Monsters have always been depicted as atrocious beings created to inflict fear on anyone they could, in any way possible. Monsters vary from culture to culture, but never vary in the chaos they cause and the fear they inflict on some. Three authors showed a more advanced definition of what society sees as a monster. Three highly successful novels: “Parasites and Perverts: An Introduction to Gothic Monstrosity” “Gothic Realities: The Impact of Horror Fiction on Modern Culture” “Civilized Vampires versus Savage Werewolves”: Race and Ethnicity in the Twilight Series" clearly shows the theories in novels that paint others as monsters. Excerpts from three books, written by three magnificent novelists, show how sexuality, race, physical appearance, etc. play an important role in writing that are often overlooked or downplayed, but are inserted into the novel to show a broader picture of what people define as a monster. In Judith Halberstam's piece “Parasites and Perverts: An Introduction to Gothic Monstrosity” Halberstam argues that “the literary tradition of the nineteenth century is a Gothic tradition and that this has everything to do with the changing technology of subjectivity described by Foucault” (Halberstam, 1991, p. .125). It tells how the homosexual is expected to be reversed with the popular heterosexual. In the final excerpt of “Civilized Vampires vs. Savage Werewolves: Race and Ethnicity in the Twilight Series,” Natalie Wilson shows readers white privilege. Whiteness (vampires) is associated with “civilization, beauty and intellect… at the center of the card… regarding black male aggression towards white female bodies” (Halberstam,1991,p.127). Through Wilson's excerpt you can see that even though white people are equated with evil (vampires who kill humans for blood), they are still idolized and wealthy. In the excerpts we see that regardless of the situation, lighter-skinned people will always be overly praised, while darker-skinned people will be seen as the enemy, the one to be dealt with. Overall, these three excerpts did well to analyze how a real monster is viewed. as in today's society. They are not scary and less like us, but they are just like us and live among us and go through everyday life living among us. The way a monster is portrayed through the media is a surefire way to keep minority groups oppressed through physical attributes, sexuality, and race portrayed as something monstrous and nothing more. .