Stephen King Accomplishments

If you have read any amount of Stephen King’s books, you can see a similarity in both tone and style. With over fifty works published, including books, movie adaptations, and short stories, King went from printing twenty-five cent stories in his basement to New York Times Best Sellers. King tends to insert experiences from his life into what he writes, along with reoccurring characters, numbers, and themes.

Before, Stephen King became a famous author he had failed several times. He had been rejected by 30 different publishers. They usually said they weren’t interested in the book he brought them. After a publisher denied it, he just went on to the next. He never stopped, and I admire him for it.

Do you enjoy watching murder, the paranormal, and any other morbid scene which makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up, your palms sweat, and your adrenaline surge? Why people enjoy watching murder, tragedy, and carnage in their spare time has been a mysterious phenomenon. If these gruesomely horrific scenes would not be enjoyable in real life, why is watching a recreation of it so riveting? Stephen King, a world-renowned horror novelist, wrote “Why We Crave Horror Movies” to give insight as to why horror movies, although gruesome and morbid, captivate audiences. King also aims to persuade readers to continue to watch horror movies, arguing that they are a crucial part of keeping sanity. King delves into this psychological aspect of humans and believes that the desire to watch horror films is a normal tendency of humankind. “Why We Crave Horror Movies” includes appeals to emotion, logic, and author credibility in order to convince readers of the positive, normal desire to watch horror films, why it is important to watch them, and why the reader should believe what the author is saying. King utilizes the rhetorical devices—pathos, logos, and ethos—in an effective way through the use of metaphor, logic, humor, and emotion to persuade readers that watching horror films is normal.

I felt that King brought out the emotions of his audience. This too got the reader listening to his words. King was able to accomplish this by using the persuasive strategy,

If somebody asked me what my favorite type of movie is I would probably say horror. I would say horror because it provides a thrill in me that no other type of movie sparks within me. When reading Stephen King’s article I realized there is more to a horror movie than just thrill, there is anticipation, and even suspense shown. In “Why We Crave Horror Movies”, Stephen King uses a mysterious tone and pathos to successfully persuade his audience of kids and adults into watching mysterious horror movies that will let you re-establish your feelings.

Most readers identify Stephen King’s works as horror, however, he sees them as suspense novels (“Stephen King interview on Charlie Rose (1993)”). Stephen King is affiliated with the horror genre because of his excessive use of gore in his novels. However, gore is merely a side agenda that helps King shape his ideas. Instead, King’s main goal is to create suspense. By creating a vivid image of the impact of a murder, rape, or other catastrophe he can further his goal by unnerving his reader and creating a conflict. Stephen King’s extensive and creative use of the pitting of good vs evil, foreshadowing, imagery, and supernatural occurrences makes a more suspenseful novel.

Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine on September 21, 1947. When King was two years old, his father left home and never returned. , leaving him to be raised by his mother. The family moved around to Wisconsin, Indiana, and Connecticut before returning to Maine so his mother could care for her parents.

The television is a box packed with much entertainment for just about any individual. Stephen King, a graduate from the University of Maine in 1970, has written many popular novels during his life time that have, over time, been turned into motion pictures. For those who want to be writers, King bluntly states that one must read as well as write a lot. He shares that he prefers reading books, as opposed to staring at “the quacking box.” King believes and expresses that picking up a book is far more beneficial to one rather than watching television shows and does his best to try and show that. Stephen King’s rejection of the television is a step in the right direction and can lead to many discovering a passion of theirs without the distraction

In Stephen King's "Why we Crave Horror", the famous novelist argues for a rather depressing explanation of society's fixation with horror movies. He insinuates today's generation's obsession over gory and demonic storylines is a result of our internal need for violence that must be satisfied. Such claims may shock readers at first, however, King's use of diction, imagery and tone leave us no choice but to agree with his analysis of human behaviour. He uses these rhetorical tools to prove to the naive reader that we truly are "mentally ill".

Jackson was born on December 21, 1948 in Washington D.C. and was raised in Chattooga, Tennessee with his grandmother’s aid. His mother joined them when he was ten. Jackson constantly watched movies, and they contained images of blacks suffering, which made him want to be involved in any black revolution, and also made him think about becoming an actor when he grew up. When

In Stephen King’s somewhat subjective essay in the 1984 Playboy magazine, Why We Crave Horror Movies, King describes his reasoning behind why so many people are fond of watching movies residing in the horror genre. The content of his essay, though inserted in an unconventional area for

Stephen King has been a remarkable and honored author throughout the years. Stephen King is known for his genre focus, horror. His novels introduce innovative gruesome concepts that no one would ever imagine. The vast majority of his films demonstrate the horrific theme, murder. The inspired movie from The Shining novel, The Shining, directed by Stanely Kubrick, and Stand by me, inspired by The body, directed by Rob Reiner, and Children of the Corn directed by Fritz Kiersch meet the theme criteria using children to express suspense in child horror.

Born on September 21, 1947 in Portland, Maine, Stephen King was a surprise to his family. Stephen was raised by a mostly single parent. Stephen’s father “left the house to buy a pack of cigarettes…but never returned. Stephen

Stephen kings works of horror and dismay have always been something people have truly enjoyed. But why? Dark and twisted tales people being murdered and wounded. His writings are on bookshelves across America, but why? Because we all have a dark side we just want to let out. Those books are an escape in to a mind of darker things. We all have had thoughts abou harming someone because they have wronged us in some way or another. Some people find this escape in horror films easier than they could find escape in roller-coaster. Because of the issue of age as Mr. King has stated in his essay. People have worked at hiding these dark thoughts by doing these things. They get the same rush of adrenaline thru their veins as they might

Because of his outstanding career and works, he has been awarded some of the most prestigious awards in history. Not only did he write novels, Golding was an artist of words of many sorts. As an author who was influenced by his experiences in life, Golding became one of the highest-regarded authors in history by simply telling his life story.