Stephen King is one of the world’s best selling authors. Selling 350 million copies since his first book “Carrie”, his gripping story lines bring the reader in and have them wanting more. By adding realistic aspects to his stories like town names, historical events for the time period, and going in on a character’s past amplifies the realness aspect of the story. The hidden inner meanings through his plots questions what the narrative is truly about. Stephen King with his artistic use of symbolism in his novels, separates him from other novelist in the horror/supernatural genre.
King uses the symbolism of the weak being the strongest often through children, since society has a stigma that they’re less because they haven 't lived a long time.
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The symbolism in the Green mile, points the novel to having a further meaning connecting to the Bible. John Coffey who is the main character is a symbol for Jesus Christ. Both of the men have the initials J.C., have the power of healing, and were unfairly executed. The guard Paul Edgecomb has a dream about John being crucified along with two other men who are thieves (Book 5, Chapter 9). Furthering the connection between the two since Jesus was crucified. When John has healed someone, a swarm of flies expel from his mouth, which represents the disease (evil) leaving the person’s body. In the Bible this is called Beelzebub, which is another name for Satan (Matthew 10:25; Matthew 12:24, 27; Mark 3:22). Beelzebub directly translates to “the lord of the flies”, in the Bible flies are evil and are symbol for Satan (Exodus 8:21-31, Psalm 78:45). The healing of Melinda Moores represents the “Jesus Heals the Gerasene Demoniac” scene from the bible. The bedroom where she is confined to her bed, is described to smell awful. Melinda is compared to someone who is “possessed” because she uses profane language and is different from her normal self. John then disseminates the flies on to Percy Wetmore, who has a dark soul because he torments the other guards and prisoners. The man Jesus healed is actually possessed, he called himself “Legion” because “for many demons had entered him” (Luke 8:26-39). Jesus also disseminates the demons on to another, but he chooses pigs because they already have no soul. The Warden Hal Moores Melinda’s symbolizes Judas. He signed the execution note after John had just cured his wife of cancer after he promised to not do that. Like Judas he was a traitor because he made a promise but failed to maintain it. William Wharton represents the Devil, when introduced he was described as a “demon”. He gave himself the nickname “Wild Bill” which how big the ego he has for himself. Satan is also known for giving himself nicknames and being narcissistic. He
“Monster” by Walter Dean Myers is an amazing book and a great show of Author’s Craft. In the book, he uses many different techniques to achieve specific goals. He uses description to create the setting, Flashbacks to provide context, and Inner thinking to build the mood. First of all, Myers uses Description to create the setting. He does this by arranging the book into a movie script format that tells the reader what is going on in a certain scene in the book.
Although several words in this passage may be spelt differently, they can be closely read as the same meaning. To show this, Roach uses connotative diction within the passage and the whole novel. The reader often can be found interpreting words connotatively rather than reading the text through a dictionary meaning. “ But H is different. She has made three sick people well.
Stephen King uses multiple literary devices in his novel On Writing to convey the feel of a fictional novel, though it is based on facts from his life. King effectively uses these devices to convey his theme of persevering through adversity to become a greater writer and person. A major technique used in his writing is imagery that comes in many forms, precisely in this passage. There was a sharp smell of alcohol. A clank as the ear doctor opened his sterilizer.
If the reader really read the story then you will catch on to the symbol the writer is trying to throw out there at the reader Works cited Hardy, Sarah Madsen. ”This Strana House. Home and alienation in ‘Flowering Judas’.” The Gale Group, 2000.
Stephen King, American author, writes about every nightmare producing topic imaginable, and Stephen King is one of the best horror fiction novelists, who has written the greatest horror fiction novels of the twentieth and twenty first century. Stephen King has been living in Maine for the majority of his life. Maine is the setting most often
The first section uses imagery and metaphors to paint the picture of what is going on in the operation room and what the surgeon thinks about performing on a cadaver. She describes the operation process, “The harvesting of H is winding down. The last organs to be taken, the kidneys, are being brought up and separated from the depths of her open torso.” The way the surgery is being described makes it easy for the reader to feel like they are right there witnessing the event with Mary Roach. Although it is a heavy subject, Mary Roach lightens the mood by including a metaphor in the passage.
Throughout Stephen King's "Quitters Inc.", there was many symbols throughout the story. Morrison smoking symbolizes regret and pain Morrison is going through throughout his life. An example of pain in the story could be how Morrison calls his own son a " mentally retarded human being". This could symbolize Morrison pain because it showed how Morrison is so tired of life and also how how he talks to McCann about his kid and his weight. Throughout the whole story, Stephen King uses foreshadowing to hint how his story is going to end.
For example, Simon is a character with many Christ figure qualities. Simon proves he is good with children when he assists the younger children by grabbing hard to reach fruit for them. Also, Simon is empathetic toward Ralph and reassures him that he will get off the island. Not only does Simon display Christ-like characteristics, but he also has many interactions that can be seen as biblical allusions. For example, Simon is tempted by the Lord of the Flies in the jungle, just like when Jesus was tempted by Satan when he goes into the desert for forty days.