He finished the novel “Getting It on” in 1971, that novel was later rejected but it didn’t phase King, he just kept on writing (39). One year later in seventy two Kings son Joseph is born (86). In January of 1973 King completes Carrie a novel in which he had been working for quite a bit of time (40). In March that same year King’s book Carrie was published (41). Between 1977 and 1982 king completed four whole novels under the name Richard Bachman, so he could write in different genres and not be criticized (Barron 1).
The Glass Bead Game Herman Hesse (Also wrote under the pseudonyms Hermann Lauscher and Emil Sinclair) German-born Swiss novelist, poet, short story writer, editor, and critic. The following entry presents criticism on Hesse's novel Das Glasperlenspiel (1943; The Glass Bead Game). INTRODUCTION Hesse's last major novel, Das Glasperlenspiel (Magister Ludi; later translated as The Glass Bead Game), is often considered his most complex and ambitious work. Published in 1943, the novel took Hesse eleven years to write and incorporates several of his long-standing thematic concerns: the relationship between the mind and the body, the tension between the contemplative life and social interaction, and the role of the artist and intellectual in society. The Glass Bead Game remains one of Hesse's more obscure works, despite the resurgence of his literary reputation in the 1960s.
Beyond the Body Farm is a novel comprised of multiple short stories about some of Dr. Bill Bass’ countless experiences over decades as what some call a “bone detective”. Dr. Bass’ detailed accounts of multiple of his favorite and most challenging cases all show the diversity of methods used and the dedication required to be successful in the field of forensic anthropology. More importantly though, these retellings are meant to educate readers on forensic anthropology beyond the boundaries of CSI type television shows, and illustrate the stark contrast between TV and reality. “Shedding Light on a Victim's Bones” was a case which used UV light extensively to determine the identity of the bones. The initial use of the UV light was to conclude
Two authors that discuss this method of giving deeper meanings to stories are Stephen King (in his essay “My Creature from the Black Lagoon) and Gloria Steinem (in her essay “Wonder Woman”). By comparing and contrasting the contents, styles, and purposes of King’s and Steinem’s essays, it is evident that both authors believe in this “never judge a book by its cover” attitude. Stephen King knows quite a bit about writing horror novels. After all, he has written over one- hundred books, many of those eventually being transformed into movies or television shows (p.582). In “My Creature from the Black Lagoon” King discusses his thoughts on horror films and challenges the reader to change their initial perception of the term “horror movie.” Most Americans think of a movie with lots of blood and monsters when they think about horror movies.
As preoccupied with propriety as the Victorian era was, it always surprises me to read a classic from this period that could just as easily have been written a hundred years later. Dracula, a novel by Bram Stoker, was published in 1897, but it reads like any horror novel written today. The novel is so modern, in fact, that it has inspired many movie adaptations, two of the most recent being Bram Stoker's Dracula in 1992 and Van Helsing in 2004. Toward the beginning of the novel, when Jonathan Harker is trapped in Dracula's castle, Harker's journal tells how he was waylaid by three female vampires while resting in an ancient section of the castle: "I could feel the soft, shivering touch of the lips on the super-sensitive skin of my throat,
The Hound of The Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a suspenseful and smart mystery novel, staged in England. Similar to many other well written novels, The Hound of The Baskervilles constantly twists the plot by involving new characters and scenarios which keeps the reader focused. The reintroduction of Holmes about two-thirds of the way through the book rejuvenates the reader’s want to read. Many other Sherlock Holmes plots are simplified to two components: a setup for the mystery and a detailed description of Holmes using his highly-gifted detective powers to determine the culprit. The stories never really evolve into a complete mystery because Holmes is too brilliant for the reader’s good.
Book report ”Regeneration” by Pat Barker Regeneration is a story about some of the events during the First World War. With a focus on the British, and the civilians, who competed in the First World War. Throughout the story, we follow two British soldiers, Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, who subsequently have been two of the most famous poets of the First World War. We follow the soldiers ' time at a trauma hospital in Scotland known as Craiglockhart War Hospital. Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon had a hard time at the hospital, because they were not really sick.
Three of a Kind One of the greatest literary characters of all time is Sherlock Holmes. Known by many and also portrayed by many. According to Ronald Burt De Waal’s The Universal Sherlock Holmes, there have been over 25,000 different adaptations and productions of Sherlock Holmes. Conan Doyle first published Sherlock Holmes in 1887 and his character has stayed mostly the same over these past 125 years, but each portrayal has its own unique differences. After watching several versions, here are how a few compare to each other and the original Sherlock Holmes.
Citizen Kane is a 1941 American dramatic film, and the first feature film directed by Orson Welles. The film follows the life and career of Charles Foster Kane, a man whose career in the publishing world is born of idealistic social service, but gradually evolves into a ruthless pursuit of power. Movie was narrated principally through flashbacks, the story is revealed through the research of a newspaper reporter Mr. Thompson seeking to solve the mystery of the newspaper magnate's dying word, "Rosebud". Both films, Amores Perros and Citizen Kane are narrated through flashbacks which show at the beginning and at the end. Each character in each Amores Perros had a relationship with there dog.
His first criminal insights developed in the 1860’s when he was working as a doctor in the army and the characteristics of the soldiers, however, his name came into Criminological significance with the publication of his first book, ‘The Criminal Man’ (1876). In this book he suggested from his research that criminals were biologically determined, a physical type with specific characteristics that differentiates them from others, and throwbacks to earlier forms of evolutionary life (Newburn 2007). During the period Lombroso wrote this book, Charles Darwin’s (1968) theory of evolution was a very popular concept, and Lombroso was thought to be heavily influenced by this, proposing that criminals were ‘lower down the evolutionary scale than law abiding citizens’ (Cited in Crowther 2007: 278). Before publishing ‘The Criminal Man’, Lombroso famously conducted a study on the physical and mental characteristics of 400 Italian soldiers and 90 ‘lunatics’, examining and comparing them. He concluded there were a selection of specific characteristics setting criminals apart from others and stated that they were a ‘sub-species’.