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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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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Page 5 of 5 Work Cited http://www.beereads.com/misery-stephen-king http://www.stephenking.com/library/novel/misery.html Page 4 of 5 Summary Misery Formats: Hardcover / Paperback / Movie / DVD First Edition Release Date: June‚ 1987 Synopsis: Novelist Paul Sheldon has plans to make the difficult transition from writing historical romances featuring heroine Misery Chastain to publishing literary fiction. Annie Wilkes‚ Sheldon ’s number
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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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misery is a complexly simple novel‚ author Stephen King subtly laces his own personal experiences and feelings on writing into the narrative as he brings to life a true psychopath‚ and redefines the meaning of a "number one fan" Annie Wilkes is a disturbingly realistic character who hosts all of the signs of a psychopath‚ yet despite her monstrosities‚ she is both the Crone who limits paul and the Goddess who saves him. what is more‚ there are strong ties with annie wilkes character and the addiction
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The Green Mile by Stephen King is the story of man with god-given powers of healing sentenced to death and the change he cause in the prison guards. The themes of compassion and sacrifice can be seen in this novel. The theme of compassion is very much a part of this book. One part especially shows this truth. Percy‚ a prison guard‚ crushes a death row prisoner’s pet mouse‚ which the prisoner loved more than life itself. This cruel act displays Percy’s extreme lack of compassion and how little he
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Misery‚ by Anton Chekhov‚ is a story about a cab driver who fails to find someone to tell his tragic story about the death of his son. The main character Lona start surrounded by cab drivers‚ yet no one cares to pay attention to his suffering and pain. His son had passed away recently and he is still mourning his death. He then runs into an officer who made a joke and encourages him to speak‚ by asking how the boy died. Lona tries to explain‚ yet the passenger wants to the driver to keep his
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Jennifer Chenault Comm 101 Introductory Speech 11-06-12. Master of Horror Today I have the honor to introduce and tell you a little about one of America’s and my own favorite novelists. He was born in Maine in 1947. He now resides in a part of Maine with his wife where he also has three children of his own. He was from a typical family until as a young boy his father left to get cigarettes and never returned. He moved around for awhile after that but then his family found their way
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Stephen King Stephen King is not any ordinary author. He is pretty much known as one of the most successful writers in the genre of horror fiction. King has been praised for his characterization‚ his settings and most of all his genius to combine science fiction‚ fantasy and horror fiction. Stephen Edwin King was born on September 21‚ 1947‚ in Portland‚ Maine. His parents were Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. King also had an adopted older brother named David. His father Donald was born
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Feeding Our Gators: A Response to Stephen King’s Why We Crave Horror Movies Stephen King writes very accurately on how we‚ the public‚ desire the need “to put away our more civilized and adult penchant for analysis and to become children again” by watching a horror-themed movie. In the article Why We Crave Horror Movies‚ written by Stephen King and published by Playboy Press in Chicago‚ Illinois in 1981‚ King suggests that horror fiction meets an important and critical human need that endeavour
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