We turn off the lights when watching scary movies, and when it’s time to go to bed, we secretly make sure the closet doors are shut. Fear keeps our hearts pumping and endorphins rushing, for it is an emotion that reminds us of our mortality. How ironic it is to experience more life in our fascination with death. The two legendary writers, Poe and King, have ruled the universe of death and horror with remarkable success, both gifted with the talent of introducing each reader to his or her own subconscious fears. Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King are the masters of their craft, blessed- or perhaps cursed- with imaginations that set higher standards in the field of writing.
The book Velocity written by Dean Koontz is a book I chose to read because I really like mysteries. I have a big interest in mysteries and just the title of the book Velocity took my interest. There were several interesting characters in this book. Billy Wiles was the main character who was being terrorized. Barbara Mandel was his fiance who was in a coma.
Edgar Allen Poe is a writer and poet who, even in his own time, is highly recognized for his bizarre and fascinating stories. Most of his pieces involve death and murder, and they also question the character’s sanity. Many of his stories have been turned into movies and his great work has inspired many modern authors. One author in particular is Stephen King. Mr. King has won numerous awards for his work and is considered one of the greatest writers alive today.
Steven king has written many classic novels. His main theme has always been mystery, but his novels both frighten you at times and can tug at your heart other times. By using his talented writing skills, King can bring all emotions to the surface. In his novel Cujo, the reader experiences terror and worry and in The Green Mile the reader experiences sadness and empathy. In exploring his many published novels, I have discovered not only that King is an experienced writer, but also very talented at exploring many different genres of writing.
Both narrators tell a tale climaxing in the underground; in TBC it is a descent into the basement and in TCOA it is a darker, deeper drop into the family catacombs. Alcohol plays a prominent role in both stories, however, in TBC alcohol is a multiplier to the unstable mind, shoving him into the depth of insanity. In TCOA, alcohol is a player only to the victim, whose drunken mind could not interpret the warnings that he was given leading up to his murder. Ego was also present in both stories and in both they led to the demise of characters. Ego brought down the unnamed narrator in TBC and it also assisted Montresor in the manipulation of Fortuando into the depth of the catacombs.
American culture has a long and rich history. This deep culture has been portrayed no better than in Mark Twain’s novel “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” This is a classic story of a young boy who must help an escaped slave flee his master, and by the end, discovers a few things about the world, and himself, along the way. There does exist, though, controversy surrounding the novel, mostly pertaining to its use of offensive language, the novel that has clouded its true meaning and purpose. Julius Lester and Kenny J. Williams both make arguments on whether or not the book should be taught to children. By how the story was interpreted, it is clear how the authors came to their respective conclusions.
followed by another man in his mid-twenties. Then something out of the ordinary happens, the young man starts to cry. I think that this symbolizes that the author, Paul, is in an uncomfortable state and is put in to the unordinary. This symbolizes The story starts off in an office building in the large city of Toronto. A man is followed into an elevator that Paul has gone through the first stage of the monomyth, separation.
I will analyze the author's title and expain the relationship between the title and the novel. I will also discuss the effect of the title on the reader. -The name "Frankenstein" is often used to refer to the monster itself. Frankenstein is a well established title because it gives a hint of the theme. In the novel, the monster is identified by words such as "creature," "monster", "fiend", "wretch", "vile insect","being", and "it", but speaking to Dr. Frankenstein, the monster refers to himself as "the Adam of your labors", and elsewhere as someone who "would have" been "your Adam", but is instead your "fallen angel."
Throughout the book Frankenstein, Victor becomes physically ill with the realization of what he has done from trying to be God and creating the monster. He is ill
While other gothic tale’s we’ve read in class have been spooky, ironic, or at least entertaining, I feel that this story is literally sickeningly long. Perhaps that is why it was so