“Why We Crave Horror Movies” by Stephen King:
2. When King compares horror movies to roller coasters he is comparing the ups and downs of excitement a roller coaster and horror movies have. Likewise he compares the movies to public lynching by saying that if they can compare pro football to voyeurs version of combat we might as well say that lynching is comparable to these modern movies. Lastly he uses the example of sick jokes is relatable to the horror movie by saying that by using gruesome puns like “a truckload of babies”.
“Innocents afield” by Buzz Bissinger
2. The author repeats “millions” in a few different scenarios. First the author uses it as the number of viewers, and then by the amount of money spent by the district on “needed” things for a championship. I think how the actual paragraph is worried could use some work; personally I don’t think that this repetition is as effective as another strategy could be.
“Black Men and Public Space” by Brent Staples
2. I believe the strong descriptive introduction is misleading in the fact that it shows him off to be harmful. But in fact he is quite the opposite but the average person walking the street would stereotype a man of his appearance. But you learn quickly by the second paragraph that this man is not harmful what so ever and is just a victim of how we group people by appearance.
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