Fear is something we all experience, and there are many different kinds of fear. The American short story “Scary Movies” published in 1995 by Stephen Amidon is about fear, and how different kinds of fear affect people and the racism/civil rights movement in the 60’s America.
The story takes place in a small town close to New York City, 1968. The town is very segregated, and is divided into the white neighborhood, and the black neighborhood.
In the story we follow an unnamed narrator, a nine years old boy. The narration is first person, which influences the way we see the story, because the narrator is subjective. The narration is also past tense, which gives us the feeling of the narrator as a grown up, looking back on his youth and telling us about it. It makes the setting of being in the 60’s more real.
The main character, the narrator, is a typical kid. He is well behaved- and raised, but slightly repressed: p. 3 l. 67-69: “Where we came from you sat quietly through films. You could laugh at the jokes, sure, but that was it. What you didn’t do was show these sorts of emotions. Even if you felt them.” After the first outburst at the theater, where Kevin and the narrator are shocked that the black kids are having big reactions to the movie. They are used to not being allowed to make any unnecessary noise, even when watching a scary movie, something that is supposed to invoke emotions.
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