Manav Komal

  "The Unnamable" is a short story about a fiction writer who meets his friend Joel Manton, who talks to the narrator about an entity that haunts the area. It seemed like this story was not a weird tale itself, but rather a discussion about weird tales until later in the story when the two characters become the victims of an attack. I liked this story because we are placed in a position where it feels like a "campfire story" of two friends chatting the night away. We are given a description of this entity that is said to be haunting the area, but we never actually see him at first. He is just a rumor, or something most people would just brush off. I also really liked the creature's devil like appearance, with horns and hooves. Imagining this creature in real life brings the fear to life! I also liked the setting the story took place in, an old house on Meadow Hill near a cemetery. Later in the story, this unnamed entity attacks both of our characters, Carter and...

      " A Wild Sheep Chase" feels like a spiritual journey we are on with the unnamed narrator in which we learn that his life in in shambles. he works for an advertising agency in Tokyo lives a miserable lonely life. he is divorced, but has a girlfriend that works as a prostitute by night. The narrator is the victim of unfortunate events that led him to where he is in the start of the story which includes the unplanned death of his college girlfriend, and the process of splitting up with his wife which was not specified on.     The visitor that sends the narrator on the sheep chase was a very mysterious character. He is a well groomed man with an emotionless demeanor. He threatens the narrator with shutting down his ad agency and ruining his life if he does not track down this sheep. I interpreted the sheep hunt as a multi layered allegory. The sheep could signify post-war Japan because on one hand because of the many references to Japan's history. The she...

      Vampires are creatures that sustain themselves by consuming the blood of life forms. the ideology originated in the 1800's, usually in the form of corpses that have risen from the grave to feast on the living and have the ability to shape shift. What I found most interesting regarding vampires was that they were interpreted as unholy reanimations when this was not the case at all. Instead, a vampire would experience normal symptoms of death which included the dehydration of skin, bacteria buildup in the stomach, long hair and fingernails, and gas that fills the belly that makes blood and matter spew from the mouth.       The first thing that peaked my interest was the look of the vampire. In the reading, he is described as "utterly white and smooth" as well as "inanimate as a statue." He is well groomed and well dressed. this is the look that is most commonly known for the vampire. his demeanor is that of a witty, yet mysterious cartoon character...

I find the concept of "Frankenstein to be very interesting in regards to what the monster represents. In other words, Frankenstein is almost like a warning of how unchecked creations or innovations can have a disastrous outcome. mythical references regarded "science with superstition." In mythology, tales of  riddles, gods, and monsters were meant to explain the unexplainable. One thing I never knew was that Frankenstein is one of the first cautionary tales about artificial intelligence. the story of Frankenstein turns this superstition phenomenon into and accidental event which takes place in a laboratory in which science is responsible for instead of the supernatural. In this rendition of the story, Frankenstein is not portrayed as a terrifying monster, but rather a handsome man with black luscious locks. In some other renditions of the story, Frankenstein is portrayed as an evil creature who sets out to kill people and terrorize the one's who have wronged him. in ...