After read through Monster Culture by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, I am able to understand different monsters under several conditions. Even though the monster is not real in our life, people apply the idea of monster to unusual beings that trigger fear from inside. In Cohen’s seven theses, I agree with the first and third description of the monster that she list out. In my group, we discuss the first description of the monster, which is the monster defined by the culture. In Cohen’s essay, she wrote “like a letter on the page, the monster signifies something other than itself”. The example for this statement would be those people who have the disability. Once upon a time, other people may see them as the freak or inhuman, like the actors in the movie The Greatest Showman. The word “monster” people use to describe abnormal people. However, it reflects their internal fear. In nowadays, people have more take care the people who have disabilities. There are a lot of facilities for these people and the society embraces them a lot.
Also, in the class, we talked about her third description of the monster which may apply to the Dragon. In China, Dragon seems to be a Godlike character. In the ancient, people have to worship it in order to accomplish their wishes. Even sometimes, the people have to give up their child to exchange a rain to bless their land. However, in American culture Dragon seems to be an evil figure. In a lot of American movies, you can see that dragons are dark figures that chase people around. Furthermore, you can always see cavaliers kill the dragon to present heroism. Therefore, different cultures influence people’s perspective on monsters and their definitions about monsters.
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