The Running Man is a perfect example of the material taught in
chapter 10. Stephen King uses wonderful imagery and varies his sentence length to create his wonderful story.
Spoiler Alert!!!! but it was published in 1982.
Spoiler Alert!!!! but it was published in 1982.
“The
twinkling vista of the city, from South City to Crescent, was gone. The entire
window was filled with an on-coming Lockheed TriStar jet. Its running lights
blinked on and off, and for just a moment, an insane moment of total surprise
and horror and disbelief, he could see Richards staring out at him. His face
smeared with blood, his black eyes burning like the eyes of a demon.
Richards was
grinning.
And giving
him the finger.
“-Jesus-”
was all Killian had time to get out.”
King breaks up
one of his last sentences with periods to increase their emphasis. Richards was
grinning period. And giving him the finger period. While he creates a
fragmented sentence, he increases the value of his words. King also uses “and”
instead of commas to again create emphasis creating equal value of each:
horror, disbelief and surprise.
Instead of
saying, “Killian saw the jet as it crashed into the building,” King paints a
picture of what it is like for Killian to experience his final moment. He
describes the view disappearing as the Lockheed TriStar jet is about to crash
into the building. King has an amazing
way with words and a beautiful writing style with his non-horror stories.
I love
twitter and the lack of commas on this magazine cover. It turns Rachel Ray from a chef that loves her family and dog into a chef that cooks her family and dog.
I have not read much of Steven King, but i have seen some of the movies that are based on his books and have enjoyed them greatly. however, what really caught my eye and made me laugh is the editing mistake, because it makes a person believe Rachael Ray cooks and eats her dog and family and you can not beat this.
ReplyDeleteOh, this is an excellent grammar error. I love finding mistakes like these, especially when they're made on covers of magazines. Rachael Ray has some explaining to do, apparently.
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