It is hard to deny that the devil plays an important role in most people's lives. Religious or not the devil is a recognisable figure in most people's lives. This makes the devil a strong character to include in a story. A author who choses to use the devil in his story can hardly avoid addressing the greater themes of evil and man. The authors Hawthorne and King are no exceptions to this rule. Both very different people from very different times who wrote two stories unique to one another. Yet they have one thing in common, their stories feature the devil as a main character. More specifically the devil interacting with a human - or more accurately- a victim. The authors both take different approaches to personifying the devil however the
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The method of manipulation via terror can be described using the setting that the devi choses to meet his victim. King too has his devil meet his victim in the woods. However, the forest is quite different rather than a dark forest of danger Gary is in a forest that is quite picturesque. When the river scene is described in beautiful vivid scenes. As Gary describes his surrounding he sees “a trout leap at a butterfly” (827). The day seems perfect until it’s stained by the devil's presence. In King's story the evil is channeled through the devil he embodies all of Gary's fear. This makes his intimidation all the stronger; he has the power to corrupt the image of paradise. Kings devil actions are also extremely overstated. He is vulgar and violent in action and words. The devil kills a fish, burns the ground, and eats a large brookie whole just to list a few. He also speaks to gary in a vulgar and deeply unsettling manner, stating his mother is dead, that his mother killed his brother, and that “she made the most wonderfully awful noises”(831). as she died. This overstated demeanor is meant to grapple garry, shake him unsettle him. The assault of senses is to overstimulate him into shutting down in fear. He chooses to meet gary in such a vulgar location so he can ruin, stain a on precious location literally scorching the earth. The devil is using raw child to corrupt a child. King and Hawthorne's devils both use drastically different methods to manipulate their victims but each share similar end
The method of manipulation via terror can be described using the setting that the devi choses to meet his victim. King too has his devil meet his victim in the woods. However, the forest is quite different rather than a dark forest of danger Gary is in a forest that is quite picturesque. When the river scene is described in beautiful vivid scenes. As Gary describes his surrounding he sees “a trout leap at a butterfly” (827). The day seems perfect until it’s stained by the devil's presence. In King's story the evil is channeled through the devil he embodies all of Gary's fear. This makes his intimidation all the stronger; he has the power to corrupt the image of paradise. Kings devil actions are also extremely overstated. He is vulgar and violent in action and words. The devil kills a fish, burns the ground, and eats a large brookie whole just to list a few. He also speaks to gary in a vulgar and deeply unsettling manner, stating his mother is dead, that his mother killed his brother, and that “she made the most wonderfully awful noises”(831). as she died. This overstated demeanor is meant to grapple garry, shake him unsettle him. The assault of senses is to overstimulate him into shutting down in fear. He chooses to meet gary in such a vulgar location so he can ruin, stain a on precious location literally scorching the earth. The devil is using raw child to corrupt a child. King and Hawthorne's devils both use drastically different methods to manipulate their victims but each share similar end