the stand by stephen king

 

The Stand is a realistic story of a plague that hit America, killing thousands of people. There are some survives, cross the country. They survived because they were immune to the virus. I founded the central point to be,

Show me a man or a woman alone and I'll show you a saint. Give me two and they'll fall in love. Give me three and they'll invent the charming thing we call 'society'. Give me four and they'll build a pyramid. Give me five and they'll make one an outcast. Give me six and they'll reinvent prejudice. Give me seven and in seven years they'll reinvent warfare. Man may have been made in the image of God, but human society was made in the image of His opposite number, and is always trying to get back home.

I found this quote summed up the whole story because, the whole book the “Good” people where trying to save the human rise by starting fresh without any sins.  But there’s this evil lucking waiting to claim another victim. The good people travel to Colorado in search of other survivors, they make it and there is a final battle between god and the dark man. 

Connections

Some connections that I make to this book would have to be friendship, believes, and learning to deal with whatever life throws at you. The Stand is a book about human nature. It shows 

people's inclination toward good or evil. Mostly, it shows how it is in man's nature to build society and to fight for his beliefs.

The Stand is a realistic story of a plague that hit America, killing thousands of people. There are some survives, cross the country. They survived because they were immune to the virus. I founded the central point to be,

Show me a man or a woman alone and I'll show you a saint. Give me two and they'll fall in love. Give me three and they'll invent the charming thing we call 'society'. Give me four and they'll build a pyramid. Give me five and they'll make one an outcast. Give me six and they'll reinvent prejudice. Give me seven and in seven years they'll reinvent warfare. Man may have been made in the image of God, but human society was made in the image of His opposite number, and is always trying to get back home.

I found this quote summed up the whole story because, the whole book the “Good” people where trying to save the human rise by starting fresh without any sins.  But there’s this evil lucking waiting to claim another victim. The good people travel to Colorado in search of other survivors, they make it and there is a final battle between god and the dark man. 

Connections

Some connections that I make to this book would have to be friendship, believes, and learning to deal with whatever life throws at you. The Stand is a book about human nature. It shows 

people's inclination toward good or evil. Mostly, it shows how it is in man's nature to build society and to fight for his beliefs.

Photo

I feel this photo  visually represents the book because in the ground you can see how the virus has impacted the city and well and you also a man standing there and as if to say what has happened to my beloved country.   

Questions

I don’t really have questions about this writing, but if I were to talk to King face to face I would ask him why only horror? As well as do you enjoy watching you own creations. Another question would be, if he could start all over would he continue on the same path as he did the first time, if he could change something what would it be. I feel King would do it the same but in a faster matter. Meaning he wouldn’t take a long time with writing book, for instance in one year he only had one book publish but filmed like 3 movies. I believe he would try to output an equal amount of product. If I were to have a seminar on this book I feel there would be a multiples of questions regarding this reading. A guiding question for the seminar could be, what were Kings motives for writing, what he wrote. I feel the seminar would help reader and I understand why King does what he does. Like why he wrote about a car that kills people or why he made a movie on animals that live in the ground that also kill you.     

Reflection

Overall I feel this book was rather good. It had some real aspect to it. While reading this book I felt it was a fast read. The rising action kept me on my feet. This book shows the good and evil in people. I felt I could relate to this book because I feel I’m always fighting the good and evil in me. This book is a most read for all.

Photo

I feel this photo  visually represents the book because in the ground you can see how the virus has impacted the city and well and you also a man standing there and as if to say what has happened to my beloved country.   

Questions

I don’t really have questions about this writing, but if I were to talk to King face to face I would ask him why only horror? As well as do you enjoy watching you own creations. Another question would be, if he could start all over would he continue on the same path as he did the first time, if he could change something what would it be. I feel King would do it the same but in a faster matter. Meaning he wouldn’t take a long time with writing book, for instance in one year he only had one book publish but filmed like 3 movies. I believe he would try to output an equal amount of product. If I were to have a seminar on this book I feel there would be a multiples of questions regarding this reading. A guiding question for the seminar could be, what were Kings motives for writing, what he wrote. I feel the seminar would help reader and I understand why King does what he does. Like why he wrote about a car that kills people or why he made a movie on animals that live in the ground that also kill you.     

Reflection

Overall I feel this book was rather good. It had some real aspect to it. While reading this book I felt it was a fast read. The rising action kept me on my feet. This book shows the good and evil in people. I felt I could relate to this book because I feel I’m always fighting the good and evil in me. This book is a most read for all.

Stephen King a Biography By Albert Rolls

Stephen King a Biography

By

Albert Rolls

QUOTE
“What king lacked in social confidence, he made up for with his belief in himself as a writer. Even during his first years his first years, he saw himself as a famous writer and he thought he could make money at it....”
I feel this idea, confidence, and drive really push Stephen King to become who he is now. I feel his lacked of social skills really helped him become at one with himself and bring out that dark side in him. His confidence really helped him a lot that’s what made him believe in himself. It’s what made him want to keep on writing, even if people told him he wasn’t any good. I feel this quote really captures the focus of the book.

CONNECTIONS
There was a few connections that I drew between the book, to my life, and the world. To begin I myself I’m a writer, poetry above all. Although I don’t lack in social confidence, I sometime find myself out of place with my friends and I question who I really ham and that is when I am able to write my poetry. As well I see some people at my school that don’t fit into “ clicks” that have talents for gaming, reading ,or testing, and you would never expected them to be able to do that. Another connection that I feel I can really relate to is when King bought the radio station. I feel this way because King got the station and it was something new for him, which show it he isn’t scared of trying something new. For me the first time I got my very own dirt bike. I have never tried anything like it but I went in with both feet on the ground and excelled in it. The connections that I have made with this book go on beyond the walls of my school or my room. They’re intertwined with my thoughts. For example my ability to think outside of the box, like Kings ability to think about writing topics that no other write is capable of. When I write my poems I think about topics that I haven’t read by other writes.

VISUAL REPRESENTATION

This image of Stephen King really capture who he really is. One it shows him as a monster,  which is what he’s most know for, creating monster that scared you, and imprints in image in your mine that makes you remember him. The 100.3 just demonstrates he’s involvement in his radio life. I feel the font added to the impacted this image has on your eyes. At the station King would host the show and have talks with real people on the air.

QUESTIONS
 I don’t really have questions about this writing, but if I were to talk to King face to face I would ask him why only horror? As well as do you enjoy watching you own creations. Another question would be, if he could start all over would he continue on the same path as he did the first time, if he could change something what would it be. I feel King would do it the same but in a faster matter. Meaning he wouldn’t take a long time with writing book, for instance in one year he only had one book publish but filmed like 3 movies. I believe he would try to output an equal amount of product. Another thing would be that he would want to own the radio station sooner. If I were to have a seminar on this book I feel there would be a multiples of questions regarding this reading. A guiding question for the seminar could be, what where Kings motives for writing, what he wrote. I feel the seminar would help reader and I understand why King does what he does. Like why he wrote about a car that kills people or why he made a movie on animals that live in the ground and also kill you.    

REFLECTION
Over all I feel this book was ok. It was rather boring but it did capture the life of Stephen King really well. I really like how it started out from his beginning, it was like a time line. I also liked how the author mentioned this family life as well. My only dislike was that it was a bit boring as I mention earlier. I would recommend this book to all Stephen king’s fan, and all who want to read a well written biography. The book on King really made a world of differences for me. I liked how Rolls really researched King life then dug even more to find all the little dirt thing on King. The writing style of the author should of matched that of King to make a stronger connection, in my opinion.   

The Shining Stephen king

The Shining

By Stephen King

The shining was a great book. It takes a somewhat “normal” family and puts a twist on it. A recovering alcoholic lost his job due to his alcohol problem. He also lost his creative writing edger . The father is hoping,  some fellow friends will help him get his job back while he works as a winter caretaker at a mountain resort. Danny the son, posses psychic powers. The whole family moves to the hotel were thing go bad start.

This book had many different ideas in which many readers could relate to. I line that stood out to me was  “The greatest terror of Danny's life was DIVORCE, a word ... that always appeared in his mind as a sign painted in red letters which were covered in hissing, poisonous snakes.” Divorce is a family biggest down fall. Breaking up a family can destroy all the family members. As the booked moved along the family started to drift apart. The father got catch up with his anger towards the world and redirect to his very own family. Stephen King did a great job capturing that anger. The sprites controlling the father came at an eases his state of mind prone him for that.  

A recurring theme in the story was alcoholism. That’s  what leaded the family to where they ended up at. This was a big problem and just like in the real world it can drive a family to the ground. Alcoholism is a disease that affects all in which are in contact with the infected person.  The father in the story, relationship slipped away from him by his drinking problem. This all leaded to the violence that took place after.

In the photo we can see a lack of activity in the brain for simple tasks. In my opinion, since the father was an alcoholic he wasn’t able to response to well to any regular activity thus leaving him weak minded and he was easy to be controlled and do any evil doing.

1) Why didn’t the father try to work out at his old job and not leave to another job?

I asked this the father could of stayed there and fought for this job.

2) was it really the devil in the hotel?

3) Did Danny really have psychic abilities.

I got he had overactive imagination, combined with a keen sense of awareness, wishful thinking, and luck.

4) why did the father give into his drinking?

5) why did Stephen choose to have REDRUM in the mirror instead of showing MURDER?

Over all I think this was a great book. I like how the house was alive and its has it all from family problems to killing. I would recommend this book to all. The book we knock you on your butt, its that good. The book was made into a book, though it is a bit different it still capture the overall message of the book alcohol, divorce, job loss, humiliation, and abuse.