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Stephen Edwin King is one of today's most popular and best selling writers. King's major contribution to horror literature is to situate it within the general anxieties of contemporary life. His focus is not on vampires, werewolves and such, but on ordinary people faced with these horrors and the darker horrors of lost jobs, disintegrating families, mental breakdown, and all the other fears that haunt the modern age. What makes Stephen King's stories almost magical is that the settings of his stories. King has the ability to make terrifying situations out of apparently ordinary circumstances. Additionally, King's writings are true to life in people's minds because he draws upon common fears. King's writings are so widely appealing that over 45 of his works have been based upon or turned into Hollywood movies.Stephen King was born on September 21, 1947 in Portland, Maine he was a suprise addition to the family, as his mother had been told that she would never have children. His parents, Donald and Nellie King, were experiencing difficulties in their marriage, and when Stephen King was only 2, his father, a door-to-door salesman for Electrolux, left the house to buy a pac
King, Stephen. " The Body , " in Different Seasons . New York: Viking Penguin Inc., 1982. One short story that best shows the type and technique of Stephen King's writing is The Body. The Body, which has been adapted into to a Hollywood movie, was first published in the collection of short stories called Different Seasons. The story is a tale of four twelve-year-old friends who at the end of one summer go out on a journey in into the woods to see a dead body. While on their journey they learn about life, friendship, and are propelled from the innocence of youth. On the surface of the story, it appears to be simple journey with its occasional mishaps, but the true magnificence is that this story has a strong autobiographical coincidence. While growing up and moving around the way his family did, Stephen King was never able to "feel comfortable and settle down in one place and make friends they way other kids his age did"(Underwood 77). Around the age of twelve, the King family finally settled in the town of Durham, Maine. For King, Durham was the place where his imagination began to shine. It was at this time that he first began to make friends. Although he enjoyed going out and having fun, as soon as he walked in the door Stephen King would immediately write down his experiences and observations. Frequently Stephen King would place his friends and family into childhood fantasy tales. "Mr. Showbiz Celebrities: Stephen King Biography" Mr. Showbiz.com: n. pag. Online. Internet. 18 Feb. 2000. Available http://mrshowbiz.go.com/people/stephenking/content/Bio.html.
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