Read lines 45-59 of the book scary tales: What is Torrance's view about telling children scary stories? What is one counterargument that she provides?
Write the claim, counterclaim and text evidence

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Answer:

Claim: Children need to be frightened. We all do. It’s an emotion that was given to all of us and it should be exercised. When you don’t exercise it, you lose your sense of fear.

Counterargument: A lot of people have told me I really shouldn’t tell children scary things.

Rebuttal: Well, children can frighten themselves without  your help. When they’re alone in bed they hear things and  they see things. So I just help them along.

Explanation:

It is often thought that children need to be frightened. However, what this argument fails to consider is that Torrence grew up listening to scary tales from her grandfather and therefore has adapted to fear. In the text, it says that Torrence was afraid of keyholes because her grandfather told her in the dark monsters would lock her there. This shows at some point the author herself changed in the way she thought about scary tales but only because someone else scared her. Although children can frighten themselves without scary tales it is of their own volition. This means that children, either way, will never lose their sense of fear as a personal experience. Scary tales teaches one to be more cautious.