In scary stories, transformation plays a big role in trying to scare the reader and change their emotions by making the story go from normal to unusual. Usually the writer will have different techniques of doing this, transformation is one of them. Without transformation in a story, the story would not be as scary and the reader will lose interest in the story quickly. Transformation is important for catching the reader's attention and keeping them interested.
In ¨Where is Here?̈ ̈ a family gets a visit from a stranger that claims to have lived in their house in the past. The stranger asks to look around the house to reminisce, the father and mother let him. Soon, the stranger starts to act very strange towards the parents and they get very anxious and worryful. It says, ̈The father and mother were perplexed by these strange words and hardly knew how to respond.¨ (Where is Here, paragraph 18). The stranger went from acting normal to acting very weird, it made the parents curious and anxious. It makes readers fear that the stranger is planning on something that can put the family in danger and or the stranger is not who he says he is. The transformation in the strangers behavior causes the reader to be at the edge of their seats waiting for the stranger to make an unusual move.
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Another example is in ̈the Fall of the House of Usher ̈ which the house transforms over time and transforms based on the mental and physical state of the owner, Roderick Usher. ¨Perhaps the eye of a scrutinizing observer might have discovered a barely perceptible fissure, which, extending from the roof of the building in front, made its way down the wall in a zigzag direction, until it became lost in the sullen waters of the tarn.¨ (the Fall of the House of Usher, paragraph 5). As Usher gets weaker and weaker, the house follows and the fissure in the wall grows. Once Usher dies, the house falls apart. This makes the reader build up fear and makes them assume the house is not a normal house and is somewhat “alive” because of how it follows the owner. The story makes the reader sit at the edge of their seat waiting for the fissure to grow and spread or for it to soon make the house fall down.
The next example is in ̈The Raven ̈ the narrator is mourning the loss of his lover, Lenore. He now has to get used to living without her, which is something he does not want to do even though he is forced to. ̈ ̈from my books surcease of sorrow--sorrow for the lost Lenore--For the rate and radiant maiden whom the angels named Lenore--nameless here for evermore.¨(The Raven, paragraph 1). Losing Lenore was a big change for the narrator because it was someone that he loved a lot, this makes the reader feel for the narrator. After the change in the narrator's life, which was the loss of a loved one, things don't feel the same and he will forever mourn his loss.
In conclusion,All scary stories use transformation to change the readers mindset and the way they view the story. Transformations will keep the reader reading the story and keep them wanting to read more and more. Without transformation, stories would not be as scary and they wouldn’t be interesting enough for the reader. All 3 stories ̈The Fall of the House of Usher ̈, ̈Where is here?¨, and ̈The Raven ̈ use transformation to catch the reader's attention
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