THE WEREWOLF AND ITS MODERN APPEALS By Juan

THE WEREWOLF AND ITS MODERN APPEALS. By: Juan Salazar

ORIGIN • Greek Mythology • Lycanthropes

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BOOK ADAPTATIONS

• In pop culture, people have been turning into wolves on screen as far back as 1913’s silent film “The Werewolf, ” but the teenage-werewolf story really begins in 1953 -Alex Pappademas. “We are all Teenage Werewolves” New York Times.

• The horror of Werewolves”- a compare and contrast article of the werewolves from the past and today “ • He explains the werewolf characteristic as a bloodthirsty monster when the myth was first told and the modern day werewolf, which is a male teen that lives a normal life and has the same anxieties as any other teenage male like grades, girls and sports. • The author proclaims, “what is next? ” as in what new transformation of the werewolf character will there be in the next

RESEARCH SOURCES • ALEX, PAPPADEMAS. "We Are All Teenage Warewolves. " New York Times Magazine (2011): 34. Academic Search Complete. Web. 18 Mar. 2013. “The history of the Werewolf Legend” By Shelly Barclay. Historic Mysteries. 2011 • The Horror Of Werewolves. " Scholastic Scope 60. 4 (2011): 17 -19. Academic Search Complete. Web. 18 Mar. 2013. • Barclay , Shelly. "The History of the Werewolf Legend. " Historic Mysteries. (2011): n. page. Web. 18 Mar. 2013.

THESIS In our society today the werewolf are now viewed as appealing male adolescents, with their characteristics, in the movie and show productions to attract viewers.

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