Dualism In Stephen King

In his writings, “A Contemporary Defense of Dualism,” J.P. Moreland argues the point that the mind and brain are separate from each other. It seems as a quick thought that both are the same. However, the mind deals with ideas, thoughts and hopes. The brain is made up of the neural process. Throughout the entire argument, Moreland tries to prove the theory of physicalism, which is the idea that only things that exist are composed of matter. His explanation is that the soul doesn’t exist and the brain controls everything.

In The Prestige, Robert Angier, perfectly shows the duality of man through his plot for revenge. Throughout the beginning of the film, viewers form the impression that Angier is to represent the “good” side of man and Borden is to represent the “evil”. However, as Angier’s plot for revenge continues, the evil in him comes undone as obsession consumes him. The most clear case of this is found at the end of the movie when Borden is in jail for the “murder” of Angier. Angier manipulates Borden telling him his child will be an orphan unless he gives up the secrets to his magic tricks.

In the short story, “The Man in the Black Suit” by Stephan King, an old man named Gary retells a story of himself as a nine-year-old boy meeting the devil on the bank of castle stream. In Gary’s disturbing encounter the man in the black suit delivers some horrifying news of his mother to young Gary in efforts to eat him up. In quick haste, Gary gets away and runs into his father who did not accredit the boy’s story at first but later found himself a believer . King uses setting, point of view and language to convey to the reader his central idea of fear throughout the story.

As a child, I vividly remembering watching the movie, “It”. I remember this insignificant event clearly for one reason. It kept me up for days because I was so terrified by the film. “It” was originally a horror novel written by Steven King but was also released into a movie. Every great horror movie has a villain or monster and the monster in “It” goes by the name pennywise the clown. Pennywise the Clown induces fear in me and millions of others because his traits closely resemble those of Cohen’s seven thesis which define what make a monster.

Stephen King’s: IT, is a story which is set in the small town of Derry, Maine; it is illustrated as the most oministic place in the book where everyone in the town acts so strange when kids start to go missing strangely. It happens every 27 years, by a mysterious creature that lives beneath, of Derry, and starts to target seven unlikely group of characters that come together to defeat the mysterious beast so IT can never harm the town anymore, and 27 years later the seven friends get a disturbing phone call that tells them that IT has come back and they will need to finish off their promise. But the story itself is a coming of age, which is these characters learn what it is like in the real world when, even if your a kid you can’t really depend on the grown ups to help “Eddie discovered one of his childhood’s great truths. Grownups are the real monsters, he thought” (King, 814). and if they are going to defeat the creature they will have to face their fears.

Transformation plays a role in stories meant to scare us by playing with our imagination safety and mood of a story. Imagination appears in both Edgar Allan Poe’s, gothic fiction story “The Fall of the House of Usher,” by Usher’s isolated environment and in Joyce Carol Oates gothic literature story “Where is Here?,” by foreseeing who people are. Transformation also plays a role by it assists knowing our own selves are safe in a scary situation. This is shown in, “ Why do Some Brains Enjoy Fear?,” by Allegra Ringo and in “ House Taken Over,” by Julio Cortazar. Transformation plays with our imagination and our safety it also plays a role in the mood and setting. This appears in , “The Fall of the House of Usher,” and “The Dream Collector,”

The fictional story of natural dualism that is The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Hyde has been read for almost more than a century. Many people worldwide have read this book in order to read on dualism and a change from the tradition good vs. evil book arguments. The story is set in a victorian-like London. Little known by most people, the novella was inspired by a nightmare that the author had and also adding to the fact that double personality fiction stories were increasingly popular in that time period.

Stephan King is easily one of the most well-known writers in the horror genre. Often regarded as “The Master of Horror,” King’s impact on the horror genre is remarkable, and he has written both books and screenplays. Many of his works have been turned into movies, further increasing his popularity. Most people at least vaguely know who Stephen King is, but not many know his real story. In today’s time Stephen King entrances audiences and his classic books are converted into screenplays for movies.

Stevenson effectively uses symbolism, imagery, and foreshadowing to paint a horrifying image of the human soul, leaving readers feeling deeply

Lights begin to dim, trailers pass by and one hour later he’s sitting in a room filled with people not knowing what to do. His hands are grasping onto his face with a split in between fingers. He peeks at the screen, the blood in him is racing while his pulse is rising faster and faster with the anticipation of the unknown. Then suddenly feels his heart stop while all the breathe in him vanishes. Soon after relief rushes through the body and a smirk of adrenaline comes across his face. This sense of emotion is unlike any other a person goes through. In Stephen King’s essay he states humans crave this feeling to “dare the nightmare” and for the sake of one's sanity.

The monster is developed throughout the story by way of meticulous and personified writing, painting a picture to bring the monster off the page and into the reader’s imagination. For example, “Something with a dragging tail, with scales, with great clawed feet, and I knew it had no face. (198).They all believe they see it and feel it around them. “It is breathing it Its frenetic struggle to each me, to rend and tear me, to imbue my soul with terror.” (193).

In his memoir On Writing, Stephen King describes his profession. King first clarifies that "good story ideas seem to come literally from nowhere, sailing at you right out of the empty sky." King uses a hyperbole to help people understand how writers ideas for stories just suddenly appear. He then says usually, "previously unrelated ideas come together and make something new under the sun." King explains how “unrelated ideas” merge to create great stories. He is trying to define the profession of writing to his readers. King illustrates writing as not being methodical. He suggests that imagination plays an important role in the creative process of

Tim Burton explores the duality of the human nature with the use of masks, flashbacks, juxtapositioning and lighting in his films. The human condition can be described as the positive and negative aspects of human nature. Tim Burton has always been fascinated by the fact that there are both dark and light aspects of live and that they cannot exist without the other, which relates to the duplicity of the human condition, that people can have dual personalities. Tim Burton explores this through the use of masks, masks can be a way of showing the different personalities that someone may have, it can be a way hiding who you truly are, or showing who you truly are. With the use of flashbacks, Burton is able to show the audience how many characters develop their duality and help them form a deeper connection with the individual. Burton is able to show the duality of the human nature by placing for example two different characters next to

In the Novel the body by Stephen king The Character Gordie Lachance is a very girfted kid. Gordie is very creative having the ability to create stories for his friends and he also like writing stories. Gordie is also has good teamwork skills being able to act efficient in a group of people. Gordie was also neglected but he still managed to be successful.

One of the main hobbies enjoyed by society today is reading. Classic works of literature and new pop culture novels are the basis of much of the discussion used in everyday life, and man is delving deeper into the novels known and loved. Dedicated readers are contemplating the purpose of this phrase in this chapter, why this word is used here, and what theme best expresses the author’s main idea. Probably the most popular theme in literature today is the use of duality. Duality in literature is expressed through the characters, their imaginations, and the situations they experience. A great author utilizes duality to illustrate a compelling story that captures the audience. Three works that use duality to progress