Stephen King
Literary Fiction
Pages 142-181
The ledge isn't a story for people who are scared of heights. When reading this story i always thought that this would be one of the most scariest things to do in your entire. This story isn't scary because its about demons or imaginary monsters, but because its about a legitimate fear that many people won't admit, heights. Stan has fallen in love with the love of his life; however, that women is married to the a very powerful drug lord. Stan meets Cressner, the husband of the wife, in his penthouse on the 73rd floor of a skyscraper. He makes a wager that if he is able to walk along the edge of the building one complete time he will let him have his wife and freedom. Stan accepts the wager and the story proceeds with him successfully completing the challenge in a time of 5 hours. With his time on the 6 inch ledge only one false move away from death, the reader can truly feel his fear. Every wind that blew at him made me jump a little bit and then when the birds starting pecking at his ankle I thought he was a goner.He wins the wager, but Cressner crosses him holding a gun in his hands telling him he can go with his life and pick up his love at the morg. Stan is filled with rage and charges Cressner taking the gun from him and forcing him to walk the ledge just as he did. However, Stan had planned even if he does make it back he won't be leaving the building alive.
I would love to do this if i was securely strapped to the building. I believe that the adrenaline rush that being that high up in the air just hanging on a ledge would be exhilarating. I love an adrenalin rush, the most scared iv probably been in my life is when i went snorkeling around a ship wreck and saw about 20 Caribbean ref sharks circling the boat.
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