What Is The Theme Of It By Stephen King

Watching a scary movie tends to heighten our emotions, allowing fear, excitement, and anticipation to course through our veins. Many experience an adrenaline rush, due to their intensified emotions, causing a pull towards watching horror movies. This thrill is an unexplainable sensation, that has the ability to captivate the viewer. Furthermore, the suspense posses us to continue to watch the movie, keeping us at edge of our seats. We become driven to know what will happen next. Moreover, the dramatic irony in horror movies has a tendency to keep the viewer engaged. For example, the viewer knows who the murderer is, however the characters on screen perceive him to be a trusted confidant. Although, many people are scared to face their fears,

Suspense is a detail that many horror writer use to catch the attention of many readers and keep them holding on till the end. Just as W.F. Harvey does when creating suspense in his story August Heat. Mr. Harvey used three methods to create his suspense for his story, foreshadowing, withholding information, and reversal. With these three methods he is able to make the reader feel like, “ We may even hold our breath without realizing it as we read on eagerly to find out how the story ends”(Source 1).

In the world of film, suspense has been included as one of the elements that’s guides the audience throughout the film. Suspense is a feeling mixed with excitement and tension which draws the audience into the story and generate a feeling of driving force. Suspense can be felt in all kind of films, it is mostly felt whenever an observed suspended drama is left uncertain, with anxiety and pressure being the prime feeling felt as part of the circumstances leaving the audience to wonder what will happen next.

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.

Stephen King’s: IT, is a story which is set in the small town of Derry, Maine; it is illustrated as the most oministic place in the book where everyone in the town acts so strange when kids start to go missing strangely. It happens every 27 years, by a mysterious creature that lives beneath, of Derry, and starts to target seven unlikely group of characters that come together to defeat the mysterious beast so IT can never harm the town anymore, and 27 years later the seven friends get a disturbing phone call that tells them that IT has come back and they will need to finish off their promise. But the story itself is a coming of age, which is these characters learn what it is like in the real world when, even if your a kid you can’t really depend on the grown ups to help “Eddie discovered one of his childhood’s great truths. Grownups are the real monsters, he thought” (King, 814). and if they are going to defeat the creature they will have to face their fears.

Edgar Allan Poe is known for writing creepy stories similar to another author, Stephen King. King is quite younger than Poe but is said to have a synonymous eerie writing style. Although their lives might not compare, they both were, at one point, household names. Both authors were pretty popular mystery/horror authors for their time. While Poe never won any major awards, King did. He was awarded with The Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement and The Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters by the National Book Awards. Both are incredible and very talented writers.

In Ray Bradbury’s science fiction novel, “Fahrenheit 451,” Faber discusses the three elements that are missing from their society, quality information, the leisure to digest, and the freedom to act on what you have learned. EVen though the three elements that Faber discussed are missing from there’s, they can be identified in TV shows, Movies, Books, and Music. One for example is the movie, “IT”. “IT” is about Seven young children in Derry, Maine, who faces an ancient, shape-shifting evil that emerges from the sewer every 27 years, or a demonic clown, who preys on the town's children. Joining together over the summer, they learn to overcome their own fears to battle the murderous, demonic clown known as Pennywise.

Stephen King is one of the most influential authors of today. His award-winning novels and short stories are known world -wide. His many awards and nominations have created a space for him in the literary world. King is a true “Horror King”, for his books, turned movies, have scared millions world- wide. Stephen King has helped bring America to prominence through his many books, essays and short stories.

Finally, some people don’t like watching or reading horror to be entertained. Despite the macabre fact that multiple women are killed in the short story “Strawberry Spring,” the experience is a “peculiar sort of fun” (King, “Why We Crave” 2). King explains that horror movies “deliberately appeals to all that is worst in us” (King, “Why We Crave” 3). Referring to this quote, King’s point is that all that seems frightening can be a simple joke to people, a way to make people, once again, release certain emotions, which could make horror movies particularly fun. Nevertheless, many agree with his statements, however, not all agree that to be entertained you need to watch or read horror. In the short story “ Strawberry Spring” King uses the mysterious problems of murders and suspense to grab the reader's attention. As intense as a horror movie or story can be

Elements of suspense are the literary version of horror movie music. They make reading a thrilling experience and are prevalent in many texts, including those analyzed in this essay. Terrible Things by Eve Bunting and The Lottery by Shirley Jackson are more mysterious and subtle in the way elements are communicated, while in Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allen Poe and Contents of a Dead Man’s Pocket by Jack Finney the suspense is very evident and there is an aspect of fear in both passages. Some of the most prominent of these suspense elements that are expressed include universal fears and foreshadowing, which create fear for what is to come. Dramatic irony and anticipation or dread cause the reader to sense that something bad will happen.

Nick Guerra Mrs. Johnson English III Accelerated 21 January 2016 The Life and Works of Stephen King “We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.” -Stephen King Throughout literary history, most recently in the past hundred years, people have been seemingly enthralled with horror.

The genre of horror has become extremely popular nowadays. There are a lot of talented writers whose names the whole world knows as masters of this genre. Among them are Stephen King, H.P Lovecraft, Bram Stoker, Maurice Level, Dean Koontz, Algernon Blackwood and others. I can’t help but mention two writers who contributed their lives to this genre, and then changed the meaning of the word horror in literature. They are Edgar Allan Poe and Shirley Jackson. Both, in their own periods, revolutionized the horror genre, but they approached it differently. Even though they are both horror writers they use different methods to create

Everyone believed that I was dead. For the next 125 years, I sat alone in my room trying to decide what to do next. Virginia was dead because I never had the chance to get her to the fountain, and nobody else could know that I was still alive. In 1974, I found Stephen King’s first book. That was my opportunity! I could be a writer again! It was an exciting thought, but there was a problem. How would I become a writer again? Then everyone would know that I’m still alive. That’s when I got the best idea ever. I could kill Stephen King! It was the perfect way to become a writer again. Immediately, I moved to Maine to reclaim my title as the master of horror.

It’s easy to see how Joe Hill is so good at thrillers, and horror stories. It is the family business, and writing has become a normal part of life for him. He had listened to audiobooks since he was little and Stephen King and done this with all his children. Unlike his father, he wanted to be out of the King spotlight and make something of his own to be recognized. He knew that if he used the name King that he would only get published because of that name.

There are thousands of great American Literature writers, one in particular is Stephen King. He is one of the greatest horror writers of all time, and has sold millions of copies of his books. (About the Author.). Today he is one of the most popular and best selling writers. He combines the elements of psychological thrillers, science fiction, the paranormal, and detective themes into most of his stories. (About the Author.). His writings are so very powerful because he uses his own experience’s and observations from his everyday life and creates his one of a kind stories. King’s legacy as a best selling horror, psychological fiction author is associated with his unique writing style. He uses many different elements in order to scare his readers, the elements include real life scenarios, supernatural elements and fear of the unknown. (About the Author.). He commonly uses vivid detail in which is set in a realistic everyday pace. He is most commonly known for his novels, in which, he eventually expanded his horizons to different types of writings such as children’s books, short stories and even movie scripts. (About the Author.). Growing up was extremely hard on him and his family. At a very young age his father abandoned him. In his teens, he got