Monsters that make us care… Back to Blog
Did you cry when you watched Frankenstein? So misunderstood. The guy didn’t ask to be created, didn’t understand the world he’d woken to find.
Did you cry when King Kong died? All the guy wanted was his pretty blond girlfriend. Dying for love. 🙂
Sometimes, the monsters in books and movies can be so sympathetic that they slip past our guards and yes, they make us care. When I found out that Jason (from the many, many Friday the 13th movies) was supposed to be a kid who’d drowned years before and that the camp counselors weren’t watching him–just weren’t paying attention while he struggled to live–he got my sympathy, too.
Those tricky monsters. Sometimes, they can sneak up on your emotions.
What monster has made you care? What monster got under your skin? I’ll pick one commenter to win a $15 Amazon.com gift certificate.
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Frankenstein definitely, he’s so misunderstood.
Jane, leader of the Volturi in the Twilight series. She was just a kid when changed and look at her now.
Deidre
Definitely Frankenstein’s monster & King Kong. I felt so bad for all the bad things that happened to them. I also felt sorry for the Phantom from Phantom of the Opera. Wanting but never receiving Christine’s love. So sad.
As I paged through all the comments I found a lot of monsters that I love too…..Dracula, particularly, but what about the Sta-Puft Marshmallow Man…..here he was, minding his own business by the campfire and next thing he knows, he’s in New York. Did he want to be there? NO! So, enroute back toc camp…..he’s toasted.