Why We Crave Horror Movies

Stephen King's "Why We Crave Horror Movies" was an excellent essay and I really enjoyed reading it. King begins the paper by describing what the literal definition of "mentally ill" and he continues to tell how we all fit into that category one way or another. During the essay he mentions how we all tend to "crave" some way to be scared and fill the void of our emotions, this one would be fear. If we ignore these negative emotions altogether they will most likely get out some way, shape, or form. That is why even though society pushes for positive reinforcement, we seek those not so happy movies or videogames to fill the void and keep our sanity intact.

The diction set in the essay was laid back, informal, and meant to relate to the reader which made it easy to get comfortable and enjoy this article. At no point does Stephen King go off topic, maybe with the Leonard Nimoy comment, and keeps his thesis the main topic of this essay. The paper exemplified ethos and pathos points of the rhetorical triangle, but mostly on the ethos side. He explained how society functions and that we have emotions that we can't keep inside us. Stephen King's essay is a convincing persuasive essay and captures the reader from the very beginning.