Stephen Krashen

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…

Gothic Literature has dark, spooky and eerie places as shown in the stories, And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie and “And Then There will Come Soft Rains,” by Ray Bradbury. The stories both take places in spooky houses. There are many examples of gothic literature in both of the stories. There were many examples such as spooky settings, eeriness, confusing and weird parts that kind of confuse you. In And Then There Were None as well as “And Then There Thou Soft Rain” there was a lot of…

Gothic literature shares many themes that can be found across short stories and novels. For example, things often found in these stories are supernatural elements, isolated settings, widespread suspicion, and most often murder.Though the short story “The Eyes” and the novel And Then There Were None were written by very different people they share a similar gothic theme. Agatha Christie, author of And Then There Were None, and Edith Wharton, author of “The Eyes,” use the element of mystery in…

literature story The boogeyman by stephen King they use various uses of story elements that are actually quite fascinating. Gothic literature is a story that involves a monster or some other supernatural being. These stories are usually dark and written by authors who are well known like Stephen King, Edgar Allen Poe,etc. These stories element include a damsel in distress, a hero ,intense emotions. A story that has a majority of these is The Boogeyman by Stephen King. The first element is the…

What is Gothic fiction? Gothic literature can be described as writing that evokes a dark or moody scene often with death involved. Authors who are famous for this type of writing consist of Edgar Allen Poe, Horace Walpole, and many more. Many Gothic stories have made it to film, life Dracula and Frankenstein. Most authors don’t get much credit for the movies, but they take it all when it comes to who wrote the story for the film. On average, two out of five people enjoy watching scary movies…

Stephen R. Lawhead's science fiction and fantasy series “Bright Empries” seems to be like no other. Especially since it was written by him. Unlike most of Stephen R. Lawhead's work that deals with mixing mythology and historical events, “Bright Empires” does neither. Instead, they focus on humans going to other dimensions and what it would be like to visit worlds, not just countries, that were not their own. With the release of the fifth book in the series in 2014, called “The Fatal Tree”, the…

I decided to do my essay on Stephen Wiltshire. Stephen is a British Artist who has Autism. He is known for having an amazing memory where he can study a certain area for 10 minutes and make it into a hour painting and have every detail like the actual object or area. Stephen seems normal from the outside but he struggles with autism he struggles with verbally expressing himself. To overcome this with his painting. All paintest speak with their art, people will find meaning behind a photo or…

Why We Crave Horror Movies by Stephen King is a blunt explanation or theory put together by him on the subject of why we crave horror movies. In this excerpt, King explains what we do when we pay to see these films, as well as, why we do this. Horror movies are meant to take one on an emotional roller coaster and make them experience one, if not all, of their worst fears all in one setting. In reason as to what we do when we attend to see these films, King says, "..we are daring the nightmare…

Horror. Not many will think of this and be relieved. Some may stress at the thought of sitting and watching a scary movie. However, some get excited. They enjoy watching and getting scared. In Stephen King’s essay “Why We Crave Horror Movies”, he states that people like horror films because they are “mentally ill”. He says that by watching these movies, people feed into their darker side so they can continue to be normal. People are then some what suppressing the negative side of the human…