Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Eng 101/108
October 25, 2016
The two genres that Ive selected for my paper are a newspaper article from the Orange
County Register by Keith Sharon and an article from the website thehuffingtonpost.com written
by Suzy Strutner, both involving the hauntings at Disneyland, different yet the same type of tone
and different ways of being read. The articles talk about the deaths of guest that have gone to
Disney and never left. These genres consists of logos, as they are trying to determine logical
explanations for the surveillance and pictures of a ghost.Pathos is conveyed in these articles
when they get into a story of a little boy who died at the park and never returned home. Could
he be the mischievous little ghost terrorizing the employees at The Haunted Mansion? Another
way that these articles could be read is by visual readings of the pictures that are included. As i
analyze the two, I find i have more questions than answers.
Disneyland. She reports that the ghost, untie the ribbons in the cast members hair and move
props from one side of the room to the other. The employees are terrified and will not go into
The Haunted Mansion due to the things that are happening in there. It has been speculated that
the ghost in the surveillance footage that i referred to in my opening paragraph, may be the
ghost of Walt Disney. It clearly shows an apparition wandering around the park after hours; it
even shows it walking on water.
So lets look at the reports of hair pulling and props moving in The Haunted Mansion. Is
it truly ghosts untying ribbons in the cast members hair or is it simply their imaginations getting
the best of them? I believe that people choose to believe that there are ghost in The Haunted
Mansion because it adds to the excitement of the park; it is The Haunted Mansion, after all.
Katia Roberts
Eng 101/108
October 25, 2016
all ages for centuries. It fascinates and terrifies at the same time. However, there are those
who consider it nonsense and must find a logical or scientific explanation for the sightings on
surveillance. We all are free to believe or not believe. Clearly, the authors or writers of the
articles want to believe that ghosts really do exist. The audience could work to identify some
of the choices made by the author or writer of the articles so they can better understand as
noted in How to Read Like a Writer (Page 72).
Keith Sharon, the author of the article in the Orange County Register describes the
hauntings as disturbances. His tone through the article is humorous yet somewhat sad as, he
lists the death that have occurred at the park. The cast members relayed that there were things
that physically happened to them and the props in the attraction. The disturbances terrified the
That's why laying the groundwork early on -i.e., the intro -- for what you'll be writing about is
so crucial.
employees so much that they chose to avoid the attraction whenever possible. The author also
reports that there is a light in the apartment over the Fire Station located on Main Street, which
belonged to Walt Disney. It is now a tradition for this light to remain on at all times. Prior to
establishing this tradition, an employee turned the light off and left the room. When she
returned, the light was on. The employee reported hearing a voice say I am still here. As you
can see, these are disturbances that directly affected the employees and creating fear.
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Eng 101/108
October 25, 2016
video revealing an apparition roaming the grounds. The ghost was obviously making his
rounds, as he visited The Haunted Mansion and Rivers of America. Unlike the other accounts,
this happy little ghost was content to walk without causing disturbances. The article even
describes him as grinning. Surely, he was having a good time that evening.
Are there many ghosts haunting Disneyland or just one ghost? A convention of these
articles that make them similar is; theyre both about Disneyland possibly being haunted by Walt
Is this a convention?
Disney or one of the guest who died. A convention of these articles that makes them different is;
they both give different examples of things that are happening to the employees or guests. Both
articles convey a different perspective of the haunting(s), although one gives numerous
possibilities as to who could be haunting the park in the hauntings that i mentioned in my first
paragraph. The other gives evidence of what was seen by including pictures and videos.
Despite the differences in the articles, it is obvious that the authors/writers lean toward
believing in the existence of ghost. Lets face it, it draws you in. Yes we experience
nervousness, anxiety, and shutter at the thought of ghostly encounter, but still we continue to
watch television programs and read articles and stories about ghost.
I feel as if the audience could use opinionnaire to pay attention to the evidence that is
given in each article which was mentioned in Shellys Quick Guides for Writing Teachers:
Critical Reading Assignments. The readers could feel multiple ways about these readings,
some will be the ones that believe this is all very true and that the park is haunted not just by
one, but multiple guest that had tragic accidents that led them to never return to their families.
Then there are the readers that dont believe in ghost at all and just think that all the fuss around
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Eng 101/108
October 25, 2016
of the fact that there are pictures involved and this is something that would raise a lot of
questions about. Example are the pictures and videos even real? Were they photoshopped?
Was it and interference with the tapes? Those were definitely questions that were on my mind
when I first saw the video and the images. They kind of freaked me out after awhile of looking at
them, because what if they are real? You can clearly see the legs of the figure moving and then
the figure disappearing once it walks a little bit onto the water.
These two textual genres were really hard to write about. When i picked the website and
the newspaper i thought there would be a lot about the supposed ghost and all though I was
right, there was a lot more about the deaths and who the ghost could possibly be.
I believe it is very important for everyone to learn about genre, because genre can help
with better understanding things or breaking things down to one specific thing. Everyone should
know that there is more to genre than just music and movies, I bet there there are a ton of
people out there that dont know that a letter of recommendation is a genre. Genre is a category
Comment [19]: What's this paragraph doing
here, Kat? Why are you including at the end
instead of, say, towards the beginning?
Katia Roberts
Eng 101/108
October 25, 2016
So is Disneyland the happiest place on earth or is it one of the most haunted places on
earth? With Walt Disneys possible ghost roaming around or the ghost of the tragically killed
guest, the world may never know.
Work cited
1. Strutner, Suzy. "Disneyland Surveillance Catches Ghost Hanging Around After Hours...
Because Who Wouldn't?" The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, n.d. Web. 26 Oct.
2016.
2. Sharon, Keith. "10 Scary, Legendary Ghost Tales of Disneyland Haunts." The Orange
County Register. N.p., 19 Oct. 2015. Web. 26 Oct. 2016.
Katia Roberts
Eng 101/108
October 25, 2016