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THE PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR STORY

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR STORY Who is Edgar Poe? When and where was he born? Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, critic and editor best known for evocative short stories and poems that captured the imagination and interest of readers around the world. He was born January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, died on October 7, 1849 with 40 years in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. What was he famous for?   He was recognized as one of the universal masters of the story, of which he was one of the first practitioners in his country. He was a renovator of the Gothic novel, remembered especially for his horror stories. Considered the inventor of the detective story.    Did he married? He married Virginia Eliza Clemmfg. Her maiden name was Virginia Eliza Clemm, she was born on August 15, 1822 in Baltimore, United States; died on January 30, 1847 with 24 years, in Fordham, New York, United States. How did he die? ...

The gothic novel

THE GOTHIC NOVEL: Horace Walpole invented the gothic novel, the first gothic novel is "El castillo de Otranto"  it was written in the 1765. The basic elements of horror are:  blood, deaths, doors suddenly slamming shut, defective lights, sound of footsteps approavhing, clanking chains, crazed laughter, rain, especially howling, clanking chains. Dracula : vampires, perversity and Victorian anxieties. The very concept of vampirism horrifies and fascinates in seemingly equal measure, and much of this perverse duality stems from the most famous vampire novel of them all - Bram Stoker's Dracula, first published in 1897. Dracula’s forays into London, for example, and his ability to move unnoticed through the crowded streets while carrying the potential to afflict all in his path with the stain of vampirism, play upon late-Victorian fears of untrammelled immigration. The act of vampirism itself, with its notion of tainted blood, suggests the fear of sexually tran...

My first day of classes

My first day of classes I remember my first day of classes very well. My father took me to high school. I had slept very little, but I woke up very quickly because of my nerves. He wore a T-shirt with small blue circles, black shorts and white shoes. My teacher was a woman, her name was Dora. She was a beautiful young woman too. She was a good person. That day, the teacher gave me three books: one to read, another to draw and the last to write. I was very happy with my new books and also because I had new friends.

My next holidays

My next holidays This year I graduated from high school, my friends and I plan to go on vacation together. The idea is to rent an apartment in the center of San Sebastian so we can do whatever we want there, because you have everything. Then, we have planned to go dancing every night or have dinner at a very beautiful restaurant in front of the beach and then go to a bar and have a drink. In the mornings we will sleep and then we will get up at lunchtime, eat something and go to the beach until sunset. So those are our plans for this summer, we are going to have a great time together with my friends because it is a good friendship and we will never forget this kind of things we do all together ...

MY FAVORITE FEAR MOVIE

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MY FAVORITE FEAR MOVIE: My favorite scary movie is "Happy day of your death", this movie is about a girl named Tree Gelbman, a university student, the day of her birthday is killed by someone with a mask, every time she dies she returns to waking up on the day of her birthday, she has to find out who that person is and kill her before she kills the protagonist. He explains to a new friend what was happening to him, he conveyed to him because he knew what he was going to do all the time, he told him that he had to kill his killer. I try many times until one day he thinks he has killed him, his roommate gives him a cake at the end of the day and he wakes up again on his birthday, deduces that it is his roommate, he kills her and everything just.

MY FAMILY

   MY FAMILY My family, my closest family is my father, Manel; my mother, Marta; my brother, Adri; my grandfather on my father's side, Manolo and my grandmother on my mother's side, Julita. My father Manel is 47 years old, he works in Can Mai, in a wine factory, he is very good with me, he always crows me in everything. My mother Marta is 46 years old, she works in a furniture company in Fortia, she loves me like nobody else, she always tries to take me for everything. My brother Adri is 20 years old, he works temporarily in Carrefur, he is very shy and we do not talk much but I love him very much. My grandfather Manolo is 79 years old, he is not at his best now, but that does not change my moments at his side. My grandmother Julita is 78 years old, she always happens what happens is always happy and making all the people of her life happy.

MY HERO

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MY GRANDMOTHER Hello my name is Alba Casas and my hero is my grandmother, she is sixty years old, her name is Julita. My grandmother live in Figueres. She is  cheerful, big headed, funny, intelligent and happy, she makes all the people of her life happy. She like's painted nails, I like too. I go whit her to Valladolid, two months, in summer. We have famili there. She love all her grandchildren, and all her grandchildren love her as anyone. That's why I love her so much, and I could not live without her.