Wednesday, April 17, 2013

The Haunting of Hill House


I found The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson to be quite interesting. Perhaps because Eleanor was the protagonist and the book was given from her perspective, I as the reader felt as though I too was going mad. Toward the end of the book I believe that Eleanor really is consumed by the house and becomes part of it, Eleanor describes this in page 149 and we also see it because Eleanor builds this connection with the house in which she can sense the movements that go on with it. I though it very interesting in the event that occurs in page 169 in which Eleanor goes around banging on doors and laughing, it reminded me of the first supernatural event that occurred in which Eleanor and Theodora witnessed a banging on the door, it made me think that perhaps Eleanor was becoming one of the spirits from the house, and in essense Eleanor was becoming more like the house.

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