Hook
The world is filled with monsters but not all of them attack in the physical sense, sometimes the eyes alone are the most powerful weapon of these supernatural creatures.
Thesis Sentence
Moving on to my interpretation of the true monster in “The Girl with the Hungry Eyes” by Fritz Leiber is the girl herself.
Context
The story is about a freelance photographer Dave, who is currently in a deep financial crisis until a young mysterious woman knocks on his door and changes his fate. This woman has no past experience with modeling and there is nothing specifically special about her either except for her eyes. But despite all this her photographs become a success in the advertising agency and everyone wants to get a hold of her. The trouble however is that she only works in very mysterious circumstances with only the photographer and has a rule that she does not like to followed. The photographer is making money off of her hand over fist, but the temptation to be with her outside of the studio becomes greater and greater, even it means that he has to put an end to his new source of income.
Reasoning Behind Thesis
I believe that the true monster in the story “The Girl with the Hungry Eyes” by Fritz Leiber is the girl because of some of the incidents I found in the story such as 1) How she would have everyone under a spell as soon as someone saw her photograph, 2) How she had very mysteriously powerful senses of knowing what was happening in her surroundings, 3) How a person was found dead right after he was last seen with her in his car by Dave & 4) The way she was demanding Dave to give in to her completely all of his joyous possessions of life which felt weird as if she was asking him to give him soul.
Topic Sentence
To start with I believe that the girl in the story is a monster because she had everyone under a spell the minute they saw her photograph.
I.C.E
Mr. Fitch is the kind of person who wouldn’t let a photographer undermine him especially when its related to his work but the way he got under the spell of the girl by looking at her photograph and agreed to Dave’s terms was remarkable and even Dave himself was shocked of how it could be possible. As Dave says “Of course you’re all under the spell of the Girl, so you can’t understand how much self-sacrifice it represented on Mr. Fitch’s part when he agreed to forego supervising the photography of my model in the Lovelybelt Imp or Vixen or whatever it was we finally used.” (342). As stubborn as these characters like Mr. Ficth and Papa Munsch have been shown somehow they were instantly drawn into the eyes of the girl. As if looking into her eyes would cause you to give her control of yourself.

Topic Sentence
Secondly I believe that the girl with the hungry eyes is in fact the real monster in the story because her actions are always very mysterious and which later turn out to be dangerous as well. I.C.E
As we see in the story the girl always knows about everyone’s whereabouts in her surroundings for example: When Papa Munsch plans to invade Dave’s studio right before the girl comes to work with him and when Dave hides him in the darkroom, even though the girl does not know that someone is in the studio but she somehow senses it when she is coming upstairs, as if she had sensed Papa Munsch from far away. The girl while still at the fourth floor says while yelling “Get that bum out of there!” (344). This somehow shocks me into thinking how could have she know that there was someone else in the apartment? Maybe she picked up his scent from the stairwell? Whatever it was it seemed out of the ordinary.
Topic Sentence
Moving on to the next reason why I believe that the girl truly is the monster because of the uncertain death of the man in the convertible who picked her up near one of the Munsch Girl billboards.
I.C.E.
As Dave was thinking “Next morning the same face looked up at me from the front page of the paper. The convertible had been found parled on a side street. He had been in it. As in the other maybe-murders, the cause of death was uncertain” (346). This incident can’t be considered as a coincidence that a dead person is linked to the same mysterious girl. If she really was innocent a normal person would be scared or at least be sad to hear about the death of someone you were with just last night before the person was found dead. Maybe not all monsters have to physically harm someone to kill them. Maybe this girl was actually the real murderer behind all these mysterious deaths.
Topic Sentence
Lastly the reason why I believe that the girl is the true monster of the story “The girl with the Hungry Eyes” by Fritz Leiber because of the way she demands Dave to give all of his memories, his joyous possessions to her as if she were actually asking him for his soul.
I.C.E.
As Dave describes in the story of what she said to him, “I want you. I want your high spots. I want everything that’s made you happy and everything that’s hurt you bad. I want your first girl. I want that shiny bicycle. I want that licking. I want that pinhole camera. I want Betty’s legs. I want the blue sky filled with stars. I want your mother’s death. I want your blood on the cobblestones. I want Mildred’s mouth. I want the first picture you sold. I want the lights of Chicago. I want the gin. I want Gwen’s hands. I want your wanting me. I want your life. Feed me, baby, feed me.” (348) The way she demands Dave to give him his entire life is a bit freaky as to how and what she’s asking for. The way she asks him to give his mother’s death and that she wants his blood on the cobblestones doesn’t seem as if she is a normal human being. But instead it makes her look like an even bigger monster because of the way she appreciates these things and wants Dave to give it in to her or as she would say “Feed me, baby, feed me” (348).
Transition/Thesis/Evidence
To conclude I believe that the Girl in the story “The Girl with the Hungry Eyes” by Fritz Leiber is the true monster of the story due to the three reasons stated above 1) How she had everyone under a spell as soon as they saw her photograph, 2) How she had a mysteriously very strong sense/power of knowing what was happening in her surroundings, 3) How a person was found dead right after he was seen with her in his car by the photographer & 4) The way she was demanding Dave to give in to her completely all of his joyous possessions of life which felt weird as if she was asking him to give him soul.
All of these events in the story relate to a very weird and mysterious woman. Not only does she seem mysterious through these events but powerful and dangerous as well.
Kicker Sentence
Many cultures believe that the eyes have the power to control the mind; And you may have had control over your mind once but once the devil controls it there’s nothing the soul can do anymore.