The Halloween Party : The Horror Story Of The Halloween Party

Every year millions of kids get dressed up, knock on doors, and beg for candy. With Halloween just around the corner, you all are probably wondering where this strange tradition came from. Every year I have experienced this holiday and have done research on this topic. According to a 2014 Smithsonian.com article, stated by Natasha Geiling, in just one year Americans spent over six billion dollars on candy, costumes, and ghoulish decor in anticipation for Halloween. Many people think all Halloween is about dressing up and going trick or treating but there's more to it than that. The roots and variations from all around are what makes Halloween what it is today. In order to understand this holiday, we will go into the history of Halloween, how it's celebrated around the world, and superstitions revolving it.

Halloween. As a kid you see it as a chance to play dress up and a game of who got the most candy. As a teen, you see it as a game of who can host the best party, find the scariest people, or find the scariest places. Lucky for me, I won the unspoken teen game, all on Halloween night.

In “The Hallowe’en Party” by Miriam Waddington and “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, symbols are used to illustrate the different themes that make appearances throughout both narratives. In “The Hallowe’en Party”, there is an underlying message of hope that is conveyed at various points, though the most prominent is when the farm land is introduced. As an immigrant, Mr. Luria was likely nervous and scared about the idea of moving to a new country that was completely different in terms of society and culture. Despite this, he was determined to settle in Canada which would explain his need to “… [search]… for landscapes that were like his old home” (Waddington). He found a piece of Russia in the farm land

Jenna felt her stomach begin to growl and she thought of the dinner her father had prepared for them before he’d left for work. Spaghetti and meatballs with cheesy garlic bread, her absolute favorite. The very thought of it was now making Jenna 's mouth water as she licked her lips in hunger. She silently wished that she would have eaten earlier with her father back when he had just finished cooking it. That was right before he had kissed her on the cheek, told her he loved her, and headed off to work the night shift as a paramedic at Saint Christopher 's Hospital. But, she was too excited about Halloween to eat just then, the anticipation of trick-or-treating being such a short time away filling her every thought with joy. She was a

On a dark and creepy day on Halloween night some kids were going trick or treating but not all of them. Except the three Jameson kids who decided to stay home this year. The oldest boy’s name is Tommy, the middle child is a girl and her name is Sara lastly the youngest boy’s name is Tyrone. Before the permission from their mom, she has warned them about the missing kids who didn't decide to participate in Halloween last year who went off to do whatever they wanted and were missing so she is hopeful that they are not planning on going anywhere this halloween. An hour passed by and they realized that it was only 11:00 and Halloween wasn’t over yet. On the other hand, they were not even receiving candy so Tommy has come up with an idea that instead of staying in the house empty handed; he has something else in mind. Maybe we can sneak out the house and go to the haunted mansion by the gloomy corn field. Sarah did not agree, but it will be better than staying in the house. Tyrone agrees with anything but he just wants a piece of candy before the night is over.

But because of the embarrassments at school (“My voice was apt to come out squeaky”, “My hands became slippery with sweat”, (etc.) she was determined to not attended the Christmas dance (“Formerly I had considered falling off my bicycle and spraining my ankle and I had tried to manage this;” (etc.)). After failing multiple times she decided to go the dance, which was a dramatic change in her emotion. She wore her beautiful dress and let her friend Lonnie do her hair and make-up (“I sat in front of the mirror and Lonnie stood behind me, fixing my hair”), after finishing she became exited. After the long walk to the dance her personally takes a turn when the first dance was the most popular boy “Mason Williams”, and he blows her off (“He took his hand off my waist and dropped my arm”). Nobody wanted to dance with her; her emotion became sad and upsetting (“Please me, please me, and I locked my fingers behind my back”). Therefore she began to hide until a young lady in the washroom approached her; this introduced a different role in her because the lady was older and fun (“Mary

The three girls are on their way to the party when out of nowhere Talia slams on the brakes. " Why did you do that," asked Allie. " Didn't you see that," questioned Talia in a terrified voice. " Uh, no," responded Allie. " What did you see," asked Kaylee. " I don't know, but what I do know is that it was tall and looked like a dark figure, it had a black mist surrounding it," replied Talia as she started the car again. Every one was silent until they got to the party. When they get inside they see a bunch of decorations, and surprisingly everyone they knew was there also. Talia still didn't trust the fact that it was on a forbidden road.

One day a little girl that lived in the neighborhood had been murdered. So they can’t go trick or treating alone and they had to go in a group with a parent

Priscilla Vanderwaale had never been so humiliated in her entire life. God, how pathetic was she? To think that a pretty dress and a nice party would magically mean something. She had watched too many fucking movies. Set her expectations too high. This wasn’t middle school anymore, she couldn’t buy her way into popularity, not even for one measly night.

High school can be the cruellest time in a teenager’s life. Unfortunately Sarah got to experience that first hand. There was a game that was being played at Sarah’s school, but poor Sarah didn’t know anything about it. She had no friends and she was not considered cool. She felt victim of this inhumane game which was; the most popular kid becomes friends with those that are not popular or have low self-esteem, then convinces them to have sex with one of their friends, and secretly videos it and post it online. Sarah was clueless of what was going to happen to her the day she became friends with Julia, who was the most popular girl in school. She didn’t know that her school days at Rocks High School would be ended because of pregnancy.

Go back in time think of what it would be like to live in the 70’s, where everything was disco, and women were looked at from a whole new perspective. Within the town of woodsberry there was a little girl named Emily who was 9 years old, but she always felt like she was all grown up. She was a proper girl who always liked to dress-up and wear her mother’s shoes, although there weren’t many shoes, she made do with what she was given. Her mother, Eleina was a 32 year old housewife and her father, Jonah was a 36 year old factory manager. They lived in a 2 bedroom apartment right by main street; one of the busiest streets in the city.

In the short-story, "The Birthday Party", written by Katherine Brush, Brush incorporates literary devices: imagery, alliteration, and diction to effectively illuminate her purpose of this short story. Illustrated in the first paragraph, a person dining at a restaurant observed a couple celebrating a birthday which disastrously ended. The description, ''They were a couple in their late thirties... the man had a round, self-satisfied face, with glasses on it..." Katherine Brush's imagery allows the reader to be part of the short-story from the main character's point of view.

There was a town named Richville, they loved to have monthly block parties in different areas of the community. This was a laid-back town with tons of energetic teenagers. Everyone enjoyed being outside all the time and doing activities with one another. There was an enormous house on the corner of Poor Lane, that is where the Rich Family lived, Steve and Jennifer. They were well known in the community for having the coolest pool parties in town. They had four children named London, Paris, Luke, and Royal. London was the smartest kid in the town and only 12 years old. Paris was the most popular, she was 16 years old. Luke was the biggest flirt in town; he was 18 years old. Royal was very shy and quiet; she was only 10 years old.

Robert Munsch came up with this book when he was on tour reading books for groups of children. Just like with a lot of his book he made this story about a child he knew and had stayed with during his tour. (Robert Munsch)He stayed with Moira's family and one day he came back to there house to find Moira having her sixth birthday party. She asked him to tell a story but the thing was he doesn't like birthday party's at all, but he did it anyway. (Robert Munsch) He used another child to base off his story, a child who invited more kids then her parents said she could. So he pretended that's what Moira did. After the story was published it actually came tru and Moira got a party with 200 cakes (little ones) and 200 pizzas. (Robert

“So kids, every Halloween, it is said that her ghost, roams the empty hallways of this very school, searching for another female student to take her place.” The students were now on the edge of their wooden seats, eyes wide, listening to every word Mr. Morris said. All of a sudden the loud bell breaks the silence, making each one of them jump.