Gary wakes up and decides to go to the bathroom outside. As he is turning to go back into the house, he hears growling. Cujo appears from the tall grass and attacks him from his blind spot, "Cujo bit him high on the shoulder, his powerful jaws closing and crunching through the bare skin, pulling tendons like wires. He continued to growl. Blood flew. Gary felt it running warmly down his skinny upper arm. He turned over and battered at the dog with his fists. He tried getting his hands up and was thinking that he would have to go for Cujo's eyes with his thumbs when Cujo seized his throat and tore it open. Gary screamed and the dog savaged him again. Gary felt warm blood sheet across his face and thought, 'Dear God, that's mine!' His hands beat weakly and ineffectually at Cujo's upper body, doing no damage. At last they fell away" (King 111-112). It is obvious that this characteristic takes place because during this crisis, a man is severely injured but still has a chance at survival. He is able to take a few more steps away from the monster before he is taken down again. The reader is left with some hope but knows the character must die which plays with their emotions, creating fear inside them. Many examples of disturbing violence can be shown throughout the novel, therefore proving it to be part of the horror genre.
In addition, the novel can be classified in the horror genre because it takes place in a dangerous, isolated, and threatening atmosphere. Bart Beata, author of The Horror Genre on Prezi, says the most important element of a horror novel is that the "atmosphere is usually gloomy, dark, depressing, dangerous, neglected, isolated, or mysterious" (Beata 4). An atmosphere of terror can be found in the novel when suspense is building and involves one of the main characters. This is evident when Donna Trenton and her son Tad arrive at Joe Camber's house for a car repair.
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