The fictional novel IT was written by award winning author Stephen King, who released the book on the date of September 15th 1986. IT follows the horror genre sufficiently and is, in my opinion, a very well done horror novel that contains very well done characters with excellent character development. The novel IT is an extremely adequate novel due to four reasons, the first of which is that the novel contains extremely well done character with sufficient character development, the second of the four is the main plot and storyline located in the novel, the third reason is the formation of rivalry and conflict between the antagonist and the protagonist, and the final reason which is the organization of chronological events, or lack thereof, …show more content…
Pennywise, also known as It is another main character in the novel who is shown to be an extremely evil and demonic creature that feeds on humans and has the ability to shift into someone's worst nightmare. Henry Bowers is a mentally unstable boy who has an extreme hatred of every member of the Losers Club and is used by Pennywise as a tool to kill members of the Losers Club. The novel IT opens with the murder of Bill Denbroughs little brother, Georgie, who was murdered by Pennywise in the dark and gloomy town of Derry.. Each member of the Losers Club has an experience with Pennywise, examples being Mike’s giant raven, the dead children who terrorized Stanley, and Billy’s dead little brother. Ben Hanscom joins the Losers Club after they help him hide from Henry Bowers, who wants to beat him, about a week after this Beverly Joins the Losers Club. Weeks later, after some character development between each member of the Losers Club and an attack on Eddie by Pennywise , Bill and Richie later enter the abandoned house …show more content…
After Georgie’s death, Bill is blamed for his little brothers death by his parents, who no longer show him love and are extremely depressed after Georgie’s death. Pennywise is a demonic entity that shows no remorse, and feeds on death and fear. After finding out that Pennywise killed Georgie, Bill had a strong desire to avenge his brother and kill Pennywise. Bill is a strong leader that cares about others while Pennywise despises all good and embodies the word evil. During the progression of the story Pennywise became more desperate to kill Bill and was eventually afraid of him after Bill and the group continually harmed It. Bill Denbrough’s final confrontation with It was a final battle between two bitter adversaries full of hate for one another and resulted in the death of
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 worldwide. Stephen King has helped bring America to prominence through his many books, essays, and short stories.
A dynamic character is defined as a character who undergoes an important change in their personality or attitude. The great protagonists in literature often go through an intense internal conflict, resulting in the character being perplexed as to which path is the right one to follow. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury follows a protagonist, Guy Montag, as he struggles with the choice between carrying on living in a brainwashed society or developing his own perspective on life, thus contributing to the theme of knowledge overpowering ignorance.
In order to fully understand how popular The Amityville Horror was, a brief history of the story and book must be revealed. This book has sold nearly ten million copies from the time it was written in 1977 until present day. This is an extraordinary number and it continues to rise today. According to Benjamin Radford, a film critique, this book has caused the spawning of many different movie versions and has at least seven different spin-offs from the original story. Just a few of these stories have been continued in a series of books by John G. Jones. These are The Amityville Horror Part II (1982), Amityville - The Final Chapter (1985), Amityville - The Evil Escapes (1988) and Amityville - The Horror Returns (1989). In 1991, Amityville - The Nightmare Continues, by Robin Karl, was published. The original movie made nearly $402,500,000 worldwide.
Clarisse McClellan a beautiful young girl with a free spirt exposes Guy Montag in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 to the allure the world has outside of his lifeless home. Disinterested with his mediocre home life and job Guy Montag goes looking for an escape. Montag, a fireman by day whom in a twisted society starts fires with books oppose to putting them out begins reading the books one day. Although extremely prideful of his work he becomes curious in the books he burns because of one single soul. One night after another satisfying work night he meets the beautiful young Clarisse whom has expressed to Montag her knowledge about fireman in which she had learned from a book. However, reading is not Clarisse’s only difference from the others. She is a “crazy” outcast yet gentle and innocent all traits that are seemingly polar opposite from Montag’s cold and bitter wife. Science teaches us that opposites attract, maybe this is why although fearful or Clarisse’s differences Montag is also fiercely intrigued. Clarisse’s short time as a
He marries the daughter of the owner of the school and immediately becomes overwhelmingly wealthy. Being handed so much money Billy was finally able to control his own fate. Yet still feeling powerless in his own life after the war, Billy has a mental break and admits himself into a psychiatric ward where he voluntarily goes through electric shock therapy. Billy still being very naïve after the war took the end of his childhood is unaware of why he still feels so powerless with his fate even though he has the money and power to do what he pleases. Billy’s mind tries correcting itself and causes Billy to have flashbacks, or as he refers to them as time traveling, and
Stephen King is a well-known and talented horror/fiction author who has published over eleven books in the last two decades. His great stories of horror and fantasy have been enjoyed by kids and adults starting from his first best-seller, Carrie. King's wit and style of writing has made him one of the most popular horror story authors today. Stephen King's life has not been an easy one.
What is horror? Webster's Collegiate Dictionary gives the primary definition of horror as "a painful and intense fear, dread, or dismay." It stands to reason then that "horror fiction" is fiction that elicits those emotions in the reader. An example of a horror film is "The Shining", directed by Stanley Kubrick. Stanley Kubrick was a well-known director, producer, writer and cinematographer. His films comprised of unique, qualitative scenes that are still memorable but one iconic film in his collection of work is The Shining. Many would disagree and say that The Shining was not his best work and he could have done better yet, there are still those who would say otherwise. This film was not meant to be a “scary pop-up” terror film but instead, it turned into a spectacular psychological, horor film in which Kubrick deeply thought about each scene and every line.
Many people think that reading more can help them to think and develop before writing something. Others might think that they don’t need to read and or write that it can really help them to brainstorm things a lot quicker and to develop their own ideas immediately (right away). The author’s purpose of Stephen King’s essay, Reading to Write, is to understand the concepts, strategies and understandings of how to always read first and then start something. The importance of this essay is to understand and comprehend our reading and writing skills by brainstorming our ideas and thoughts a lot quicker. In other words, we must always try to read first before we can brainstorm some ideas and to think before we write something. There are many reasons why I chose Stephen King’s essay, Reading to Write, by many ways that reading can help you to comprehend, writing, can help you to evaluate and summarize things after reading a passage, if you read, it can help you to write things better and as you read, it can help you to think and evaluate of what to write about.
King owes his success to his ability to take what he says are “real fears” (The Stephen King Story, 47) and turn them into a horror story. When he says “real fears” they are things we have all thought of such as a monster under the bed or even a child kidnapping and he is making them a reality in his story. King looks at “horror fiction...as a metaphor” (46) for everything that goes wrong in our lives. His mind and writing seems to dwell in the depths of the American people’s fears and nightmares and this is what causes his writing to reach so many people and cause the terror he writes about to be instilled in his reader.
Writers have changed the lives of many people over the years. In times of situation that people do not want to be in, times of wars, poverty, near death experience causing one to be immobile, or even just to get out of this world the works they create gives people those opportunities to do so. Stephen King is a big contributor of his published works to people in every on every continent. He is a writer of both novels and short stories, a film director, actor and even screen writer of most of his novels that turn into movies, but is he mainly known because of his works in the genre of horror. Going from his first published novel, Carrie and one of his famous selling The Shining King have made history as the king of
The first of Jane Austen’s published novels, Sense and Sensibility, portrays the life and loves of two very different sisters: Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. The contrast between the sister’s characters results in their attraction to vastly different men, sparking family and societal dramas that are played out around their contrasting romances. The younger sister, Marianne Dashwood, emerges as one of the novel’s major characters through her treatment and characterization of people, embodying of emotion, relationship with her mother and sisters, openness, and enthusiasm.
In the novel The King’s Shadow, all of the main characters have the obligation to accept their situation and tolerate it with the best of their ability. Many main characters including King Harold, Evyn, and Lady Ealdgyth accept themselves and cope with their struggles. Without having the ability to cope with themselves, these characters could have made bad decisions. For example, if the king of England makes a bad decision because of the inability to cope with the problem at hand, the country will be in jeopardy. That is why all main characters must learn to accept themselves and cope with the struggles of medieval life.
b. Thesis Statement: Stephen King uses many different elements in order to scare his readers. The elements include supernatural elements, real life scenarios, and fear of the unknown.
In the novel, Brave New World, written by Aldous Huxley, the author uses character development to contrast the two different societies present in the novel.He shows the importance of morality, or an increase in wisdom in the character of humankind. The author contrasts a society full of static and flat characters and another society full of round characters. In order to show the importance of life experiences in changing the character of individuals in the society.
While talking on their adventure they face many obstacles from having to tare bloodsucking leeches off each other's backs to nearly facing their own death. The four boys dealt with events beyond there maturity but that only helped them learn to grow up on their own, Near the end of the journey the boys finally see the body they have all been waiting for, This completely changed Gordies perspective he feels like he loses all innocence and gains a maturity level you would never believe. Gordie was once excited to see the body but after actually getting to see it his whole