Atmosphere, Action, or Supernatural?

        Out of the three elements I believe that atmosphere is the most effective element. The atmosphere is the setting and diction in Gothic novels that build up the suspense and the sense of unease in the reader. The thrill and tension is what the atmosphere adds in to Gothic novels. Not to mention the anxiety and nervousness it adds to it as well. Gothic novels are characterized by fear, horror, mystery, darkness and the supernatural. In my opinion with out the atmosphere included in Gothic novels, they are really not considered Gothic novels anymore. 

        Whats a Gothic novel with out the thrill and unease? The action and supernatural does add the anxiousness and thrill factor, but Gothic novels are still really nothing with out the atmosphere. The atmosphere are the crutches that hold up the other two elements. The action and supernatural stand out because of the atmosphere element. With out the atmosphere a Gothic novel would be like a sentence with only a noun and a verb. I believe that the effective element in a Gothic novel is the atmosphere. 

Examples from the novel, Frankenstein:

• "Their icy and glittering peaks shown in the sunlight over the clouds. My heart, which was before sorrowful,. now swelled with something like joy... I suddenly beheld the figure of a man, at some distance, advancing toward me with superhuman speed. He bounded over the crevices of the ice, among which I had walked with caution...as he approached, seemed to exceed that of man... I was troubled..., (Shelley, pg. 77)."

• "...I remember , a stronger light pressed upon my nerves , so that i was obligated to shut my eyes. Darkness then came over me, and troubled me; but hardly had i felt this, when, by opening my eyes, as i now suppose , the light poured in upon me again..., (Shelley, pg. 80)."

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley’s opening to the novel Frankenstein starts off with four letters. The four letters are letters that an explorer Robert Walton is writing to his sister Margret. These letters are to inform Margret how things are going on his search. In these letters Robert writes really detailed on how he feels or the events that are going on. If I had to write a ghost story it would probably begin with the setting. The setting would probably be described in great detail about how odd the surrounding are. then I would most likely go on with with who the main characters were. An example of how I would start it: There was a city in the country out in the middle of no ware. the people who lived there lived spread out. If you had a neighbor in they probably lived about a few miles away. no one in this town was very social with on another. In this odd house that always looked like it was going to fall over lived the Boomer family. Now from here I would go on and explain something odd about the family. If I had to write a ghost story I would start off by introducing the setting and the main characters

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Technology

        If all of the electronic devices no longer existed I would probably be a more social person. I spend a lot of time on my phone, my laptop, or staring at the television. Using electronics is my life, its what I do on a daily basis. Its hard to avoid technology, because it surrounds me every day. technology is not just in one place, its all around.
        
        Whether your working or sleeping its everywhere, all the time. Even in schools today technology is being used. Lessons are being done by videos that are able to be played back at any time. textbooks are replaced by online readings, and notes are taken on laptops or on tablets. Technology has been made to make life easy, however that may or may not be such a positive thing.

        I my self feel that technology has made me lazy. With out technology not only would I be more social I would be more active. Instead of playing a basketball app on my phone, I would be out side actually playing the sport. I would also spend more time with my family. For me technology can be addicting. During family events I would probably spend more time texting someone then spending time with my family.

        With out technology I would probably act different, and look different. If technology just disappeared and I had no memory of it ever existing, I feel it would effect me positively. I also believe it would affect a lot of other people positively as well. technology has made a positive effect on the world, but it also has brought some negative to. Is technology worth having if it brings negativity to the world?