Love prevails in three novels by dean koontz
Dean Ray Koontz is a successful and well-known American author of the twentieth century. He is known commonly as the Master of Suspense. Koontz writes novels that take us into worlds filled with adventure and suspense, dealing with extraordinary topics such as technology, time travel, and serial killing. In his lifetime, he has produced over sixty novels under several pseudonyms. Ten of his books have made the New York Times hardcover bestseller list. To add to this achievement reached by only nine other writers, eleven of his books have risen to the number one position in paperback. Koontz's style uses a lot of imagery as he creates a world of invasive mutability, alien mutations and fantasies. Most of his novels contain monstrous children or genetically altered animals with human characteristics. The "angelic qualities of children prove to be potential aliens beneath their human skin". (Rogers) For Dean Koontz, writing a novel is as if "making love, but it's also like h!aving a tooth pulled; pleasure and pain." That feeling felt through out his novels embodies issues that are very real to the readers, and bring insight as well as entertainment. His main characters suffer from horrible diseases or misfortunes but still
Chris has developed a life despite this condition. He roams the street of his town by night, familiar with all the people who inhabit the dark. He is thought of as a night crawler, "inhuman" to the people who do not know him or his family. He gets around inside using candle light as a guide. His friends and acquaintances accommodate his presence by dimming the lights and keeping candles handy. This was not the case at the hospital where he went to see his dad after Steven Snow's death. Wanting to bury a picture of his mother with his dad, Chris goes down to the morgue before the body is transferred to the funeral parlor. He stumbles upon strangers switching the body in the hearse for that of a murdered vagrant taken out of an unmarked panel truck, not wanting to welcome Chris, they turn on all the lights. Thus begins a remarkable adventure. Chris' journey leads him to a gun-toting mortician, a terrified priest, a deserted but not empty Army base, a police station parking lot! Fear Nothing is another great example of love conquering all. Chris suffered from a disease that is usually fatal in the teenage years. He was constantly worrying about how much sun he comes in contact with, and anxiety over people that are scared of him. Anyone under those circumstances could doubt themselves. Dean Koontz shows that a person having problems as serious as a genetic disease, needs to trust and love not only friends and family but themselves. Once Chris was able to love himself, everything fell into place. His life was going down in plunder after his parents' death. However, when the love of a women a dog and a best friend come into play, everything that is wrong just seems right. Family and friendship has given Chris the strength of purpose to overcome anything thrown up against him. He is a survivor despite his condition. After all, it was only something he was born with, not something he has to cradle as an excuse for not living life as best he can. Wit! He never realized how much love he had until he looks beyond his own flaws and loved himself. When he does that, he realizes his girlfriend Sascha loves him more than he could ever possibly imagine. She is willing and prepared to fight for Chris even if it means loosing her own life. In addition, his best friend Bobby, a surfer fanatic, shows him that he can trust others and that other people will care for him. The love of his friends helps him get out of predicaments he encounters throughout the novel. 6. Koontz, Dean Ray. "An Unconventional Interview" A Message From Dean Koontz. 20 December 1999. Online. www.randomhouse.com/Koontz. 12 February 2000 full of shady characters, his friend Bobby's seafront bungalow, an animal psychic, a wild-eyed police chief's car parked on a marina pier and an all-night radio station. His dad's nurse who knows more than she will tell him, sends him in a "run around to find the truth". This trail leads to out-of-control genetic experiments with terrible consequences. Seeing the men who killed her fiance is surreal to say the least. She feels as though she is in danger of loosing her life. Moreover, seeing her fiance causes her to become confused and indifferent. Sally believes that he was the only person who truly loved her. After the murder of Jerry she shut down her emotions and thought that she was enable to love again. She felt "out of control, crazed and confused. She did not understand how she could feel for someone who is dead." Sally is flustered because she remembers how she loved him, but never had the chance to tell him. 3. Koontz, Dean Ray. Fear Nothing. Bantam Books. New York, 1998. In House of Thunder, Sally's events were a blessing in disguise. Although the scientists put her through tremendous turmoil, she realized that love was not out of reach. Moreover, once she was able to reach it, she found all the glory within herself and others. Susan also realized that the way she grew up did not have to
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