From Alisoun Gardner-Medwin,<br/>Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Coltan Scrivner is right that horror helps us “find meaning, connection and even growth in the face of our deepest fears”. It is important that the hero escapes, as Odysseus (but not all his men) did from the Cyclops and the horrors of being locked in a dark place, ahead of being eaten. I once told that story to my 7-year-old granddaughter, not realising that her younger sister was also in the room(25 October, p 17). At suppertime, it was the 3-year-old who said, “Grandma, will you tell me again the story of the giant with one big round eye?”
