Stephen King: On Writing Stephen King is a man of many talents and personalities; not only is he able to scare his readers immensely‚ he is also able to make them laugh. I chose a passage from Stephen King’s On Writing for this assignment; the passage stuck in my mind for a long time after I finished the book. His writing style is unique compared to the other autobiographies I have read over the years. Everything that a person writes has a meaning or purpose whether it’s a letter or an essay
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Text Review ’Misery’ by Stephen King Title: ’Misery’ Author: Stephen King Plot: Paul Sheldon is a famous writer who created the popular ’Misery’ series‚ and has just killed off the main character‚ Misery Chastain. He has just finished writing a new novel called ’Fast Cars’ and is heading to New York to get the manuscript printed when his car crashes in Colorado. He is pulled from the wreckage with both of his legs shattered by his number one fan‚ Annie Wilkes. She took him to her home
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Stephen King. Worthy or Not? Do you think Stephen King is a worthy author? Many people will have different opinions about this topic but in my opinion‚ he is a worthy author! Stephen King is a great author. Stephen King is one of the best selling authors of all time. In the 40 years since his first novel‚ Carrie‚ he has published‚ more than 50 books‚ all of them international bestsellers. King has always been clear about the inspiration he has drawn from respected literary forebears. King’s work
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Notes Link: http://www.trcb.com/onlinebooks/leisure/horror-literature--life-after-stephen-king-1317.htm It’s common knowledge that Stephen King took a literary subgenre in the early eighties and turned it into a mainstream literary genre Bestsellers like Shinning‚ Carrie‚ Blood and Smoke and even Bag of Bones (which was the first book in the genre to be given in depth analysis by literary critics worldwide) propelled horror literature to a class of its own‚ away from the scorned subgenre
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The Master of Horror and Suspense‚ Stephen King Even if a person has never read one of his books or watched one of his movies there is strong a likelihood that they have heard the name Stephen King. King was born on September 21‚ 1947 in Portland‚ Maine. At the age of two‚ King’s father abandoned his family‚ leaving them with a substantial amount of debt. After graduating from the University of Maine‚ King married Tabitha Spruce and obtained a teaching occupation in Hampden‚ Maine‚ in 1971. He taught
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Every great story has at least one theme that is identifiable.There are so many amazing themes out there that it’s hard for the author to just pick one. Well‚ in Stephen King’s IT‚ he expresses a few different themes‚ including; ’Grownups are the enemy’‚ expressing that theme by showing characters interacting with one another and the adults‚ ’There’s always a way to fix the problem’ by showing the characters‚ yet again‚ working together to kill the evil entity‚ and ’Leave the past behind‚ but never
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Desperation‚ a recent Stephen King novel‚ is not just a book‚ but an experience that leaves the reader frightened‚ paranoid‚ and questioning his moral beliefs. Picture‚ if you will‚ a lone‚ crazed Nevada policeman who pulls over vehicles on a lonely desert highway and forcefully takes away their occupants. Whichever of them he doesn’t kill immediately‚ he locks up in the jail of the small desolate town of Desperation. Among those captured are the vacationing Carver family‚ whose RV is sabotaged on
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The Shining‚ by Stephen King‚ is about a man and his wife and son staying in a hotel during the winter. The man is named Jack Torrance‚ who will be the caretaker of the Overlook Hotel from the months of November to April. Jack was notorious for losing his job‚ mostly since he had a bad temper and drank excessively. Thankfully though‚ his good buddy Al knew the owner of the Overlook‚ who needed someone to stay there when everyone else left; so‚ he was able to get him the job. Jack’s son‚ Danny‚ has
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most part‚ The Mist‚ adapted from a Stephen King novella‚ sticks closely to the archetype. The Mist‚ a thriller written‚ produced and directed by Frank Darabont‚ was released on November 21 2007 by Dimension Films studio. Darabont is a Hungarian-American film director‚ screenwriter and producer who has been nominated for three Academy Awards and a Golden Globe. He has directed the films The Shawshank Redemption‚ The Green Mile‚ and The Mist‚ all based on stories by Stephen King. The film begins
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Devotion‚ Love‚ Despair and Betrayal The Mists of Avalon throws the throbbing pulse of femininity into the reader’s face. It expels a truth which can be felt through every sentence‚ paragraph and chapter. It is a grouping of heartwarming characters‚ horrifying plot twists and several tragedies surrounding many different themes. The Mists of Avalon becomes a legend seen through new eyes‚ with details‚ majestic language‚ and haunting foreshadowing that hold the reader through its more than 800
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