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What would be the first thing that comes up to your mind when you think about Stephen King? With no doubt °Scary±, will be a first description that pops up in your mind. I remember, at young age, watching a movie named °IT± story written by Stephen King. As a young age I was so scared by the movie. But then I was so into the plot of the movie that when I arrived in the States, that was the first book that caught my sight. Stephen King, now exist as one of the best horror writer. In early period of time, primarily men read his novels. Almost all of his novels were introduced in men¯s magazines. Not a whole lot of women fans were there to support his writing career. Scary stories didn¯t have strong appeal to women as much as men. °I Know What You Need± written in Night Shift was first introduced by women¯s magazine called, °Cosmopolitan±. By comparing and contrasting the story with his other works °Sometime they come back±, we¯ll be able to analyze more and also find out why it made it¯s first appearance in Cosmopolitan. First of all, the similarities between the two stories are that, they both u
se some kind of form of magic to gain their desire some. From °Sometime they come back±, Jim Norman the main character goes through struggle and unexplainable problems in his life. The actual cause of this happening was murder of his older brother. This is when the third character comes in to deal and magic appears. °And then a voice, curiously low and unpleasant, spoke to him ' right and left. Agreed?±(167). From here we see how the unidentified object, which Norman called to resolve his problems which leads to dealing with the object. In the story of °I Know What You Need±, this one girl falls in love with this perfect imaginary guy. He knows what she wants and needs at all times. °You need a strawberry double-dip corn. Right? ' Some where in the back of her mind she had been thinking about breaking for an ice cream.±(228). °Beth, he said suddenly. What? She asked ' She laughed to cover her confusion.±(231). Both of these tell us how the guy approaches to her. He already knows everything about her, which could be said as magic or a gift. The difference between the two stories will be the co
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Approximate Word count = 750
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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