The Importance Of Personal Monsters

“I can kill a man, dismember his body, and be home in time for Letterman. But knowing what to say when my girlfriend's feeling insecure... I'm totally lost”-Dexter Morgan (Hall, 2007). Dexter Morgan is a fictional serial killer from Showtime’s series “Dexter”, but the writers and actors have portrayed a real life serial killer. Manuel Prado is the real Dexter Morgan. Prado was a Miami cop who started with smaller crime and worked his way up to becoming a serial killer. ”Prosecutor David Waksman told the Miami Herald: "He was very cold. He was doing robberies and went home and slept like a baby. He was proud of what he did."” (International, 2012) Real life serial killers do not have any empathy. They kill their victims and then return to

When analyzed online many of the definitions you will find for the word monster include: a strange or horrible imaginary creature, one who deviates from normal or acceptable behavior, or an animal of strange and/or terrifying shape. (Merriam Webster) When observing the “Monster Theory” by Jeffrey Cohen and the 7 theses that he provides in this text, one can begin to somewhat disagree with these formal definitions and attempt to say that it has an even greater meaning. Monsters might scare us and frighten us because of their physical appearances but also can provide us with possible solutions to gaps and uncertainties in our mind that Sigmund Freud would label as “The Uncanny”. I can only but agree with

Why should a kid be tried as an adult and go to prison for no other reason than knowing a criminal? There were countless terrible choices made in this story, but these choices were not made by Steve Harmon. Steve was not the lookout for this robbery and definitely didn’t kill Mr. Nesbitt. There are three main reasons that prove Steve’s innocence: on multiple occasions, Steve said he was not there, he never was paid for his “participation”, and Mrs. Henry only saw two people both of which are known.

When people hear the word monster, they usually picture in their minds images of vampires, zombies, demons, ghouls, or other physical supernatural beings. However, today's society contains its own modern monsters contained in minds of people or in systems in society, as opposed to some type of physical entity. Examples for modern monsters of today can be pressure and apathy, but caring too much has more effect and negative results rather than apathy’s effect of caring too little.

Asma states, "Monsters can stand as symbols of human vulnerability and crisis, and as such they play imaginative foils for thinking about our own responses to menace.” This means that human weaknesses and fears are represented through monstrous figures, and these fictional situations provide perspective into how we react in fearful environments. In our current society we fear many things, including but not limited to failed or corrupt governmental systems, the afterlife, the unknown, and captivity, which makes this claim valid. Although we may not realize it, these fears are embodied by the horror monsters we see in popular culture. Society shares common fears, and often times the most prevailing fear is reflected in the most popular characters at any given time. Monsters are the fictional representations of society’s dark subconscious, exploring not only why the author’s statement is accurate but what we actually fear.

What defines a monster? Is it their grotesque, unnatural appearance that separates them from the rest of mankind, or is it their lack of remorse and compassion that makes them different? The word monster conjures up figures from gothic horror of exotic peoples with horrifyingly exaggerated features, and the kinds of impossible delusive beasts inhabiting the pages of medieval bestiaries. Well at first I thought exactly that. When I used to hear the word “monster”, my mind immediately pictured the petrifying beast that took residence under my bed for a substantial portion of my childhood. It had demonic beating red eyes, razor sharp teeth that glistened with fresh blood and amphibian like scales covering every inch of its enormous body. However, as I got older, I started to realize that there was no such thing as monsters and that it was all just a figment of my imagination. Accordingly, the fear of the monster under my bed slowly dissipated. Nevertheless, it wasn’t until after reading a quote by my favorite author, Steven King, that I was finally able to fully comprehend what the true definition of the word “monster” really was. “Monsters are real, ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes they win”. It had taken me awhile to truly grasp what King had meant, but then it clicked. Everyone has a monster inside them, dormant or not. That monster is the voice we hear in the back of our heads, urging us to cheat or to steal, and in some instances, worse. That monster

The argument in the paragraphs is what make a monster a monster and what makes a human a human. In the article it talks about how the humans treat the monster badly which end up with the monsters creating disaster, if the monsters are being treated cruel does that make the humans monsters and the monsters humans?

When we were kids we were told of many imaginary monsters, but as you grow up we learn what the real monsters are. A monster is defined as a badly behaved or cruel person, something that is absurdly large, or a fictional and frightening creature. The monsters that we know of today are nothing like the ones when we were little kids. When you realize things like the monster under your bed isn’t real is when you come to know that society is the real monster. Jennifer Lynn Barnes gives us insight on who the monsters really are when she tells us that, "They told him he was killing monsters, and then they made him kill people. He thought it was just me who was different, and he didn't go through with killing me. He

Monster” feels when causing physical harm. When in reality, it is not helping a thing.

Do you believe in monsters? Well, these people do. There are people in this world who blame others for being the monsters while they themselves are the actual monsters. In the story "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street." The People are the monsters they cannot even trust the people they have known for years.

“Look then, if you dare, at South Central through the eyes of one of its most notorious Ghetto Stars and the architect of its most ghastly gang army- the Crips” (Scott 1993:xv). Sanyika Shakura, birth name Kody Scott, explains to his readers the violence, attitudes, and brutality he experienced first hand in the 1980s when he joined a gang called The Crips at age eleven. According to Kontos and Brotherton (2008), writers of The Encyclopedia of Gangs, define the name Crip as “the combination of the word crib and the acronym R.I.P. that denotes the intergenerational nature of the gang and membership from birth to death (Sloan, 2005)” (p. 43-44). Shakura, referred to as Scott throughout this piece, walks us

P.1. In “Monsters and the Moral Imagination” Stephen Asman believes monsters are lurking everywhere. But some fear of monsters are long gone past our times, but believes that monsters can send us fear instead of physical harm, and why do we call monsters, monsters if they're not real. But does believe that monsters have been on the rise over time. The rise of monsters could be tragedies that have happened in real life like 9/11 and believes that stress and trauma could be a huge role in the growth of monsters.

Everyone has a monster, no matter how big or small it is, they still have one. You learn how to tame your monster and progress with it and some even know how to overcome their inner monster. My monster is that I second guess and over think many of the decisions I make, no matter how big or small and how significant or insignificant. I also stress over many things. I sometimes think this has to do with my astrological zodiac sign but sometimes think it’s just my nature of life. I was born to be this way. My monster taunts me in my everyday decision from waking up in the morning, to getting dressed, to the work I complete in school, and then coming home, all the way until I go to sleep. Another part of my inner monster is that I get angry or upset if things are done in ways I dislike.

“The monsters within us are far worse than the monsters of the world.”This quote struck me greatly when I first read it, and upon completing the Monsters lesson’s I still agree with it as I did in the beginning of the section. When you ask your average person for an example of a monster they may list off a few fictional exaggerations of monsters. But what many fail to acknowledge is that these monsters are just stories, and the real monsters of the world can be found festering inside the mind of anyone. Sometimes monsters can come out within the most unexpected people. An example of this can be found in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, where someone seemingly chivalrous succumbs to his own personal monsters.There are also those who carry monsters

Just cause you see a person dressed up with their makeup done and hair it doesn't always mean they have everything figured or that they're okay. We don’t always know what's happening inside of them, we might think there happy since there laughing but that's not always the case. It's important to recognize your own personal monsters, because it can control over your life without you even noticing that it is. Even if we don't see our demons they are still making us feel horrible. Is something I can't even control myself just have to try to handle it, makes you feel really bad like a feeling that you're alone when you're not. My own personal monster is my anxiety, it has really made me feel awful for no reason your happy one moment the next you just feel like you're going