"Imogene. What are you doing here?" I turn and there he was: Adrian in his ghostly glory, which was basically him standing there all tall and gawky with a puzzled look on his face."
[Charles de Link. The Blue Girl. Page 116]
The part that I am going to talk about, is the part of the story where the author indicated that Imogene, the main character, can see and talk to ghosts. She is talking to a ghost boy named Adrian who died in his teenage years.
Many movies, stories and TV shows consist of people being able to speak to ghosts. Whether they are ghost whisperers or spirit mediums, or even just ordinary people who have had an accident or were just born with the talent of speaking and seeing ghosts.
A movie example would be paranormal activity. The type of ghost is different though. In the movie, there is a demon ghost who has been stalking the main character since she was 8 years old. She moved into a new house with her husband, and forgot all about this phenomenon. Soon after living in the house for a while, the two of them start to experience paranormal activity such as keys being in the middle of the floor, knocking sounds, etc. The difference between a demon and a human ghost is that a human ghost shouldn't do any physical harm to a person or object. Poltergeists move objects and are of disturbed nature. Human ghosts stick to a house because they have become attached and are stuck in limbo. Demons and poltergeists can move around and are no longer of human form.
A TV example, would be the show "Ghost Whisperer". This suspenseful show involves a woman named Melinda Gordon and how her life is filled with ghosts. Just like the book, Melinda speaks and sees Human ghosts. And, just the same as the book, she tries to help the ghosts make their way towards the light so that they can move on to heaven (Or hell). The only differences between the novel and this show, is that Melinda is the only person who can see the ghosts. There is an additional character in the show that can hear the ghosts, but he tends to shy away from them. In the novel, a friend of Imogene's, Maxine is with her when she goes to see Adrian, and she too can see him. The characters ages are also far from each other.
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