Stephen King Analysis

Stephen King’s view of humanity is a standpoint that he tries to persuade his readers to see. As a successful and phenomenal writer, he is very skilled at not only making his books interesting and popular, but also deliberately cloaking the persuasion hidden in every one of his books. When a closer look is taken into his novels the persuasion becomes obvious. King tries to turn his audience to see his view of human life (Davis). Being a master of deception, he bases the characters in his stories as a result of his own, personal views of humanity. His stories all show characters that are extremely realistic and that have traits and problems common to people in reality. Because many people are able to relate to these characters, the overall affect they have on the reader is increased. The humanity of Stephen King’s characters help to make his books appealing (Strengell) as well, which draws readers deeper and deeper into the story and characters. As his books become more and more complex, they also show more and more of the character’s flaws. Although the main point of King’s books might seem to be entertaining or horrifying, the true reason for his writings is disguised through an intense plotline. Despite the degree of realism that these characters possess, they are not completely accurate. King overly emphasizes common human flaws and exploits them in a way that emphasizes his views. Readers of King’s books are inadvertently swayed to view human life differently than they ever have before (Davis). As Johnathan P. Davis states: “He is aware…about humanity- an understanding that makes King, in his own special way, unique.” This author is just another person that has been unintentionally swayed to view humans as a people who are not only unintelligent and unaware of the problems they create from their own mistakes, but also intentionally malevolent. Every one of King’s books (as is the same with any other fiction book) includes a plotline, but what makes his stories unique is that every plotline is built purely from a mistake the character has made. In his stories, the characters are the cause of every problem instead of an outside force, it is all about how they handle a certain situation or work towards overcoming a problem based merely on the flaws that they possess. When a closer look is taken into these facts, it is clear that King has ulterior motives in his novels. His book Thinner is a clear example of the way King shows his opinions of humanity through his horror stories. It is a book that immediately portrays humanity at its worst and most vengeful (Wiater). In this work of fiction, as in many of King’s others, it clearly shows humans as evil creatures. Being that many of his books help to emphasize his own, personal views of the way humans ‘truly’ are, the final analysis in all of King’s books the reader face their own, flawed humanity (Strengell). Stephen King views of humanity feed through his books into the

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