In King’s rhetorical novel, “The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon,” he tells us that a nine-year-old girl is reported missing at ten o’clock on a morning in early June, and all that could be heard was the heaving of her breath as he illustrated, “She felt panic trying to grab her again- it was speeding her heartbeat, drying off her mouth, making her eyes throb in their sockets” (62). The beguiled horror and mood not only captivates the audience’s attention but brings the reader a complete and utter feeling of bewilderment. Graduated from the University of Maine, King dedicated his time to writing horror and science fiction novels, which is an inspiration from the death of his friend. The brief overview of “The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon,” is directed
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There are two phases that are embedded in the quote, fear and acceptance. She allows her subconscious to take over her behavioral manner by choosing to believe what has long been her pessimistic views. The author provides explicit details about the the monster’s wormhole and devilish eyes while adding a hint of personification, such as “wormhole universes filled with breeding bus” (159). The universe and worms do not correlate with each other; therefore, personification partakes a massive role in this quote. With personification, this creates a stronger image that preludes to the reader’s idea of how there can be a plot twist at the end or overwhelm the reader with gruesome descriptions. It sets forth a sense of fear, a sense of empowerment, and a sense of enhancement as if he is trying to bring everyone to his world of …show more content…
The dramatic words, including “hummed,” “squirmed,” and “jostled,” portrays a dark and mysterious scenery of the character and the creature she portrayed. Indeed, King does intend to add in sophisticated languages by incorporating other information, such as “...hemmed by a tree…” (62), “...waist-deep in stagnant, murky water” (110), and “Trisha fanned the neck of her grimy shirt against her grimy neck,...” (187). The words produce a resonance of tone by informing the reader of the description and characterization of the main character. King then described,
There was a swatch of brown fur caught in the bushes to one side of the guts, and on it she could see a spatter of white spots. This was the remains of a few, one of the two she had come upon in the beechnut clearing, she was quite sure. Further into the trees, where the woods were already darkening toward night, she saw an alder tree with more of those deep claw-marks slashed into it. They were where only a very tall man could have reached. Not that Trisha believed a man had made the marks. It has been watching you. Yes, and was watching again right now.
There are two phases that are embedded in the quote, fear and acceptance. She allows her subconscious to take over her behavioral manner by choosing to believe what has long been her pessimistic views. The author provides explicit details about the the monster’s wormhole and devilish eyes while adding a hint of personification, such as “wormhole universes filled with breeding bus” (159). The universe and worms do not correlate with each other; therefore, personification partakes a massive role in this quote. With personification, this creates a stronger image that preludes to the reader’s idea of how there can be a plot twist at the end or overwhelm the reader with gruesome descriptions. It sets forth a sense of fear, a sense of empowerment, and a sense of enhancement as if he is trying to bring everyone to his world of …show more content…
The dramatic words, including “hummed,” “squirmed,” and “jostled,” portrays a dark and mysterious scenery of the character and the creature she portrayed. Indeed, King does intend to add in sophisticated languages by incorporating other information, such as “...hemmed by a tree…” (62), “...waist-deep in stagnant, murky water” (110), and “Trisha fanned the neck of her grimy shirt against her grimy neck,...” (187). The words produce a resonance of tone by informing the reader of the description and characterization of the main character. King then described,
There was a swatch of brown fur caught in the bushes to one side of the guts, and on it she could see a spatter of white spots. This was the remains of a few, one of the two she had come upon in the beechnut clearing, she was quite sure. Further into the trees, where the woods were already darkening toward night, she saw an alder tree with more of those deep claw-marks slashed into it. They were where only a very tall man could have reached. Not that Trisha believed a man had made the marks. It has been watching you. Yes, and was watching again right now.