If he is a ghost, then it's very disappointing for me, because he is banished in the story, and that could mean that he won't be coming back, and that would be terrible, wouldn't it?
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Everyone has a ghost story, or at least that's how it has always seemed to me.
In a ghost story, usually you've got to hang on until daylight, and you'll be alright. But if daylight's four months away, then you have a problem.
I think of setting as almost a character of its own, influencing the other characters in ways they're not even aware of. So much of the success of a good ghost story rides on creating a creepy atmosphere; details of the landscape itself can help create a sense of dread.
Most traditional ghost stories feature rather hapless protagonists, who have nasty things happen to them.
But I think we are seeing a resurgence of the graphic ghost story like The Others, Devil's Backbone and The Sixth Sense. It is a return to more gothic atmospheric ghost storytelling.
I have always been a pretty big fan of ghost stories.
In literature, the ghost is almost always a metaphor for the weight of the past. I don't believe in them in the traditional sense.
I'd like to see a ghost. It would confirm there's an afterlife.
As long as a character doesn't die, the character can always come back.
Why are people afraid of ghosts? 'Ooh, no, I wouldn't want to see one! I'd be too scared' - accompanied by a tremolo of fear in the voice - is the common reaction. This puzzles me. I'd think anyone would welcome he opportunity. I've never heard of a ghost hurting anybody.
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