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    In Stephen King novella “The body” one of the main theme is the relationships between the main characters and their family. Throughout‚ the whole novella the main characters Teddy‚ Chris‚ Vern and Gordie‚ lack the support of a strong masculine figure. These young boys are at a crucial point in their life‚ where if they are not given the right teachings and time‚ their life will turn into a disaster. Also throughout the novella there is no mention of a convincing feminine figure to guide the main

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    In the Novel the body by Stephen king The Character Gordie Lachance is a very girfted kid. Gordie is very creative having the ability to create stories for his friends and he also like writing stories. Gordie is also has good teamwork skills being able to act efficient in a group of people. Gordie was also neglected but he still managed to be successful. One of Gordie’s character traits is creativity‚ Gordie has a talent for writing stories in the novel Chris and Gordie had a talk. Chris was

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    Stephen king has published 200 short stories and over 54 novels. He has dozens of bestsellers‚ and a large group of fans spanning three generations and has an “inseparable” identification with horror. More so than any writer‚ or of previous generations‚ King has redefined horror‚ turning terror and its appeal into an expectation when you pick up his books. King dabbles in classical and post-modern form of macabre‚ and has even scattered

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    In Stephen King’s short story “Survivor Type”‚ King uses imagery‚ setting and irony to ask the question “What will a person risk in order to survive?” In this short story‚ Richard Pine‚ a medical school graduate‚ surgeon and a pill pusher is on his way back home to the United States with 2 Kilos of heroin‚ when the cruise ship that he is on sinks after an enormous explosion. Dr. Pine manages to get onto a life boat that takes him to a deserted island which Pine describes as small enough to spit across

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    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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    [English essay – Rachelle Huizinga] Upon seeing the dead body‚ Gordie comments that they then knew that ’death was real’ . Do you need to proof to know that something exists? Can you deny the existence of something if you just ignore it? Explain. There is this verb ‘to be’. Everything that ‘is’ exists‚ right? Existence has been variously described by many different sources. Some sources describe it as everything that ‘is’‚ or simply ‘everything’. Some define it to be everything most people believe

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    Introduction Stephen King is known for horror and suspense‚ and he is the master of writing horror books (Kraft 1). Stephen King was born in Portland‚ Maine‚ on September 21‚ 1947. King is identified as a writer of horror fiction mostly because of three novels he published under the genre of horror (Senf 3). In the essay ”The Horror Writer and the Ten Bears” it reveals King’s familiarity with that tradition. In the essay it describes his personal fears in ascending order of importance. Some of

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    English 101 20 May 2013 The Writing Place Stephen King explained in his writing‚ “A door…you are will to shut‚” a lot of good techniques for new writers. He goes over the basics of where the writers should write‚ or what the writers writing room should be. He also talks about setting goals in writing to help to stay focus‚ and compares setting a writing time to planning to go to sleep‚ all with which I agree when it comes to writing. Stephen King identifies “the room‚” “the door‚” and “the

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    Influences King has called Richard Matheson "the author who influenced me most as a writer."[9] In a current edition of Matheson’s The Shrinking Man‚ King is quoted: "A horror story if there ever was one...a great adventure story—it is certainly one of that select handful that I have given to people‚ envying them the experience of the first reading." Ray Bradbury is another influence‚ with King himself stating "without Ray Bradbury‚ there is no Stephen King."[68] King refers to H. P. Lovecraft

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    Stephen King: The King of Terror Stephen Edwin King is one of today ’s most popular and best selling writers. King combines the elements of psychological thrillers‚ science fiction‚ the paranormal‚ and detective themes into his stories. In addition to these themes‚ King sticks to using great and vivid detail that is set in a realistic everyday place. Stephen King who is mainly known for his novels‚ has broadened his horizons to different types of writings such as movie scripts‚ nonfiction

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