Stephen Dorff

A man was walking up and down the aisle, baton in hand, with his security badge on his light gray shirt that looks like it was just polished. He was on a prison bus, making sure these inmates didn't try anything stupid, watching them closely. However, there was one in particular he was keeping a close eye on. His name you might ask? Jared. Jared Smith. He was nothing special, but what he did to get into the place he is now was so unspeakable, so terrifying, that everyone hated him. Not only…

Imagine being placed in a horror story full of dread and isolation, would one be able to remain sane throughout their whole experience? Horror stories in all types of media from novels to films often focus on a protagonist eventually losing their mind, as well as their grasp on reality. This same idea is presented in each media; The Real Bad Friend written by Robert Bloch, The Others directed by Alejandro Amenábar, and I Am Legend directed by Francis Lawrence, where the protagonist slowly loses…

stories they've reviewed. In Stephen Crane's short story “The Open Boat” the critics looked at how the story relates to a ship called the Commodore which sank shortly before the publication, and how the story contains many symbolic perceptions. Critics analyzed how the short story “The Open Boat” is related to the events of the sinking of the Commodore. Stephen Crane’s short story “The Open Boat” is based on the real life events of the sinking of The Commodore. Stephen Crane experienced the…

Dracula is one of the most influential horror novels of all time. Written in 1897 by Bram Stoker, the novel gained popular and critical acclaim and has influenced almost every facet of entertainment. Being a prime example of old Gothic literature Dracula is written in a constant dark and ominous tone. Dracula is also a epistolary novel meaning it is compromised of journal and diary entries which help enhance the horrifying qualities of the overall novel. The novel begins with a series of…

Gothic is a type of literature that creates a scary type of feeling and it involves murders and mysteries. Both And Then There Were None and the short story “MS Found In a Bottle” were gothic texts. They both have lots of similarities and differences about the setting, writing styles, and curiosity. Suspicion was a key similarity between the two stories. However, in And Then There Were None suspicion is used to fuel the plot. In “MS Found In a Bottle, suspicion is used to contribute to the…

Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane is a book that was written in 1893 that approaches the question of gender and class roles in the late nineteenth century America. Maggie, the novel lead, is a lonely character and the only one to ever truly love throughout the entire novel. Whether she was simply in love with the dream of a better life or actually in love with Pete is irrelevant. The girl was a dreamer, and she dreamed only of escaping the harsh world she was destined to live in…

Response to Stephen king’s “Why We Crave Horror Movies” While reading there the paper by Stephen king, I was a little disturbed, there were some jokes that were over bored. However, I do agree with Stephen king statement “we’re all mentally ill”. I believe that everyone has a certain level of mental illness, some more then others. Normally you will see this in kids but adults also have this mentally ill in side them too. Hiding it can be challenging but some pull it off. Stephen king…

The term “gothic” was not only employed to characterize a kind of music, it was also used to categorize a writing that involved dark and gloomy elements. Known as Gothic Fiction or Gothic horror, this literary genre is really old. In fact, the Gothic fiction started in 1764, with Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto. The genre reached its success’ pinnacle during the 19th century, with writers such as Mary Shelley (Frankenstein) or Edgar Allan Poe (The Raven). In the 20th century, the Gothic…

A wise African-American author named Howard Thurman once said, “There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself... and if you cannot hear it, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls.” There are two keys to becoming your best self: the ability to listen and the seven habits of effective people. Habits one through four focus on oneself; they are habits that help an individual find what is…

Thousands of people die everyday and I don’t really care. Even though you’ll find tons of awkward zit faced nerds inside them, comic book stores are some of the best places on earth because there are hundreds of adventures that take place in just a few pages for 3.99 or less. Saturday afternoon my parents were in a fight over where we’d go for my brother Josh’s birthday and after hours of arguing they agreed that we’d go to “Fat Nats Eggs”, meanwhile my brother’s birthday was drawing nearer and…