Sae Koyama
J2 Language Arts
Mr. Valera
Discussion Questions - “The Transferred Ghost” by Frank R. Stockton
1.I think that there must be a sort of meeting hall for all the unassigned ghosts to be able to go, and there, there is a bulletin board with all the departed peoples’ names, and requests for someone to become their ghost. I imagine that from then on, it is just a matter of who would get the assignment slip first, so that there is a sort of administrator who manages things so that ghosts can get a position smoothly. I think that such ghosts exist so that humans can seem to live on, albeit in a rather strange form inhabited by something else entirely. Maybe the ghosts were there to take place of a hole which would most certainly open as a result of a person’s death in the lives of those around the deceased person. Even if ghosts don’t come from people, I believe that souls still exist in people. Immortal doesn’t always have to be taken to mean living forever in a literal way. I’ve always believed that souls are there to let people feel. Anger, sadness, joy, happiness - they are all emotions that let us feel that we are human beings. As long as people don’t become numb to emotions and live true to them, souls will still exist forever in ourselves. A
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The part which was most funny for me was near the end, when the narrator is talking to the ghost and says “I cannot bear to think of him!” aloud and the situation gets awkward as Madeline doesn't know about the ghost at all. It was such an tricky position for the narrator to be in, as he runs the risk of exposing the ghosts’ identity, but what really made me laugh was when he says the name of a rival; I had expected the narrator to give up and tell Madeline the truth. His clumsiness truly surprised me, as he really should have known better; the ghost had already explained to him that he would be the only one able to see the spectre. I think his ungainliness in that tight spot was what tickled my sense of
Many people believe not. Ghosts do not actually exist. They don't make any sense, if you can walk through walls, then why can you pick things up, shouldn't it just slide threw your hand? If a ghost is something that is stuck here after it dies because it needs to finish an important task on earth, then does it go to heaven when its done? If so, can people tell when the ghost is gone and when it has left the earth and finished its task or do people still think its there? in my opinion they are not real, but spirits are, a spirit is something that is just here. After some people die they don't know where to go or what to do. When you die, some people linger while they figure out where to go and what to do. So they stay here, the only reason they can stay is because after you die all the energy leaves your body making you a spirit. Spirits can't walk through walls and, if they could, then why do they open doors. See it does not make any since why walk through a wall when you can just simply open a door. Many spirits don't even know they are dead until they try to come in contact with a living
One religious scholar said, “Ok, if we have ghosts, then where do we put them in the Christian universe? While they are tied to the earth, they are no longer living on the material plain. Heaven and hell are exclusive places, so it's extremely unlikely that people come and go from these destinations as they please. There must be a third state in the afterlife where souls linger before continuing their journey.” (Emissary 67).
In theory, ghosts are the remnants of what was once a human being. Someone, who at one time, had substance on this earth. They are everything that we, as living creatures, are- but without the vehicle we call the human body. They exhibit all the mental attributes that you and I have such as thought, conscience, emotions and emotional needs, morals, calculation, ego, personality and everything that makes up the human psyche.