Chapter 1 Journal Of Mice And Men John Steinbeck

The Canterville Ghost is the ghost of an earlier dead Duke of Canterville, who murdered his wife in 1584 and is since haunting in the Canterville Chase.

During the industrial revolution an American Minister, called Mr. Hiram B. Otis, with his family wants to buy an old big house in England. For this he buys Canterville Chase in England, from Lord Canterville. Even though everybody warns him of an old ghost who lives in that house for over 3 centuries, he still wants to buy the house. He plans to catch the ghost and then have it on the "public museums, or on the road as a show!", but he doesn't believe that "there is no such thing, Sir, as a ghost!". It shows that the people don't believe in ghosts and stories about ghosts. It shows that the evolution is still proceeding and the believe in the elder things like myths, legends and other stories is lost for the new generations.

The first time the family gets in touch with the work of the ghost, are the blood traces in the library. The family, especially the Minister, shows no respect for these old, original traces. At once Mr. Otis removes the blood traces with a new remover from America.

The second time is when the ghost really appears and haunts. One night the ghost comes out and starts haunting in the house. Awakened by the noise Mr. Otis advices the ghost the us of a "small bottle of the Tammany Rising Sun Lubricator" and leaves the ghost then alone and embarrassed in the dark corridor.

At least at this point the Reader realizes that family and the Minister is doing everything to get the ghost. The new generation disrespects the old habits and customs of the middle age which were proven all the time until the industrial revolution. The new generations is not interested in the the old manners, it's just interested in making money and being successful.

In that night the ghost thinks about, who he scared during the time he was a