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    Miss Sidley In the story titled "Suffer the Children"; that is written by Stephen King the main character is Miss Emily Sidley. Miss Sidley is a third grade teacher at Summer Street School with extremely strict teaching methods. She is a small-framed older woman who has suffered from a bad back for twelve years. She is assertive‚ reclusive‚ and socially isolated. In other words‚ she is a typical example of an "old – maid." Miss Sidley does not understand the behavior of today’s children.

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    Different Seasons is one of the strongest‚ in my opinion‚ the works of Stephen king. Why this name? This is not a collection of stories about the seasons in our idea of them‚ but it’s 4 stories about the four seasons of the horror of life‚ nightmares‚ if you will‚ that became a reality. But the seasons are clearly visible in each of the novels. "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" - this spring. No‚ not on the street. Spring in the soul‚ the hope was sentenced to prison an innocent man. Trapped

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    Serious movies or entertaining movies? Some people really like serious movies‚ such as drama and romantic movies‚ while others prefer to watch entertaining movies like “Iron man” and “Avengers”. From my point of view‚ I would like to watch entertaining movies. There are many unusual events and actions in the entertaining movies. Besides‚ this kind of movie shows our current technological advancements. In addition‚ some people get new ideas from entertaining movies. First of all‚ there are many

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    Do you believe that it’s unfair to bring food into the movies? There is a problem where people think that it’s unfair to bring food into the movies. Although‚ I don’t agree with that notion. You save so much extra money when you buy your own food‚ and you already payed for a ticket. Some also say that banning outside food violates price gouging laws. According to Justin O’Neil‚ “ Why do you pay 5$ for M&Ms at the movies‚ when you can buy them for several dollars cheaper at any other store.”

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    Movie are much more than just something we watch it is a story being told by the writer for us to interpret‚ it can be inspiring or gloomy it all depends how we as viewers see it. It can also be a way for some to live out an imaginary existence in and conventional world. Just look at movies like tron‚ star gate or even the borne series it helps people live out the life they desire. Movies are also a way for the media to influence and open the minds of its viewers. It is much more then entertaining

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    consider the role that kids have played in the horror genre. Other groups have fairly consistent‚ even ritualized roles in films. Men as antagonists are usually the threat of aggressive male sexuality‚ wielding phallic weaponry and chasing down hapless female victims. Women are either the sexualized teenaged victim‚ the virginal survivor‚ or in some classic horror‚ the threat of female social and sexual empowerment to male hegemony. But children in horror movies have not had such a stable role. There are

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    literature to the United States. He introduced gothic horror and other horror stories to the US. His stories inspired many to write new literature like Stephen King and many others. His entire career had shaped created a new style unknown to the US. Poe creates an atmosphere of horror with plot‚ setting and internal dialogue. One way Poe puts fear into the readers is his use of internal dialogue. In the story “The Tell-Tale Heart”‚ the narrator says “but why will you say I am mad? The disease had sharpened

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    Why We Tell Stories As many will probably tell you stories have existed even before humans created language. It seems every day as humans we learn‚ discover‚ or create a new story‚ whether small or epic. Stories have existed in society for millions of years‚ even before there was society. They range anywhere from Harry Potter to something funny that happened at school‚ from the Bible to the daily news. Stories are everywhere‚ whether factual or fictional‚ whether long or short‚ English or Greek;

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    on sets of movies? Not only does the crew harm the animals‚ but they lie about it and then put “No animals were harmed” at the end credits. Don’t you think that’s the wrong thing to do? Three reasons include‚ the crew lies about not harming the animals when they actually do‚ it’s the crew’s fault that they are harmed‚ and a lot of animals are killed/ injured on sets of movies. Well‚ animals are definitely NOT safe in the movie business. A lot of animals are killed on the sets of movies. For example

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    There is darkness inside of every one of us that is dying to come out. The choice is up to us on whether or not we want to unleash it. Stephen King writes about the horrors of what will happen when we cannot control our thoughts and actions. His work “deals with human evil‚ the depravity of which we are capable and the lengths to which we will go to convince ourselves that we are good” (Ulin). Full Dark‚ No Stars‚ a New York Times #1 Bestseller‚ is a collection of four short stories that deals with

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