I interpret Baca's view of education at the age of seven to be similar to the way Jewish victims viewed Adolf Hitler during the Holocaust. " Teachers had been punishing me for not knowing my lessons by making me stick my nose in a circle chalked on the blackboard" (Baca 4). Baca felt deep-seated shame for not comprehending the information presented to him. Fear and shame were like ropes wrapping around his limbs, pinning them to his body, binding him to literary dullness.…
The demon Have you ever experienced something weird as if something is haunting you? Have thought that it might be a demon. There are many supernatural events that happen but are not explained, but could possible demon terrorizing humans. This may also be the case with Stephen King’s room 1408. This story about a haunted hotel room where 42 people had died might be haunted by a demon.…
Image One Mischief sometimes arises out of the most serene of circumstances. A glorious Autumnal sunset provided a stark contrast between those in the light on the stone wall above and those in the shadows on the ground below. Ralan watched a guard pause in his rounds up above and grinned. It was too perfect. The guard was well lit in his white armor and robes, while he and Raef could flee unseen amidst any number of shadows.…
Stephen King, in "Everything you need to know about writing", gives a brief background on his experiences and how he came to know this information. King first gives a brief summary of his own article. Before he lists the steps, he gives a small introduction about how this will only help if you really listen. Then, he gives a considerable number of ideas in list form of how to write successfully. My own analysis on King's paper is that it's about a little of his past and contains some really good ideas on how to become a successful writer.…
When you are/feel like you’re in a dangerous situation, do you let your imagination take over? Or do you use reasoning. Dreams, movies, personal experiences, and literature can make your imagination run wild. From Jaws to Stephen King’s novels, the reader can imagine the character’s fears and how they handle these situations. I have had a similar experience when I felt stuck in a dream and used fear instead of reasoning.…
The Everlasting Impact of Writing "What lasts is what is written. We look to literature to find the essence of age." - Peter Brodie Here, he writes about the power of writing, and it's ability to make history. Of mice and men, a perfect example, of history being able to live on the pages of literature, because the novella takes place in a pivotal time period in the United States. The Great Depression and the dust bowl are at the forefront of all culture which allows clear sight to see the struggles they went through back then.…
I hope that my girls find something special in this book as I did. I can still remember wanting to be Minx. It opened my world of imagination. Throughout middle school and high school I continued my love for fiction.…
A Reflection: The Danger of a Single Story As most people, my story consists of an abundance of struggle, trial and error, and also lessons. These challenges, in addition to the lessons, have brought upon stress, anxiety, and even depression into my life. They have made me question myself to the point of insanity, avoid meeting and accepting new people into my life, and even fail to uphold the bonds I had previously made with both relatives and peers. However, I cannot be defined and bound to the “single story” of my anxiety. There are many more complex stories that represent me even more adequately than the ones that correspond to the struggles I’ve faced; as there are many more stories significant to other various people, places and things…
Even though there are several eminent horror story authors such as Edgar Allen Poe, and Arthur Machen, Stephen King is one of the most prolific and commercially successful horror authors of the past half century. Renowned author Stephen King has written numerous novels and short stories that have sold many millions of copies. He continues to produce frightening page turners. Stephen King has been influenced,influenced others,faced challenges, been inspired,writes horror stories and many other types of literature, would write differently, and has become famous. Why does Stephen King write horror stories or even at all?…
Since the day Margo Roth Spiegelman moved into the house next door to Quentin, he has grown fond of her. Whether it be her cute shoes or outfit, everything she did seemed perfect to Quentin. As they grew up, Margo became very popular at school while Quentin became a nerdy and introverted loser who only has two friends, Radar and Ben. The night before Margo left Orlando, she asked Quentin to help drive her around to plot revenge against her friends. After completing her to do list, she takes him to the top of the SunTrust building where she explains her theory of Orlando being a paper town and how everything in it is fake.…
I drank to end my migraine but it only made it worse I cried into your chest and told you how I felt but we both don't understand my intensity at least that's what you said I spoke the words I always wished I could pull from my throat I know you heard me but maybe it wasn't enough I don't understand why I'm not good enough for you to love me but I'm good enough to be your friend I'm good enough to watch you pretend your happy with someone else when I know they are not good for you I know and you know that we would be good together we would be invincible like the wall I built around myself that you couldn't be bothered to destroy because you have options unlike me my only other option is a book with dreams I wish I could live and a brain that…
“Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides…” – C.S. Lewis. Literary fiction authors strive to engage and intrigue their audiences. In order to do this they tell stories with well-developed elements. The seven main elements of fiction are: plot, character development, point-of-view, setting, theme, symbolism and style.…
As a seasoned fan of horror and literature, I have grown to be very particular of what I may brand as my favorite horror story. Often the horror stories I have come across would fall short under my criteria in being poorly written, predictable, or victims of overused plot structures and horror clichés. Stephen King’s It has cemented itself as an iconic work both in the cinematic world and in literature, and with good reason. Stephen King provides the reader terror in It’s most innocent forms: children’s fears.…
From our interpretation of the fictional short story "One Good Story, That One" by Thomas King, it suggests parody of the religious account of The Garden of Eden (i.e. Adam and Eve). We, as a group, came to the consensus that King seemingly writes from the perspective of a stereotypical Indigenous person who is recounting the story to the best of his ability. Looking at this piece of literature from an educational perspective, it offers an opportunity for students to critically examine the intention behind what is being presented throughout the story. As a group, we decided that this story would be most effective for students to examine in secondary grades. With elementary grade level students, they may have not yet received enough education to have creditable knowledge to draw from when examining this rhetorical piece of literate and, as such, might interpret this differently than King has intended.…
Anyone can be a writer. The numbers that can actually be good writers, on the other hand, are much slimmer. On Writing, a memoir by the highly acclaimed Stephen King, gives its readers a glimpse into the author's private and professional life and just what exactly does it take to make it as a writer. Throughout the book, King constantly hammers in the fact that those who plan to write a novel in hopes of it becoming a bestseller, so that they may reap in the fame and fortune that follows it, should just stop writing then and there.…