A Clockwork Orange is also a fiction with shocking stories. Written by Anthony Burgess, it follows the violent and amoral adventures of a young delinquent, Alex. The extreme acts of violence and the dystopian society it portrays are quite shocking. It also makes you think about free will and the nature of good and evil in society.
Sure. One shocking short story is 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson. It's set in a small town where an annual lottery takes place, but the 'prize' is actually a brutal stoning. It shocks readers with its unexpected violence and the blind acceptance of a cruel tradition in the town.
Sure. 'Lolita' by Vladimir Nabokov is often considered shocking. It tells the story of a middle - aged man's obsession with a young girl. The relationship is inappropriate and the way Nabokov writes about it, with his beautiful yet disturbing prose, makes it a very controversial and shocking work of fiction.
One is 'The Tell - Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe. It's about a man who kills an old man because he can't stand the old man's 'evil eye'. The narrator's increasing paranoia and the way he hides the body under the floorboards only to be haunted by the sound of the old man's still - beating heart is truly scary and shocking.
Sure. 'The Tell - Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe is extremely shocking. The narrator's descent into madness over the old man's 'vulture - like' eye and his subsequent actions are both disturbing and fascinating. 'A Good Man Is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor has some truly shocking moments of violence and moral reckoning. Also, 'Harrison Bergeron' by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is shocking in its vision of a future society where equality is enforced to the extreme of suppressing all individual excellence.
One sad and shocking short story is 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson. In this story, a small town has an annual lottery. But instead of winning a prize, the 'winner' is stoned to death by the townspeople. It shows how blindly following tradition can lead to great cruelty.
One short shocking horror story is 'The Tell - Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe. It's about a man who is driven mad by the old man's 'vulture - like' eye and ends up murdering him. He then hears the dead man's heart beating beneath the floorboards. Another is 'The Monkey's Paw'. A family gets a magical paw that grants wishes, but each wish comes with a horrible and unforeseen consequence. And 'The Yellow Wallpaper' is also quite shocking. A woman slowly descends into madness while being confined in a room with yellow wallpaper.
One such film is '127 Hours'. It's based on the true story of Aron Ralston, who got trapped while canyoneering. The movie is shocking as it shows his extreme struggle for survival, including the harrowing moment when he has to amputate his own arm. It's a very intense and inspiring film at the same time.
The story of Aron Ralston is also shocking. He got his arm trapped under a boulder while hiking alone in a canyon. After several days with no hope of rescue, he cut off his own arm to free himself. His will to survive against all odds is truly remarkable and his story is one of extreme self - reliance.
One shocking wife story I heard was about a wife who secretly learned several languages just to surprise her husband when they went on international trips. It was unexpected as she had never shown any interest in languages before.
Here's another. A woman received a package that she didn't order. When she opened it, there was a diary inside that seemed to be from a person who lived in the same house decades ago. The diary contained some very personal and strange stories, like encounters with a mysterious figure in the attic. She tried to find out more about the previous owner but had a lot of difficulties in tracing the history.