Throughout history, there has been Beethoven, a musical prodigy, William Shakespeare, the greatest playwright, Albert Einstein, a genius physicist, and the list goes on and on. In modern history, not many stellar intellects make themselves known to the world, but the ones that do often do not receive enough recognition for their exemplary works and achievements. Stephen King was born on September 21, 1947. Growing up, his family frequently faced many financial troubles, so they had to move around a lot. In contrast to the life he led in his childhood, King grew up to be an extremely successful individual. For example, after his first bestseller, Carrie, was published, it was made into a hit movie that raked in millions of dollars. Many of the
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The majority of King’s readers have often noticed a pattern in his works: the depiction of family life is far from happy. One exception to this “rule” would be Pet Sematary, a novel that begins with a “functional” household (Dymond 790). As the plotline of Pet Sematary progresses, Louis, patriarch of the family, desperately searches for freedom from the shackles of his family life. It can be hypothesized that that was what King had assumed as the reason for why his own father left. Aforementioned, Stephen King often expresses his personal conflicts through his writings, and his translations of his own experience with family onto paper is one of the many examples of that. Another part of his style of writing that was brought on by his childhood was his rigorous frequency of writing. For example, during the recovery period following the infamous car accident King faced in 1999, he continued to write daily and worked on completing On Writing (Rogak 206). Seeing a person so devoted to his work is a rare occurrence these days—especially if he willingly resumes working right after going through a near-death experience. Because he had done exactly that, Stephen King has shown his unbreakable commitment to the literary world and his loyal
The majority of King’s readers have often noticed a pattern in his works: the depiction of family life is far from happy. One exception to this “rule” would be Pet Sematary, a novel that begins with a “functional” household (Dymond 790). As the plotline of Pet Sematary progresses, Louis, patriarch of the family, desperately searches for freedom from the shackles of his family life. It can be hypothesized that that was what King had assumed as the reason for why his own father left. Aforementioned, Stephen King often expresses his personal conflicts through his writings, and his translations of his own experience with family onto paper is one of the many examples of that. Another part of his style of writing that was brought on by his childhood was his rigorous frequency of writing. For example, during the recovery period following the infamous car accident King faced in 1999, he continued to write daily and worked on completing On Writing (Rogak 206). Seeing a person so devoted to his work is a rare occurrence these days—especially if he willingly resumes working right after going through a near-death experience. Because he had done exactly that, Stephen King has shown his unbreakable commitment to the literary world and his loyal