Summary Of My Creature From The Black Lagoon By Stephen King

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Stephen King, a world renowned author who has written over 100 novels focusing on horror and occult themes. Graduating with a degree in English, not only is Stephen King renowned for his horror novels, but also for his teachings in Hampden, Maine. Although Stephen King is a famous horror author, the real horror lies in his text; where Stephen King fails to uphold proper Scholarly writing. For example, in King's essay My Creature from the Black Lagoon he fails to introduce his thesis. King opens his essay by explaining his experience from watching My Creature from the Black Lagoon as a child, but he does not have a thesis that explains what his essay is about. Aside from missing a thesis in the beginning he continues to talk about his movie

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