Monsters have been depicted in different ways throughout history, but researchers like Jeffrey Jerome Cohen have been able to dissect how monsters are perceived by culture while examining the different functions that monsters perform in horror. fiction and films. His theses cover a wide range of interpretations, from topics as diverse as how monsters represent cultural and societal conflicts to how they fascinate us. Stories like Peter Crowther's "Ghosts with Teeth" lead the reader to think about a different type of monster, one that constantly undermines our societal and cultural expectations by taking the form of a human. Crowther's story is profitably interpreted through Jerome Cohen's "Seven Theses" about monsters, suggesting that "Ghosts with Teeth" is more than a horror story seen at face value. Crowther writes about an entity that controls the power to transform into anyone it possesses. He has already killed and is terrorizing our main character Hugh in multiple ways. To start, Hugh wakes up with a massive migraine to the sirens and knocks on his door, then a flashback occurs with Hugh returning home from a trip to find the town is boarded up. As soon as Hugh is allowed past the barricade the policeman disappears, more frightening things happen as he continues to walk home. There are silhouettes of people screaming out the windows, abandoned cars on the roads, and a group of people outside his house who scatter into the woods when he arrives. Nothing bothers Hugh until he sees a figure inside his house, although he discovers that his alarm has not been triggered. After discussing these events with the town sheriff, Hugh continues to enter the house with his wife and finds nothing unusual. Shortly after returning home, H...... in the middle of a paper ......s to challenge our assumptions about the way things happen. are, including ourselves, its goal is to find a way to get us to question our own minds. It acts as a beacon that prevents our minds from wandering too far into a world where reality and rationality do not exist. o We are able to function in the world because we know what the world is. A table is a device on which we can place objects; we won't float in space because of gravity. We can function and make decisions to act, but only on the basis of our knowledge of the likely consequences of that action and of what things are and are not.• Hugh is challenged as he attempts to prove his innocence, but he is he doesn't know if he can talk to someone in a secret and safe way. He is forced to reevaluate his view of the world, is his perception accurate or a misunderstanding of what is and what is not..