Perspectives

Here, we will offer you some information that will help you put the short story “Scary Movies” by Stephen Amidon into perspective. This way, you will learn more about the literary period in which the short story was written and similar literary works dealing with the same themes.

Literary period

Written in 1995, the short story “Scary Movies” belongs to what we call the Modernist period in literature. Modernists tend to reject the idealistic views of the society characteristic to the Romantic Movement. Furthermore, there are several elements that Modernist writers use in their literary works and which you will also discover in “Scary Movies”.

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Works with the same theme

The theme of racism and fear has been explored by author Marc Mitchell in his short story “The New Girl”. Based on true events, the story shows how an African-American girl who moved in an all-white neighborhood was scared and pushed away by two white children who believed that they should not mingle with people of different races.

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