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Literacy 9 - Block A
Elizabeth Mueller
28/08/2015
Edgar Allan Poe vs Stephan King On Halloween day, kids and adults gather to tell all kinds of scary stories. The stories make kids — even adults have nightmares. They cause shivers down our spines. They make us afraid to close the lights and make us check under our bed. Horror stories have been around for many generations. Stephan King is without a doubt one of the most amazing modern horror authors. He has wrote numerous stories that have gotten many awards, some of the books he has written are “ The Shining” and “ Carrie”. His books are always filled with macabre and intensity. Edgar Allan Poe, however, has been known for a long time. He is also known to be one of the first people …show more content…
Stephan King usually gets an idea from a real life experience. For example, he was working as a janitor at a school. As he was cleaning the women’s changing room, he got an idea. The idea later turned into his bestseller, “Carrie” (King, 2014). In contrast to Stephan King’s technique, Edgar Allan Poe likes to start from the ending. He believes that to write a good story, you have to know how it will end (Jones & Permalink, n.d.). They also use different types of writing. Stephan King uses modern words, he likes to be straightforward and tell how a character looks or what is happening in the scene. On the other hand, Edgar Allan Poe likes to write very descriptively; he also doesn't use modern words (obviously). Stephan King also has more sex and swear words in his work, Edgar Allan Poe likes to write more about insanity. For example, in his story “The Tell-tale Heart”, the main character goes insane and at the end he gives in to the police. Stephan King, however, writes about the dark and evil side of a person. Although they have different techniques and content in their stories, both of them still write amazing …show more content…
Stephan King has received many awards for his books. But Edgar Allan Poe, did not. Why did this legendary author not get many awards? In Edgar Allan Poe’s time they did not have literary awards (‘Did Edgar Allan Poe ever win an literary awards?’, n.d.). In fact, they thought that Edgar Allan Poe was crazy. There were magazine contests though, Edgar Allan Poe has won some of these contests. It was also harder for Poe to write and publish books, unlike Stephan King. Some of Stephan King’s books also get turned into block buster films. One of these films is “The Shining”. Edgar Allan Poe’s books have also turned into films, but not block buster ones. Yes, there are many things that are similar and different about these two amazing authors. They both have done many crazy things and have gotten into trouble too. They both have had hard times in their lives, they both have different ways of writing but in the end, they both can write the most horrifying tales of macabre. These two authors have changed the horror genre and they are both literary geniuses. They are admired by everyone and will be forever remembered in horror history.
Literacy 9 - Block A
Elizabeth Mueller
28/08/2015
Edgar Allan Poe vs Stephan King On Halloween day, kids and adults gather to tell all kinds of scary stories. The stories make kids — even adults have nightmares. They cause shivers down our spines. They make us afraid to close the lights and make us check under our bed. Horror stories have been around for many generations. Stephan King is without a doubt one of the most amazing modern horror authors. He has wrote numerous stories that have gotten many awards, some of the books he has written are “ The Shining” and “ Carrie”. His books are always filled with macabre and intensity. Edgar Allan Poe, however, has been known for a long time. He is also known to be one of the first people …show more content…
Stephan King usually gets an idea from a real life experience. For example, he was working as a janitor at a school. As he was cleaning the women’s changing room, he got an idea. The idea later turned into his bestseller, “Carrie” (King, 2014). In contrast to Stephan King’s technique, Edgar Allan Poe likes to start from the ending. He believes that to write a good story, you have to know how it will end (Jones & Permalink, n.d.). They also use different types of writing. Stephan King uses modern words, he likes to be straightforward and tell how a character looks or what is happening in the scene. On the other hand, Edgar Allan Poe likes to write very descriptively; he also doesn't use modern words (obviously). Stephan King also has more sex and swear words in his work, Edgar Allan Poe likes to write more about insanity. For example, in his story “The Tell-tale Heart”, the main character goes insane and at the end he gives in to the police. Stephan King, however, writes about the dark and evil side of a person. Although they have different techniques and content in their stories, both of them still write amazing …show more content…
Stephan King has received many awards for his books. But Edgar Allan Poe, did not. Why did this legendary author not get many awards? In Edgar Allan Poe’s time they did not have literary awards (‘Did Edgar Allan Poe ever win an literary awards?’, n.d.). In fact, they thought that Edgar Allan Poe was crazy. There were magazine contests though, Edgar Allan Poe has won some of these contests. It was also harder for Poe to write and publish books, unlike Stephan King. Some of Stephan King’s books also get turned into block buster films. One of these films is “The Shining”. Edgar Allan Poe’s books have also turned into films, but not block buster ones. Yes, there are many things that are similar and different about these two amazing authors. They both have done many crazy things and have gotten into trouble too. They both have had hard times in their lives, they both have different ways of writing but in the end, they both can write the most horrifying tales of macabre. These two authors have changed the horror genre and they are both literary geniuses. They are admired by everyone and will be forever remembered in horror history.