The Haunting of Hill House

For this summer reading I decided to read the Scary Novels. Which included Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House, William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist, and Stephen King’s The Shining. The Haunting of Hill House is about an 80 year old mansion built by a man named Huge Crain. Dr. Montague, a paranormal investigator, rents the house in hopes to experience the supernatural. He invites four people, Eleanor Vance, Theodora and Luke Sanderson, based on their pasts. From there they stay for the summer

doesn’t really matter. In the cases of The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson and Poltergeist directed by Tobe Hooper that is far from the truth. As both of these stories revolve around haunted houses, the setting can be described as the antagonist in the stories. the setting is crucial to both the plot and character development throughout The Haunting of Hill House and Poltergeist. The setting in both Poltergeist and The Haunting of Hill House, the

reality of loneliness, and she hopes to find company while staying at Hill House: “Perhaps I will encounter a devilishly handsome smuggler and… She turned her car onto the last stretch of straight dive leading her directly, face to face, to Hill house… The house was vile. She shivered and thought… get away from here at once.” (Jackson, 23). Eleanor came to Hill House without proper companionship, and yearns to have company. Like the House, Eleanor seems to be facing loneliness anxiety and experiences a

Every individual some times, needs to be a member of something, a team, a council, a intimate group or even a gang. In the story, "The Haunting of House Hill," we see where the leaning for social acknowledgment turns out to be such a vital component among the character known as Eleanor Vance. Gotten between being a whimsical casualty of others, Eleanor Vance needed to be in a spot where she'll feel acknowledged, cherished, and could call her own. Could this place be what she's been chasing down all

perception of Hill House for a summer. Although Eleanor’s feeling is conflicted by the death of her mother, she is extremely contented with the fact that she is freed from her prisoned life. It is time for self-discovery. As she drives up to Hill House, she would joyfully imagine a different her with a different family, in which she would meet many great people and would be enjoying her simple life. Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House incorporates the idea of family into a haunted house. Hill House

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson is a very unique story that touches on many themes throughout the book. The different mysterious and haunting aspects and themes throughout makes you question every next move, and also makes you wonder what was going on in the mind of Shirley Jackson. In the start of the book, you get introduced to the main character or protagonist, Eleanor Vance, and peek into her life. You get to know her thoughts and exactly what’s in her mind. Her mom had just

even though they’re in a group with others facing the same situation. Shirley Jackson the author of The Haunting of Hill House shows this exact situation of fear taking over a person by showing it in the main character, a young woman named Eleanor, who comes from a small town which who was invited to visit the Hill House by a doctor named Dr. Montague to study what really goes on in the house. Throughout the story Eleanor, shows many different types of personalities which can go from being serious

Jan De Bont’s 1999 film rendition of The Haunting was adapted after Robert Wise’s 1963 adaptation of the original The Haunting of Hill House novel written by Shirley Jackson. When adaptations are made, especially novel to film, changes are inevitably made. I feel that the difference between a "faithful" and a "good" one is the success it receives from its audience. Especially if the media being adapted is older, the adaptations may determine it necessary to modernize aspects of the story. In my opinion

and use it to become the truest version of themselves. In The Haunting of Hill House, Eleanor Vance is a fragile young woman who struggles with a rough past and has lived her life searching for some form of freedom among the chaos she endures. Eleanor joins a team of three other people to conduct an experiment at a place called Hill House to prove supernatural phenomena, and while she is there, creates an emotional attachment to the house and slowly becomes submissive to the manipulative tricks and

novel, The Haunting of Hill House. Jackson introduces Eleanor, a fragile girl with a chilling past who, with hopes of becoming independent, accepts an invitation to stay a week at the infamous Hill House, a supposedly haunted property. Here, Eleanor encounters new companions and experiences the truly inexplicable phenomenon that is Hill House itself. Moreover, Eleanor’s experiences at the Hill House bring her insecurities to light and challenge her will to be free. In The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley