Turn of the Screw / Accursed Inhabitants of the House of Bly

The Turn of the Screw was one complicated story. I had to reread it like a good four times. I felt like Miles was a creepy child from the start though, like he was very mature and to me, like I thought he had a latency gay going on. I also think the Governess was out of her mind, and don't think Jessel and Quint were ghosts, but it was from her repressed sexual feelings that she was seeing them. The Governess "knew" enough to know that Jessel and Quint had some sort of forbidden relationship, something she would never have. When the Governess "sees" Jessel at the desk in the study room, she screams "You terrible miserable woman!" , I feel as if that is the Governess projecting her feelings of inadequacy onto Jessel. I feel as though there was something that the Governess wanted to prove to the Master to get noticed. Like she kept doing things to get noticed, and in a way vying for his attention. I also got the impression that what makes this story so "horrible", is that the children are being treated as not innocent, and "knowing" far more then they should for the ages of ten and eight. The short story, Accursed Inhabitants of the House of Bly, was a good story and anecdote to The Turn of the Screw, and really furthered my belief in Miles being attracted to males. The way Jessel spoke of herself before she "crossed over" was interesting to me too, because it was complete opposite of the type of person she was in life. Further, the way the Governess is portrayed as a strict, tight, rule abiding person gave me more insight to how she would never allow herself to be fully seduced by anyone, or ever give into her sexual desires, which gave me more more reason to believe that in The Turn of the Screw, its what makes her go mad. I also think that when Miles screams his last word, "-you devil", refers to the Governess, because she is the one who won't allow freedoms of any sort. I could be wrong and will probably read the story yet again to see if I change my feelings.

I also read Guts last night, and seriously that is what people faint over? I read it a few times and each time it got better. I don't understand what the big deal was. It reminded me of the tv show 1000 ways to die.