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Stephen King is a highly successful and popular author. He has written many stories and novels using what he calls “ 22 lessons on How to be a Good Writer”. There is strong evidence of Rule 8 “Avoid adverbs and long paragraphs with no flow”, Rule 10 “master the art of description”, and Rule 11 “Don’t give too much background information” in his stories “ The body” and “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption”. In these stories, it is clear that he takes his rules seriously. King…

Have you ever heard of Justin Bieber? He is currently twenty two, but when he was only twelve Usher another famous singer discovered a music video Justin had made on a website called YouTube. Usher got into contact with his manager who soon signed Justin to a record label. Justin Bieber has been now one of the most recognizable and famous artists in the world; he makes around $80 million dollars a year. It is funny to think that he gained all his fame just by posting that one YouTube. The…

Life for Stanley Yelnats is good, family, friends, school. One mistake changed his life. Finding a pair of shoes, and keeping them, getting chased by the cops, this is no mistake, this is bad luck. Four generations of bad luck, being in the wrong place at the wrong time. He has a choice, jail, or sent to Camp Green Lake for 18 months. He decides Camp Green Lake instead of jail. Camp Green Lake changed his life, digging holes everyday for 18 months. One certain hole changed his family’s curse and…

When Tommy Williams entered prison, he quickly made friends with Andy, Red, and the others. After a year later, James revealed to Andy and Red that he met the man who killed Andy’s wife and lover. After knowing the truth, Andy tried to get the warden on board with getting Andy another trial to prove that he was innocent all these while but warden refuse to. The warden wanted to keep Andy so that they can make money. Because of this, the warden would restrict Andy to go anywhere. Andy was trapped…

In both “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption” written by Stephen King and in The Shawshank Redemption written and directed by Frank Darabont, Red tells us early in the story that Andy did not commit the crime he was Jailed for. Injustice can be defined many ways the most relevant being “violation of the rights of others; unjust or unfair action or treatment.” The theme of injustice is used throughout both works to further enhance and unfold the story. Andy Dufresne was one of the few…

The Giver One day a dog named Lucky was walking around his neighborhood looking to give help to the ones that need it. Lucky was a giver he as always, loved to give to fellow animals, he would go to the forest to pick out fruits to give to small animals that couldn’t go for them self’s because it was dangerous. So One that day Lucky walked into Old Lady Eve, she was an old cat that lived next to Lucky. When Lucky talked to her she asked “oh Lucky would you be a good boy and go and fetch me some…

Avatar takes place in 2154. A crippled young veteran Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) replaces his twin brother who was one of the scientists to begun exploring the Pandora planet with avatar. Pandora is a place which has expensive minerals called “unobtanium”; which is believed to solve earth’s problem by bringing money to humans. In Pandora where living aliens called the Na’vi. They have their own god, language and a different way of living and different appearance. The Na’vi people worship Eywa.…

March 28, 1986 the world had no idea that a star was born.Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanott is known as the world wide famous Lady Gaga.Lady Gaga learned how to play the piano by ear at the age of four. Lady Gaga is known for her singing, songwriting, acting, fashion, self-empowering messages, and crazy high end fashion.She started out in theater and high school plays, before dropping out to peruse her music career she studied Collaborative Arts Project 21 at Tisch School of Arts. Electropop…

The Shawshank Redemption is a movie directed by Frank Darabont and based off a novel by Stephen King called Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. It follows a main character, Andy Dufresne, after he is convicted of the murder of his wife and her lover and he is sentenced to life in jail. While he is serving his sentence, he becomes friends with another inmate, Red. He also finds himself being protected by the guards after the warden of the prison begins using him for an illegal money…

After being imprisoned of a crime that he did not commit, fourteen year old Alex Sawyer Thought that he had escape from the hellish place of Furnace Penitentiary. He had a perfect plan, he even felt the fresh, cool air on his face. But then the dogs came. Instead of escaping the hell he was in he finds himself where new darker horrors await him, in solitary confinement. Solitary is the next book of the Furnace series, Alexander Gordon Smith has made a very fascinating thriller. I was going to…