Stephen Schwartz

Directed by Stephen Chbrosky, "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" is a phenominal movie set in the 90's era that accurately shows a realisic coming of age story and how it feels growing up as a teenager in high school in society. This film shows the perspective of central character, Charlie and his ups and downs in the beginning of high school in a fascinating, exciting and somewhat amusing way. In my opinion, an important and reoccuring theme in "Perks of being a wallflower" is love. Love is…

The Single Shard This book we read together in class was very fascinating. It was about a man named Crame-man and a boy named Tree-ear. Well Tree-ear was alone, basically an orphan. The reason why he was an orphan is because his parents had died of a fever. He has nowhere to go so he asked Crane-man if he could live with him. Crane-man he did not live any a house, he lived under a bridge. The reason why he did not have a house was because he had to sell it, so he could get money out of it and…

From Faith & Brutality to Supernatural Monsters: A Look at the Influences of Wes Craven Raymond Holt COM 320 The 1900s saw a rise in many genres and subgenres in the film industry. One of the biggest to gain popularity was the horror genre. From slasher flicks to supernatural beings, from masked men to grisly monsters, people enjoy being scared. Among the directors that crafted these horror movies was a man who aimed to break the mold of existing horror stereotypes and create new,…

Needful Things by Stephen King: Stephen King is one of my favorite authors, he lead me into the world of science fiction and short stories. I fell in love with Needful Things because it had such a different feel than any of his other works I had read. Needful Things is a metaphor for the consequences instant gratification has. Although the book ends with practically the whole town being decimated by a bomb, I feel as though I still learned a valuable lesson in that, there is nothing wrong with…

“Maggie: A Girl of the Streets” is a novel written in 1983 by the American author Stephen Crane. The story is mainly centered on Maggie, a young girl who comes from the Bowery and is moved to engaging in unfortunate circumstances due to poverty as well as solitude. The novella begins with a battle in the streets between young boys from rival areas of the Bowery. Jimmie is the champion fighting for the honor of Rum Alley against the Devil’s Row. Even after Jimmie’s allies have abandoned him and…

Jordan Bryan Edward Pettit English 210 12 October 2015 When Bram Stoker’s fin de siecle novel, Dracula, was published in 1897, it perfectly illustrated the Victorian cultural anxieties created by the possible collapse of the British empire. Transylvania, literally meaning “through the woods”, is one of two major settings in the classic novel. Transylvania is Dracula’s homeland, where he is an infamous civilian. He is a clever creature, and was a nobleman of great linage. There is a clear…

The Social Environment of the Bowery Stephen Crane, writer of the novella: Maggie a Girl of the Streets discusses the impact of social environment through symbolic characters and setting. Crane describes the tragedy of individuals who are destroyed by their environment. The theme of social environment demonstrates the impact society has on people and shows how easily subjected people are to becoming products of their environment. The "environment" that an individual is brought up in…

Stephen King, a world renowned author who has written over 100 novels focusing on horror and occult themes. Graduating with a degree in English, not only is Stephen King renowned for his horror novels, but also for his teachings in Hampden, Maine. Although Stephen King is a famous horror author, the real horror lies in his text; where Stephen King fails to uphold proper Scholarly writing. For example, in King's essay My Creature from the Black Lagoon he fails to introduce his thesis. King opens…

Have you ever wondered why your heart beats fast when you hear the scary music of a horror movie? When something pops out from around the corner? Have you had that nice warm fuzzy feeling when you watch a romantic movie? Well that is what this project is about! The two movies chosen included a scary movie called Lake Placid and the romantic movie was the Notebook. Wanting to know why your heart feels like it going to pop out of your chest for a scary movie, and why your heart feels all nice and…

When a supernatural figure is brought up, either one is scared or curious to explore that creature. Those that appear from the ancient times seem to fear more than others, with an unclear background, many tales are told to scare off the audience. We are left with history of this object, leaving us with knowledge to stereotype them. We aren’t positive if the information given to us is fiction or true. This leaves one clueless of what they are getting their selves into, but the interesting tales…