I’ve chosen a novel written by Stephen King. It is called Cujo‚ one of his best-known bestsellers. It was first published in 1981. I already read this book a year ago in Hungarian and I liked it very much. This was the reason why I decided to reread it in English. It was a good experience to me because it was the first time I had read a book in English. The other reason was that I really like Stephen King’s style. His books are not about commonplaces like love and happiness. This novel of his can
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THE BASIS OF KING’S NOVELS: FROM THE GOTHIC NOVEL TO POE Since childhood the King of horror‚ Stephen King was very fascinated by the unusual and "the dark side” of man. In fact‚ at the age of ten‚ he discovered the horror genre after seeing the film about extraterrestrials Earth vs. the Flying Saucers. Two years later‚ the little King in his aunt’s attic‚ found his grandfather’s books‚ who was fond of the authors Edgar Allan Poe‚ Howard Phillips Lovecraft and the British television writer Jamie
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Stephen Crane’s own book “Maggie: The Girl of The Streets” used setting to develop his ideas throughout the course of the story. Stephen Crane portrayed the main characters with actions of violence and‚ moral hypocrisy to convey a message towards the reader. In the novel itself power comes from the manner in which Crane combines certain themes into a critical‚ ironic thrust at his culture. In the first three chapters alone in the setting of the streets of Rum Alley‚ Jimmie fights a rival
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The Role of the Reader in Analyzing Stephen Dunn’s “Poetry” All roads do not lead to Rome. There are some roads in life that lead to adventure and freedom‚ and others that will turn us into people who sit idly by and passively accept whatever comes our way. One must choose which path to take not only in life‚ but also when analyzing poetry. Stephen Dunn uses his ars poetica poem “Poetry” to point out that while the poet should and does exert some amount of influence‚ the ultimate
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There are many symbols and rituals in Stephen King’s books‚ especially in Carrie. The main and most important symbols in the book is religion and blood. The main and most important rituals in the book are the prom night and the menstruation. Carrie is written in a third person perspective. Religious symbols are used in many different books as a symbol for horrors‚ suffering‚ sacrifice and as a battle against sin. Religion in Carrie is mainly used as a symbol for her mother’s Margaret extreme faith
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STEPHEN KALONG NINGKAN V. TUN ABANG HAJI OPENG AND TAWI SLI FEDERAL COURT [KUCHING] OCJ HARLEY A-G (BORNEO)‚ CJ [KUCHING CIVIL SUIT NO. K 45 OF 1966] 7 SEPTEMBER 1966 JUDGMENT Harley A-G (Borneo) CJ: The plaintiff was appointed Chief Minister of Sarawak on 22 July 1963. On 14 June 1966 there was a meeting of Council Negri at which‚ apart from the Speaker‚ plaintiff and twenty other members were present. Five members of the Sarawak United Peoples Party and one Machinda member‚ who normally behave
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Stephen Crane’s "The Open Book": Cosmic Irony by: Sarah Clauer Stephen Crane’s "The Open Boat‚" is thought to be one of the finest stories ever written by an American. Crane uses a theme of cosmic irony. Cosmic irony is the belief that the universe is so large and man is so small that the universe is indifferent to the plight of man. In "The Open Boat‚" Crane’s theme‚ cosmic irony‚ is illustrated through the use of symbols for isolation‚ insignificance‚ and indifference. Three
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For Stephen King‚ Carrie was a wasted of time‚ he also tossed the first pages in the garbage can. An horror fiction history about about a girl with a crazy religious mother and a lot people who annoy her‚ then she discover that has telekinetic power. Even so‚ his wife thought that it was a good idea and conviced him to continued and sent it to cavallier magazine.As result‚ he recived a telegram telling him that Carrie is a Doubleday’s book and it became the first Stephen King’s published book.
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with literary elements‚ each character in a story is developed differently. Two stories‚ “The Firefly Hunt” and “Red Cranes” that have a related storyline but nearly completely different approaches on how to cultivate the characters. They both center around a child’s “unachievable” dream‚ in the “The Firefly Hunt” had an realist as a main character‚ on the other hand‚ in “Red Cranes” the main character is go-getting. Women of their culture aren’t essentially permitted to amount greatly‚ they are probable
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Prisoner Stephen Cavanaugh was denied his request his "Pastafarian" requests considered overpowering appraisal on me. In spite of the way that‚ "Pastafarianism" gives off an impression of being to some degree full with stores of farce the thought driving their improvement
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