For this article, I chose to explore Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho because it remains the only horror film I have seen to date. I walked into a few more but left immediately; let's just say that horror is not my favorite genre of film. People may or may not call Psycho a horror film, maybe it's more like a thriller to people nowadays, but I still believe the correct analysis of the genre is horror because it should always reference to the genre at the time the film was created and released. . I chose Psycho because I spent several weeks in high school studying Hitchcock, and Psycho in particular, so I feel comfortable writing about it. I also really appreciate the film, its story and the development of the characters. Plus, it was pretty much adapted into one of my favorite shows: Bates Motel, which I'll also explore briefly. Any quotes about specific writings, films, works of art, or anything else tend to make more sense because those speaking might be neutral supporters, critics, or analysts. Most specific quotes have some sort of direction that goes with them, and I like to explore them. With Hitchcock, most of his quotes were deep and insightful, but some really stood out for being analytical and almost reactive to his own work. For my second angle of this article, I chose to explore the prompt where we had to write an in-depth analysis based on a single character, because every day we analyze people by observing them and analyzing them based on their appearance and personality. When very interesting characters appear, we like to dive deep into their characters. We explore who they are as a person, where they come from, why they are where they are, and where our relationship would lead. When given the opportunity to explore a character...... middle of paper ......ere. It is only when they are presented to us that we recognize them. Likewise, when Norman is arrested, he realizes that there is something wrong with him. Hitchcock's cinematic style really allows the viewer to develop a relationship with Norman through the desire of not wanting to lead a similar life. As Norman, he's a good person and viewers would be more than happy to have a healthy relationship with him; however, when he introduces his alter ego, his mother, viewers are immediately dissuaded from wanting anything to do with Norman. Hitchcock creates this very personal relationship for the audience because they want nothing to do with how Norman acts around his mother and with her. Bibliography Gottlieb, Sidney (ed.). Hitchcock on Hitchcock. London: Faber and Faber, 1995. Truffaut, François. Hitchcock. London: Secker & Warburg, 1967; orig. pub. 1966.