Author: Stephen King. This book is the first book I have read by this author.I am going to read more books by him. Genre: This book is a horror fiction which most of King’s books are categorized in. I have never read any books by Stephen King but I plan on reading more. This book was a great entrance book to Stephen King written books. Title: “The Long Walk” makes you wonder what is the walk about and what makes it so long. It caught my eye when I searching for a book by this author to read. It fits
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The Long Walk By Stephen King Early on in his career‚ between 1977 and 1984‚ Stephen King published five novels under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman. The second‚ The Long Walk‚ was released in 1979 as a follow-up to the success of “Bachman’s” first novel‚ Rage. King originally wrote The Long Walk in the fall of 1966 and the spring of 1967‚ while a freshman at the University of Maine. Submitting it to the Bennett Cerf/Random House first-novel competition in 1967 it was
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THE LONG WALK "The Long Walk" by Stephen King is easily comparable to the book “1984” George Orwell‚ because they both share the value of a constant surveillance of it citizens. The governments of each book control their citizens by constantly watching them‚ occupying them‚ and always reminding them of the consequences of disobeying. The government sees everything‚ if you disobey‚ you will suffer.
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named memoir‚ The Long Walk. The Long Walk is an amazing book documenting and retelling the story of a former Polish soldier as he fights his way through Russian mistreatment and to a place of solitude and freedom. An unforgettable story like his could only come with admiration from the reader for the resilience and bravery Slavomir had during his fight for freedom. With many people dying along the way‚ Slavomir went many thousands of miles with a goal of freedom in mind. The Long Walk is a true first
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Dialectical Journal Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Quote from Book Response “I have no friend‚ Margaret: when I am glowing with the enthusiasm of success‚ there will be none to participate my joy; if I am assailed by disappointment‚ no one will endeavour to sustain me in dejection.” (Page 5) -Robert Walton -Letter 2 It relates to the theme of isolation‚ he believes he is too good for anyone‚ nobody matched to his intelligence therefore he is alone. He is also ambitious; he wants to be known
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English 101 20 May 2013 The Writing Place Stephen King explained in his writing‚ “A door…you are will to shut‚” a lot of good techniques for new writers. He goes over the basics of where the writers should write‚ or what the writers writing room should be. He also talks about setting goals in writing to help to stay focus‚ and compares setting a writing time to planning to go to sleep‚ all with which I agree when it comes to writing. Stephen King identifies “the room‚” “the door‚” and “the
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Introduction Stephen King is known for horror and suspense‚ and he is the master of writing horror books (Kraft 1). Stephen King was born in Portland‚ Maine‚ on September 21‚ 1947. King is identified as a writer of horror fiction mostly because of three novels he published under the genre of horror (Senf 3). In the essay ”The Horror Writer and the Ten Bears” it reveals King’s familiarity with that tradition. In the essay it describes his personal fears in ascending order of importance. Some of
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Influences King has called Richard Matheson "the author who influenced me most as a writer."[9] In a current edition of Matheson’s The Shrinking Man‚ King is quoted: "A horror story if there ever was one...a great adventure story—it is certainly one of that select handful that I have given to people‚ envying them the experience of the first reading." Ray Bradbury is another influence‚ with King himself stating "without Ray Bradbury‚ there is no Stephen King."[68] King refers to H. P. Lovecraft
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The Long Walk Home Being treated equally in the United States has always been a constant issue. Many people have suffered through being discriminated against. From having slaves work to survive during the 1600’s‚ all the way to the Montgomery Bus Boycott in the 1950’s lead by Martin Luther King Jr‚ African Americans have never been at peace. Discrimination has a big role in The Long Walk Home movie directed by Richard Pierce. A family of 5 living in tight quarters have to struggle with constantly
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The story‚ The Long Walk‚ by Stephen King‚ really makes you think about what people would do for money. As the book is about a walk for teenagers‚ the last person walking wins and if they slow down too many times they lose. It seems like a very tough task itself‚ but when you lose‚ you get shot by the soldiers on a halftrack. In this book it shows young people becoming‚ mentally unstable‚ starting to become rude and hurting people they hurt them physically or making their mental state go to an all
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