Stephen King and Algernon Blackwood both implement the use of ghosts in their horror stories to terrify their audience. Horror stories have several different themes and sub-genres‚ one of which is the sub-genre of ghost stories. Blackwood is one author who used ghosts in his writings quite often‚ and Stephen King‚ maybe the most well-known writer of horror stories‚ also uses ghosts and spirits in his books. With both these authors being horror story writers‚ there are some aspects which are comparable
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Misery‚ the book that Stephen King is well known for contains a large amount of subliminal messages about King’s drug and alcohol abuse. King knew he had a problem with his abuse. He also knew that it effected him mentally and physically. He admitted this when he says “I wanted to gab them and hit them.” while referring to his children. He then says “Even though I didn’t do it‚ I felt guilty because of my brutal impulses.” He wasn’t proud of the thoughts he had and he knew that he would not be having
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Naturalism in Stephen Crane’s “Maggie: A Girl of the Streets” “Maggie: A Girl of the Streets‚” is a novella written by Stephen Crane and published in the year 1893. This work was published during the time of the Industrial Revolution‚ when factories were appearing everywhere. Their workers were often not paid enough to lead a decent life‚ and suffered from their situation. They were not very civilized and sometimes aggressive in their behavior. Perhaps because of this radical change from a more agricultural
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we allow them to rule our lives;” (2-5). Sometimes people really do let their lives be controlled by their fears. Sometime it can be so bad for some people as for people who are afraid of the outside world‚ they do not even leave their own houses. Stephen
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The Rules about the Rules Stephen L. Carter Stephen L. Carter is an American law professor‚ social-policy writer‚ columnist‚ and bestselling author. Carter graduated from several Ivy league schools earning eight honorary degrees. In 1996‚ Stephen L. Carter wrote a book length meditation on his idea of what integrity means. His purpose of “The Rules about the Rules” regards the current state of public integrity. Although many Americans in today’s society do not know right from wrong‚ I agree
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Stephen Hawking is a British theoretical physicist‚ he was born on January the 8th‚ 1942. Hawking has worked extensively on the subject of black holes‚ providing theories for their behavior‚ including the idea that they gave out radiation. Hawking suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis‚ a type of motor neuron disease that has left him almost completely paralyzed. Hawking has made many important contributions to the fields of cosmology and the laws of gravity. He is also well known for his bestselling
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Stephen King was and still is one of the greatest Horror writers in America. Stephen King was born to Donald Edwin King and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King on September 21‚ 1947 in Portland‚ Maine (“Biography” 2017). Although King did not have the best childhood or adult life that never stopped him from writing some of the most amazing Horror novels in America. He had many influences and still continues to write astonishing novels and influence some of America’s greatest most iconic motion pictures.
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For my midterm short story review‚ the two stories I chose to read were: 1. O. Henry’s‚ The Ransom of Red Chief (because I was in the play version of the story in high school) and 2. Stephen King’s‚ Suffer the Little Children (because I really like Stephen King). The one I chose to write about however was the second one. The plot starts out with a third grade teacher named Miss Sidley. King in the first paragraph of the story aptly compares her to God‚ by explaining how she knows every detail of
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Bang! Bang! Pow! Pow! "Gun Control Laws Will Not Save Lives" by Stephen E. Wright‚ was written in 2010. Wright is a blogger/author who is continually writing about current events or issues. He is also known for his book‚ Off Road: A Uniquely American Novel about God‚ Guns‚ and Big Trucks…and Family. In his article‚ Wright discusses seven different "common sense gun laws" promoted by anti-gun groups. He analyzes each suggestion one at a time and then proceeds to tear them apart‚ proving them
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