Stephen Dorff

Often times, books have a theme or moral for their story. Other times they also include contrasting elements that give the book more flavor, allowing a scene from the story to be viewed more than one way. Mary Shelly uses a variety of contrasting elements in Frankenstein, she even has a few listed in the beginning pages of the book. Even though Romantic vs Gothic is not listed on the same page as the others, they are well talked about throughout the book. In this book, the word romantic does not…

Blockbusters would not have today's blockbuster directors without independent film. Some would argue that independent and blockbuster films co-exist in a way to portray form versus effects. Directors who merge both like Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino and George Lucas founded blockbuster films by starting with independent films outside of the system with distinct visions, attracting younger audiences. In today’s Hollywood system, it’s quite possible for an independent film to be purchased or…

A Guy Who makes Monsters When most people think of Stephen King they think horror. Though he has written many short stories and novel based on horror, he writes many different genera’s except romance. Based on his biographical information it will help readers understand why this is. In Kings’ western themed story “A Death” Jim Trusdale is arrested for the murder of a young girl and for stealing her silver birthday dollar. This story takes place in Black Hills, Dakota. But can Jim…

Stephan King Stephan King is a extremely well known author and has been always known for his horror stories. His most well known stories include IT, The Shining, Salem's Lot and several other books and stories. His horror writing is credited to him seeing his friend get hit by a train. He has no memory of the event but he came home scared and the next day the parents found out about the boy. He was inspired to write also when he found a HP. Lovecraft book that was his dad's. He said “I knew…

The book I read was The Perks of Being a Wallflower, written by Stephen Chbosky. In my personal opinion this novel has done an amazing job at getting it’s message across to it’s readers. When you get near the end of the book you begin to realize that throughout the novel the author writes important pieces of information to build up to it’s conclusion. I think it’s important that he did this because once you get to the end of the book you better understand all the situations that occurred. For…

There are 30,000 people in the United States that currently have ALS. That's more than 5,600 people a day. Morrie Schwartz was a college professor who was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrigs Disease). Mitch Albom who was Morrie’s favorite had a special bond with Morrie like no student and professor has had before. Mitch promised Morrie when he graduated he would spend time with Morrie but after he did graduated he didn't see Morrie for sixteen years. The way that Mitch Albom showed love to Morrie…

Many people have used fake names for a variety of reasons but one of the oldest reasons was a method used by authors to publish writing. A alternate name someone uses as an author is often called a “pen name”, an alias or a pseudonym. Authors use pen names so they can be published because for many possible reasons they wouldn’t be published under their own names. Many famous authors have used pen names because they wanted to be taken seriously or wanted to protect their name. For some people…

Stephen William Hawking is one of the greatest scientists of our time. Born exactly three hundred years after the death of scientist Galileo Galilei, Hawking was born to be a genius. Stephen was always clever as a young boy. When he was in elementary school, his father, Frank Hawking, felt that since he went to a minor private school due to his parents’ lack of money, he did not achieve his full potential in life. So, he wanted to send his son Stephen to the best private school in the…

Stanley Kubrick and screen written by Stanley Kubrick and Diane Johnson. Critics originally poorly reviewed the film, however with time the film became a classic. The film ended up grossing $44.40 million dollars. The film’s story was based on Author Stephen King’s novel “The Shining”. The Shining has been fitted in the genres of horror and drama, however, the film does not necessarily conform to all the conventions of…

buzzer that signaled the end of the game could barely be heard over the roaring crowd, Stephen Curry had done it, he had brought the Golden State Warriors to a championship. In the Leaving a Legacy unit, many social and historical movements, as well as people and their legacies, have been explored. Stephen Curry is a very successful NBA player, that is still writing his legacy today. On March 14th, 1988, Wardell Stephen Curry ll was born in Akron, Ohio (Ott). Little did anybody know that he…