preview

The Feather Pillow By Horacio Quiroga Summary

Decent Essays
Open Document

The allure of fear can be different depending on certain circumstances. Unexpected fear is showed in both “Sleep Paralysis: A Waking Nightmare”, by Lexi Tucker and “The Feather Pillow” written by Horacio Quiroga. Some people experience fear without realising or wanting too, whereas some thrill seekers go looking for an adrenaline rush. What I mean by saying the allure of fear can be different depending on circumstances is… some people enjoy the unknown. Not knowing what’s coming next is a thrill. But in these stories the unexpected is not a thrill, “it is a feeling of panic, entrapment,and desperation so horrifying that [some] have difficulty describing its magnitude (Tucker para. 3). Sleep Paralysis. A state in which “your brain sends a signal …show more content…

Having to lose a loved one is something we all will have to experience someday. For Jordan in “The Feather Pillow” his loss was a little more unsettling. Like with sleep paralysis the end result is unexpected. These unexpected occurrences in both stories happened where they would feel at ease. Which makes it a sick kind of fear. Alicia was ill and her safe haven was her bed. Where she was cared for everyday. As the days past she gradually got sicker until she was pronounced dead. Her death was believed to be natural but like sleep paralysis something unexpected happened while sleeping. Alicia was asleep like many sleep paralysis victims but she couldn’t get away from her nightmare. Because “in the bottom of [her] pillowcase, among the feathers, slowly moving its hairy legs, was a monstrous animal... [that] was so swollen one could scarcely make out its mouth. Night after night, since Alicia had taken to her bed, this [animal] had… applied its mouth to... [her] temples, sucking her blood (Quiroga para. 29). This was an unexpected cause of death, making the whole situation

Get Access