The ghosts in the wall cackle, mocking my fear. It will surprise me if I ever forget my first trip to Disney World in Orlando, Florida. After the many long hours of driving, our family arrived at the entrance to the Disney parks. We went to our hotel, and turned in for the night, a simple feat. The purpose of this essay is to speculate a reason as to why Thoreau’s quote, recorded above, is true. Allow me to take this time, to elaborate on the fact that as a child, I had a deep fear of anything related to horror and the supernatural. I started when I was nine years old. I grew up in a Christian private school and therefore, had had little-to-no contact with the realm of horror films and scary stories that is so prevalent in
