Stephen King Needs Things Essay

Needful Things by Stephen King: Stephen King is one of my favorite authors, he lead me into the world of science fiction and short stories. I fell in love with Needful Things because it had such a different feel than any of his other works I had read. Needful Things is a metaphor for the consequences instant gratification has. Although the book ends with practically the whole town being decimated by a bomb, I feel as though I still learned a valuable lesson in that, there is nothing wrong with waiting for things. I also learned not to covet what anyone else has because that alone makes people do weird things (there was so many killings based on miscommunications and assumptions, also set-ups.). The book was just so well crafted and it made …show more content…
I’ve learned to blend aspects of different religions to suit my personality. I’ve learned how to be much more understanding person because I realized that the world literally doesn’t revolve around me. I’ve also learned to be much more in tune with myself, how to find my place in the world and how to make sense of the things around me and things going on with me. I realized that I don’t need anyone else to validate my sense of self because that comes from within me. I learned that I need to use my talents to benefit others and in return, I will be happy. And, those lessons will follow me throughout life and that’s what’s …show more content…
I ran across this book during Arkansas Governor’s School in a free books pile and I was drawn to it. In the book I learned about how allies and how resources affects how countries pick and choose which other countries they are going to help. It really opened my eyes to global politics and the hard choices presidents have to make when it comes to genocide. I also started to think about maybe working for Unicef to aid places that still haven’t recovered from acts of genocide such as Rwanda and also analyzing the mindset of those who do commit genocide due to my psychology