought up by the children’s active imaginations. Throughout the story we see that Boo's intentions are in fact sincere and he is actually an intelligent child emotionally damaged by his cruel father, we see this in the way that he leaves little presents for Scout and Jem and emerges at an opportune moment to save the

When people think of monsters, the first thing that pops into their head is Frankenstein, zombies, creatures of the night. Monsters are scary. Monsters in society reveal peoples fears and anxieties, their preconceived notions of normality, and represent the unknown.

The idea of what a monster is and how it pertains to modern day society has fascinated readers and writers for decades. Before taking this class, I was aware of what a monster is and the function it served in today’s society. Furthermore, after taking this class, I am now aware of what a monster truly is, and what really separates a monster from a regular person. The piece of text that I mainly chose to focus on and elaborate closely to demonstrate the aspects of a monster is appropriately named, Monster, by Walter Dean Myers. The reason I chose this piece of literature is because, Monster thoroughly elaborates what a monster is in todays society and how it functions in the modern day world. In this essay I will elaborate on

In the story I predict that the children will end up not meeting Boo, because they are too scared to even walk across the sidewalk by his house. The children were playing baseball and they threw the ball over the fence, and said it is gone forever. That is how scared they must be to not even try and go get it. The children think that he will do the worst possible thing if they even consider getting their ball back. The children believe that if they walk near his house or even grab something by his house that Boo will come out and kill them all. Therefore many of the children are scared because the they believe that Boo will come and hurt them. Some of the kids also say that he goes up to their windows at night and watches them sleep, and if

The conflict of Stephen King’s short story “The Boogeyman” is crucial to the reader’s understanding of Lester Billings’ children getting killed by the boogeyman. Even though Billings knows that something killed his children, he does not know what. The protagonist is Lester Billings and the antagonist is the boogeyman. King added conflict in the short story because he wanted to create tension, making readers more interested in the story. The conflict in the story is that the boogeyman keeps on killings his children one at a time and billings does not know how to stop it.

The three children of the separated family father Lester Billings are dead, like a psychiatrist tells, killed by the Boogeyman. The worst thing for Billings is that he has suspected that, when his first child died, and was sure, when his second child died. Still he admitted that the Boogeyman took his third child. Now he believes that the Boogeyman will take him too, and he is afraid to open his closets at home. His psychiatrist, Dr.Harper understands him well, too well. At the entering to the lobby, there is no one to help him and when he return into the room, Lester Billings finds the psychiatrist taking off his mask to show him that he is the boogeyman, the person who had killed his three children.

For example, when Scout, Jem, and Dill tried to take a look inside the Radley house and Jem lost his pants, but when Jem came back to get them they were sewed up by Boo. This tells how Boo knew that the kids were scared, and Boo knew it was the kids, so he sewed them up. But because the kids do not know anything about Boo Radley, they accuse him of being a scary person. In addition, when Boo Radley starts placing items in the knot hole in the tree because he is kind and likes the kids, but is thought to be strange and suspicious. Boo Radley is a kind and harmless figure, but is thought to be a weird scary man.

The children are afraid of him because of all the stories they hear about him from the people in Maycomb. For example, Miss Stephanie tells the children that while Boo was sitting in the living room cutting a magazine, he "drove the scissors into his parent's leg, pulled them out, wiped them on his pants, and resumed his activities." (p.11) After hearing stories like these, the children consider him to be evil.

Boo Radley is the mysterious man in Maycomb County , and he is the killer in every scary kid’s story. Boo stays locked up in his house, and has not came out in thirty years. They say that Boo lives off of raw squirrels and cats that he catches., Aand that he has a big scar across his face, and yellow rotten teeth. Jem, Scout, and Dill spendt their summer trying to get Boo to come out of his house, but it never worksed. The children always wondered why Boo stayded inside his homeuse. Even though he never said why he stayed inside, the children finally understand after what they witness over the summer and school year. One reason why Boo stays inside because he is forced to. Another second reason is that Boo prefers to stay in his own environment,

As a young child hearing rumours and being told to stay away from there, kids develop ideas and thought on why the children can’t or shouldn’t be there. The boogie man will grab you if you are out alone, and kill you or the “monster” in the forest will haunt you down. Possibly, the house down the street is “haunted” or full of “crazy people.” Which leads into place of Boo Radleys reputation. The fear of Boo Radley is warranted. The fear of Boo is apparent when multiple fears of him, and his physiological problems in the first eight chapters in To Kill A Mockingbird of when the children could possibly be killed by him is mentioned multiple times during the book. Particularly when Jem and Dill are thinking

He is gossiped about in the lowest style imaginable and is described to be some sort of savage. “People said he went out at night when the moon was down, and peeped in windows. When people’s azaleas froze… people’s chickens and household pets were found mutilated:” (page 9) Boo is portrayed to be a peeping tom and a mutilator and again without any evidence or facts the entire community trusts the rumor anyway. Because it is a rumor, however, the individuals of Maycomb are mystified, thus, bringing mystery into the novel. Because he is very pale from never going outside, he is compared to a ghost and an evil spirit. “Inside the house lived a malevolent phantom.” (page 9) A phantom usually involves a negative connotation and the fact that Boo is called a malevolent phantom further encourages the sense of mystery and suspense because he is described to be very evil leading the reader in a state of curiosity and uncertainty. Likewise, the theme of mystery and feeling of curiosity both contribute to the success of the novel by engaging the reader. Boo is a very important contributor to the novel by adding these aspects of

What is a monster? The word "monster" causes one to imagine a hideous, deformed or nonhuman creature that appears in horror movies and novels and terrifies everyone in its path. More importantly, however, the creature described generally behaves monstrously, doing things which harm society and acting with little consideration for the feelings and safety of others. "Thus, it is the behavior which primarily defines a monster, rather than its physical appearance"(Levine 13).

Boo Radley was considered the town freak . Kids often walked past his house in fear or in curiosity that they'd catch a glimpse of the tall tale.

As a child, one is, at one point or another, afraid of monsters. This is an indisputable and incredibly formative truth that applies to almost everyone one can think of. Yet, their existence is a terrifying prospect to various children and people around the world for a myriad of reasons. It is this motley assortment of ideas and attitudes from different people towards the topic of monstrosities that makes discussing and studying it such a thought-provoking and informative exercise. Literature is one such way to further discuss and explore one’s feelings about that aforementioned topic and become further enlightened as to its complexities and minutia. My own interpretation of the word monstrosity has evolved and morphed as a result of my readings

This story was full of gloomy settings, monsters, characters in distress, and intense emotions. All of these elements made The Boogeyman gothic literature. I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed this short story, it was full of suspense, mystery, and very different from what I usually read. Gothic literature is classically made up by these elements that I identified. This gothic literature piece was my favorite one that we read and the story that I thought showed perfect examples of four of the elements that make up gothic