Blog Response #6 - Online Learning Session 4 (Fear Unit)
FEAR Blog #3: Comment
COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS - Watch & read the assigned Stephen King pieces. Then, respond to the following prompts in a clear and concise blog comment.
Please post BOTH Part 1 and Part 2 in ONE POST.
Part 1: What are your impressions of Stephen King? Have you read anything else by him? Have you seen his movies? Do you enjoy his type of writing? Do you have any comments on his life or work in general?
FEAR Blog #3: Replies
My first impressions of Stephen King is that I feel like he has a lot of great stories to tell and he is a great story writer.. I have not read anything else by him except the Man in the Black Suit and Stephen King on childhood. I have not seen his movies yet but I plane on watching some. I do enjoy his type of writing because it shows off his style and his characteristics. I have no comments on Stephen king so far.
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts on The Man in the Black Suit story is that it is an interesting concept to write about. I enjoyed the mystery in the story. What I enjoyed about The Man In The Black Suit was the mystery of who the Man in the suit actually was and why it scared Gary. I would like to read some other stories by Stephen King because I feel like he has some good stories out there. “The things that really scare us are going on just outside the spotlight that you cant quite see.” (4:14 - 4:19) (Stephen King on childhood).
I can agree with you on the fact Stephen King can tell and create great stories. Also I can relate to not reading any other stories from Stephen King.
DeleteThe mystery that surrounds the man in the black suit is amazing. It almost makes me paranoid to walk in the woods, thinking that someone who smells like burning matches would want to tell me upfront that he wants to eat my insides. I agree with you fully.
DeleteI feel the mystery that surrounds the shining is fa nominal and even if it's just an opinion I feel it was better then the books not because hes a bad author but because I don't find enjoyment in the books
DeleteI agree with you that Stephan King is a great storyteller. His stories are filled with mystery, details, and suspense making him a good author.
DeleteWhen I had first heard of Stephen King, the man that writes actually good scary stories, I never thought anything of him. Just a man with a big imagination and a gift to come up with original stuff. Although, after reading some of his stories and watching a few movies, I could say he still has that imagination you have as a kid. I was very surprised to hear about the story from his childhood. A neighborhood friend had gotten hitten by a train and most likely Stephen saw it all. Even though he does not remember the incident, his mother explained how he had come home looking as pale as a ghost.
ReplyDeleteOne of the many things I enjoyed about reading The man in the black suit was the level of description Stephen was able to give. It’s almost like he has the power to perfectly paint the description of what's happening into your head. An example of this can come from when he pulls out the brookie in front of the man, “He slid the fish in like a man in a travelling show swallowing a sword. He didn’t chew, and his blazing eyes bulged out, as if in effort. The fish went in and went in, his throat bulged as it slid down his gul-let, and now he began to cry tears of his own . . . except his tears were blood, scarlet and thick.” (59)
I agree with you, I believe Stephen King did have a very big imagination that gave him the chance to create stories. The fact that Stephen could remember that story from his childhood tells us that his memory is really good and he can explain past memories in great detail.
DeleteI can say when I was younger I was deathly terrified of bees because the pain their stings gave out. But since I'm older than I use to be that fear of bees is no where to be seen I can relate to Gary's fear of bees.
DeleteI agree with you that I enjoy Stephan King's use of description when he writes. I also enjoy how vividly he can show the images in my mind while I read.
DeleteI don't really know anything about Stephen's life outside the fact that he is a great storyteller, but I'm kind of shocked that in his childhood he witnessed something so tragic and doesn't remember it. It makes me wonder if he got ideas for stories from his own life or if writing was a way to get out of the real world.
DeleteI agree with you that Stephan King has a imagination allowing him to write great stories. He gives many details and mystery allowing the reader to feel like their in story to.
DeletePart A: My impressions on Stephen King is that he’s a great storyteller that isn’t for me and hailing from New England. (Maine to be specific.) I’ve read part of his story ‘The Shining’ back when I was a middle schooler. I never had the time to read any of it because I was too busy playing video games almost 24/7 except when school, dinner or sleeping came around. A few years ago, I watched the 1990’s ‘It’ movies and thought it didn’t age well so I never got around to watching any other movies from Stephen King. Lastly, I don't have any comments or questions on his work.
ReplyDeletePart B: I thought the story ‘The Man in the Black Suit’ was way too slow for my liking and it didn’t give me any chills or sense of fear. The story got confusing at times because a part of it talked about how he was 65 but then turned back to when he was 9 but worded it poorly and felt like it wasn’t needed.
I agree with you, Stephen had a really good memory. Stephen king is a great storyteller and I am interested in reading some more stories of his and watching some movies about him.
DeleteI have to disagree with you that The Man in the Black Suit was to slow. I feel it was a good pace as it helped to build suspense and at least in my case, helped to keep me engaged with the story.
DeleteI agree that The Man in the Black Suit was a bit slow and it didn't really make me feel a sense of fear either. I don't get emotional reading stories so Stephan King books aren't for me.
DeleteInstead, I believe that connecting it back to when he was 9 years old adds an intenseness to the story: “In the dark comes a voice which whispers that the nine-year-old boy I was had done nothing for which he might legitimately fear the devil either . . . and yet the Devil came” (King 69). This shows that he has a strong awareness that he has done nothing wrong in which to fear the devil, even since a young age, but still fear overpowers him.
DeleteI agree that Stephen King is a great story teller and I can.t wait to watch or read more of his pieces.
DeletePart A: My impressions are that Stephen King is that he is a very great author and storyteller. While I have not read any other stories or books by him, I can tell that he has had a great impact on films in Hollywood. Movies Like The Shining, Pet cemetery, It, Shawshank Redemption, etc... From reading The Man in the Black Suit I like his type of writing, and it makes me want to read more. I have no other questions.
ReplyDeletePart B: I enjoyed reading The Man in the Black Suit. At first when I saw it I thought that its length would just make me lose interest. However I found myself actually enjoying the story and it made me guess what was next. I enjoy Stephen King's description of events and actions. The mouth of the man in the black suit was like that shark’s mouth when it opened, only his gullet was blazing red, the same color as his awful eyes, and I felt heat bake out of it and into my face, the way you feel a sudden wave of heat come pushing out of a fireplace when a dry piece of wood catches alight.. I would like to read more of Stephen King's Work.
I agree with you. I believe that King is an excellent storyteller, especially for that details that he puts into his stories, it makes me think I am actually watching a movie of what is happening
DeleteI agree with you that Stephen King is a great storyteller. Although I haven’t really read anything of his besides The Man in the Black Suit, I still find the way he writes his stories intriguing.
DeleteI agree with your statement that Stephen King is a great author because of all the description he puts into his stories and the way he keeps you wondering what will happen next. Even though I haven't read much from Stephen King, reading The Man in the Black Suit was enough for me to want to read more of his writing.
DeleteI completely understand how the length of the story shut down your opinion on if you were going to like it or not. I had the same feeling. Although, I as well got more invested into the story the more I read.
DeleteI agree that Stephan King is a great author and that he does have an impact in Hollywood because a lot of movies have been based off of his books.
DeleteYes me too, when I saw how long the story was I just thought to myself oh my here comes a long boring story but I actually loved it and got into it! He is such a great author that can really pull you into his story's!
DeleteI agree that Stephen King has had a great impact on films. He’s helped make many iconic movies that many have come to love because of the nature of the stories. Most of his stories have such horrific out-of-this-world concepts and ideas that watching them makes audiences really wonder how he thought of his ideas.
DeleteI agree that Stephen King is a great author and he does have an impact on people also. Especially when his movies and his books are so similar.
DeleteI agree on how he is a great story teller and on how he had a big impact on Hollywood films especially due to the fact that the movie it was a huge it and was nominated as on of Hollywood number 1 horror films.
DeleteI agree the movies Stephen King had a had of making were terrifically terrifying, they also play an massive roll in pop culture, with the case of the red balloon now an nod to Stephan King. But I would have to disagree with you on the length of the story, although the story was pretty far fetched from his other books like in case: IT, and The Mist. It still proved to be in his genre of horror.
DeleteI think that he is a wonderful writer. He seems to be very detailed when it comes to his writing. I have not read anything else by him but I have heard that the books he’s written are very good. I have watched the Shining, and that movie alone was pretty good, a little too creepy for me but still good (I am not a big fan of horror movies). With this short story, I really do like his writing and I may look into some Stephen King books when I get a chance to go to a library once this Corona stuff is over.
ReplyDeleteI think It was a creepy story but, It really makes you think that what the boy saw was real, even at my age, if the Devil came up to me and said my mother is dead, i would also pee myself, not gonna lie. The scariest part though is when the Devil said he was gonna eat the boy. “ “I’m starving,” he said abruptly. “I’m going to kill you and tear you open and eat your guts, little fisherboy. What do you think about that?” I would love to read something else by stephan king, but, not watch the movies, I do not like horror movies
I agree with you. Stephen King is a very detailed writer and It makes you feel as if you were with the boy he’s writing about through his journey. The way things are described are terrifying, yet it’s an interesting way of thinking which I think is what makes people like it more.
DeleteI agree with your thoughts on Stephen King, I also believe that his stories are very detailed and this can keep people hooked and wanting to continue reading. I am a bit of the opposite when it comes to scary movies though, I do enjoy a good horror movie when I am in the mood. I also wanted to look into some books by Stephen King when I have more time to sit down and read!
DeleteI agree that he is a detailed writer however as one who can say i'm not into his writing, I feel theirs more of a horror in a movie such as the shining where I feel there really isn't in the books
DeleteI agree with you that Stephan king is a wonderful writer. If he didn’t write such amazing stories, people wouldn’t be interested in turning his most famous books into chilling horror movies so people can watch his story lines come to life. I also have to agree with you about not being a big fan of horror movies. I love watching horror movies, but i can never watch them alone and I need to be with certain people to watch them, otherwise i'm scared the whole movie.
DeleteI agree that Stephen King is a wonderful writer. A part of what makes The Man in the Black Suit such a great story is the use of first-person perspective to build suspense: “I expected to feel his hands descending on my shoulders pulling me back into a final hot hug” (King 60). Explaining how scared he felt to be taken puts readers on the edge of their seats and gives them a sense of empathy towards the storyteller.
DeleteMy impressions on Stephen King are that he is a very good author as he makes all of his stories so intriguing. He puts many details in his stories and uses good word choices to paint a picture in your head when you are reading. I’ve read parts of his other stories but mainly watched movies based on his stories like Pet Sematary and The Shining. I really do enjoy his writing because it pulls me in unlike most other authors and I enjoy reading creepy stories.
ReplyDeleteI thought that The Man in the Black suit was a very well written story with a lot of description. I enjoyed reading it because I could picture everything that was going on in the story and the style of his writing is easy to enjoy. “…he slid the head of my nineteen-inch brook trout between his gaping jaws, I saw the scales along the sides of the fish rise up and begin to curl like bits of paper floating over an open incinerator. He slid the fish in like a man in a travelling show swallowing a sword. He didn’t chew, and his blazing eyes bulged out, as if in effort” (59). Reading this story made me want to read some of his other stories as I would more than likely find them interesting too.
I agree that the short story was very detailed and made it very easy to picture what was happening in the story. I also would love to read more stories that he has written because the amount of detail and such made it interesting and hooked me to want to continue reading. I really liked the quote that you picked, it really suited what you were trying to say and fit your analysis perfectly.
DeleteI can agree on The man in the black suit being well written and on how he gave a very good description due to the fact that i felt as if i was in the story and next to the boy feeling everything he felt.
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ReplyDeleteStephen King sounds like an amazing author, I have never read any of his works, but I would love to at some point. I have seen the original and the new IT movies and I really enjoyed those. I really do enjoy his type of writing, it keeps readers on the edge of their seats and hooks them into wanting to continue reading. The only reason I’ve never read them is due to the fact that they are so long and I just don’t have the time currently. But, I hope to at some point in my life. He seems like a fairly interesting dude and he has definitely impacted the reading world positively.
ReplyDeleteI thought the story was interesting, I enjoyed the part where the main character had a bee on his nose while he fell asleep fishing. It was interesting to see how the character nearly forgot about this fishing part when they were focussed on the bee instead. A quote from this part states, “The tug on my line came again, stronger this time, but althoughI maintained my grip on the end of the pole so it wouldn’t be pulled into the stream and perhaps carried away (I think I even had the presence of mind to snub the line with my forefinger), I made no effort to pull in my catch. All of my horrified attention was fixed on the fat black-and-yellow thing that was using my nose as a rest-stop.” I really enjoyed this part of the story. The short story was interesting and definitely grasped my attention, it definitely makes me want to try to read more by Stephen King.
I also found it interesting on how the fear of the bee completely blind sided Gary from his fishing. I think Gary was frozen with fear which can also be seen when he meets the man in the black suit. Only after the black suited man takes the fish does Gary unfreeze from fear.
DeleteI agree with you that one of the key parts in the story that I enjoyed was when there was a bee on Gary’s nose. I have a feeling if his brother wouldn't have died from a bee sting he would have not acted the way he did, but since his brother did die from one, it cause him to have a very different reaction; “And here is something else: I had been stung by bees before, and although the stings had swelled more than is perhaps usual (I can’t really say for sure), I had never died of them. That was only for my brother, a terrible trap which had been laid for him in his very making, a trap which I had somehow escaped. But as I crossed my eyes until they hurt in an effort to focus on the bee, logic did not exist. It was the bee that existed, only that, the bee that had killed my brother.” The fear of dying the same way his brother did really set the mood for this section of the reading. He was afraid that he was going to suffer the same fate as his brother and his parents would have lost both of their sons to some lousy bee.
DeleteMy first impression of Stephen king is altogether I feel hes a great person but i'm not one for his novels. I feel because I may like horror movies but i don't feel a real terror when its in the pages of a book.. However I may not care for his writings but i care about the struggles and fear he went threw to get to where he is today. He went threw a lot and on top of it found someone to help get him threw the hard part of waiting for the publishers.
ReplyDeleteAs pointed out I didn't care for his writing however i do like a good mystery here and there and I feel he tried to include that into his writing with The Man In Black..
I have not read anything of Stephen King’s besides what was assigned in class, however; I have heard of some of his other books and movies and they seem pretty good and interesting. I like his writing because it made me feel as if I was there. The way his writing describes the scenarios his character’s find themselves in is really detailed and intricate.
ReplyDeleteThe Man in the Black Suit was an interesting concept and it’s definitely not something a lot of people think about. It’s not something a lot of people would write about. Something I enjoyed was hearing this story in first person point of view because getting to hear the story from this one character fits the story really well and makes it enjoyable. “I am now a very old man and this is something which happened to me when I was very young—only nine years old.”(page 45) I liked seeing him look back and reflect on his actions and version of events.
I also had not read anything from Stephen King, but being a one that also never really watched his movies, it did also seemed like he was a interesting person. I agree that The Man in the Black Suit is something different from the horror genre as most seem to stem of an isolated campsite or suburban town, in the mid 1980-2000's. But in this case he decided to alter it instead picking his timeline to 1914, an time which barely house had phones, and as described no cars and planes flying overhead.
DeleteI find Stephen King’s works to be a little disturbed and I have wonders on why he writes the way he does.I have tried to read his book IT because my mom thought I would like it but I did not get past the third chapter because it is not the kind of style I like to read. I want to assume that Stephen King has been through a lot to put him in the position to write the novels, What is his reasoning for writing these novels that have disturbing ideas?
ReplyDeleteI find this story to be very interesting and also want to know why he depicts the devil as such a bad guy from all of the thing I have seen I have seen him as not nearly this disgusting or bad but just doing his job as a punisher for the damned while he is being punished for his wrong doings. “Even before he reached me, I recognized the aroma baking up from the skin under the suit—the smell of burned matches. The smell of sulfur. The man in the black suit was the Devil.” Why was he depicted as smelling bad and having long yellow talons, I have the feeling that the devil is just misunderstood in culture but pushing beliefs on other people is wrong and unnecessary.
I have also wondered how he has come to write such disturbing yet interesting books. I wonder if he just has a very imaginative mind, or if he has experienced some type of trauma to make him write the stories he does. If he does just have an imaginative mind how did he even come up with these crazy ideas?
DeleteStephen King is an amazing author. He wrote the book “IT” that is about a killer clown that comes back every 27 years and feeds off the people living in Derry, Maine. The story follows the experiences of seven kids that are being terrorized by something evil. I have never read the book, but I have watched the movie that was made based off of the book. I enjoy reading horror stories and ever since watching the movies, I have been interested in receiving a copy of the book and reading it. Stephan King has written at least 96 books. Each with a unique story line that leaves the readers wanting more.
ReplyDeleteThe Man in the Black Suit was a very interesting story. It draws the reader in at the beginning mentioning his brother's death and hinting that there could have been more to the story because Gary’s mother did not believe that her son died from a bee sting. While fishing one day a man in a black suit told Gary that his mother had died from a bee sting,“Your mother is dead.” “He smiled—the sadly patient smile of a man who has often been accused falsely. “I’m afraid not,” he said. “It was the same thing that happened to your brother, Gary. It was a bee.” He didn’t believe the man and soon came to realize that the man in front of him was the devil. He needed to get away from this man so he tried everything he could and made it home to tell his father what had just happened and saw his mother in the kitchen. Gary knew that the things that man in the black suit was saying was a lie, but what had happened that day would stick with him for the rest of his long life. Like I mentioned before this short story was the first thing that I read that Stephen King has written, but I would be interesting in reading IT by him.
I think Stephan King's A good storyteller because of the experiences he's had throughout his life. You can tell that he has stories to share. I haven't read anything else by him or seen his movies but I might in the future. I enjoyed the amount of details he added to his story “The Man In The Black Suit” like when he talked about how the world used to be so different or how he gave details that allowed you to see the story with images in your mind.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed “The Man In The Black Suit” because Stephen King doesn't just tell the story but he tells the background story and the surroundings. He gives details that allow you to visualize in your mind like when he says “She was wearing a housedress with little red roses all over it, I remember, and she was kneading bread. Candy Bill, our little black Scottie dog, was standing alertly beside her feet, looking up, waiting for anything that might drop.” or “She gave me a patient look, saying nothing as her hands went on working in the dough, which now had a smooth, silky look.” He allows the reader to see and feel what's happening making you feel like your actually there.
I agree. This story was a very interesting one and how well it was detailed made it easier to visualize in your head. All the time and effort he puts into his work is really shown when you're reading his books or watching his movies.
DeleteI think Stephen King is a very down to earth man who writes good scary stories. I haven’t read any of his books because I’m not interested in reading scary books. I’ve seen only one movie that was based off of a Stephen King book and that was IT. I think his type of writing is exciting for some people, but I don’t find any joy in reading horror stories. I think that he is good at what he does.
ReplyDeleteI wasn’t interested or disinterested in the story, but I did think that the story was very slow at times from the level of detail that was put into it. I liked how descriptive things were, but at the same time sometimes there was too much description in the story and that made it drag on. I wouldn’t read anything else by him because I just don’t like to read horror stories.
Stephen King seems to have a dark and mysterious theme to a majority of his stories. The fear aspect really thrives in a lot of them. I really enjoy reading Stephen King and I’m a big fan of “IT” and “Pet Sematary”.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed being able to picture how the man or “Devil” looked like according to the description in the story. “His eyes were completely orange-an orange that shifted and flickered...the smell of burnt matches, the smell of sulfur”. I would like to read more stories by Stephen King as he is one of my favorite authors.
I totally agree! I loved his story and some of his movies which makes him one of my favorite authors too! I for sure would like to read more stories as well!
DeleteI agree with you on part B because it was so well descriptive that you were able to see perfectly on what he was saying at that time of the story.
DeleteMy impression of Stephen King is that he is a really deep person. He goes into depth about his story’s and really gets you hooked on. I have not read anything else by him, but after reading this story, I totally would! The way he uses tone and expression in his writings makes you able to visualize it very well. This makes me 100% enjoy his writing! The movies that I have seen by him are the “IT” movies, very good movies! His work is very very good!
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts to the story “The Man In the Black Suit” were just amazed! It was a very good story! I especially enjoyed the part where his dad notices the weird things that happed by the stream after he went back with Gary. To me I believe that basically shows us that he believed Gary and was funny when Gary’s dad wanted to leave the stream! “Come on, he said. Lets get the hell out of here”. This story by Stephine King was super good, so yes I would definitely read some other stories by him!
I agree. I think Stephen King really puts a lot of time and effort into his stories and movies.
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ReplyDeleteI think that Stephen King is a very creative writer. Although I haven’t read any of his books, I’ve seen some of his movies and they are very interesting. He is a very unique person and his work shows how dedicated he is into what he does and that he enjoys doing what he does. Kings books and movies are very well detailed and unique which are my favorite things about them.
ReplyDeleteI personally enjoyed reading The Man in the Black Suit and it made me want to read more of his stories. I thought that it was very suspenseful and it made me not want to stop reading. “A man was standing above me, at the edge of the trees. His face was very long and pale. His black hair was combed tight against his skull and parted with rigorous care on the left side of his narrow head. He was very tall. He was wearing a black three-piece suit, and I knew right away that he was not a human being, because his eyes were the orangey-red of flames in a wood stove.”. This part was one of my favorite in the story just because of how well detailed it was, it made it a lot easier to picture the character in my mind.
My impression on Stephen King is that he’s a very imaginative author. He is very thorough when it comes to describing a scene and he uses a lot of very good symbolism that makes the reader have to actually think about what they are reading. I also really like that his stories can mean something different to every person, because people see his stories in many different perspectives and his stories can spark more than just a simple conversation. I have not read anything else by him, but I probably will have to because he is such an acknowledged author.
ReplyDeleteOne thing that I really liked about this story was how descriptive and thorough he was when explaining the memory of the incident that the narrator experienced. Each part was described well enough that I was able to paint a very clear image of what was happening in the story like a movie was unfolding in my head. A specific part of the text states, “He sat up suddenly, the smell of burnt matches fluffing out from his suit and making me feel all gaggy in my throat. He looked at me solemnly from his narrow white face and burning eyes, but there was a sense of laughter about him, too.” (Pg. 55). I chose this quote because the way King describes this strange man is very good because it lures readers to use their senses such as smell to further imagine what the narrator is seeing and smelling as well.
I agree with part B, the way that he was describing in his writing was like a movie. And I really cant explain it because I honestly have not see anything kind of like that in another book before.
DeleteMy first impressions of Stephen King is that I feel like he has a lot of great stories to tell and he is a great story writer. I have never read any of his books but I have watched a couple of his movies and they are very well put together and the storyline of them are great. I do enjoy his type of writing because it really hooks you and you don’t want to stop reading.
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts on The Man in the Black Suit story is that it is an interesting concept to write about. I enjoyed the mystery in the story and the description he is able to give. It’s like theres a movie of it playing in his head and can write everything so perfect. An example of this can come from when he pulls out the brookie in front of the man, “He slid the fish in like a man in a travelling show swallowing a sword. He didn’t chew, and his blazing eyes bulged out, as if in effort. The fish went in and went in, his throat bulged as it slid down his gul-let, and now he began to cry tears of his own . . . except his tears were blood, scarlet and thick.” (59)
Part 1 : I personally think Stephen King has a good imagination and is a great story teller and personally I do think his type of stories match his personality because he is kinda scary looking. I've never personally read anything by him till now but I have seen the movie IT that he wrote and personally I loved the movie due to the suspense.I did find it weird how he said while we grow up we tend to forget about our childhood and are innocent imagination especially coming from him because of what he does for a living…especially because he basically lives off of his imagination.
ReplyDeletePart 2 :Overall it was a well written story. It had me questioning it a lot for example all I could think of was what's going to happen next and why is this happening which made me wanna finish it. I enjoyed how the author made me feel as if I was there with the boy because at the same time I kinda felt frozen and I enjoyed the tension the story had. For example when he said “I tried to say please no but no sound came out” or “I stared at him, now incapable of speech” i could not move until i knew what was next.
When i was young my mom read me Steven king so when i was first intruded it was very interesting and really ahead of its time, i have read most of the book but i have not watched any of the movies, i love his writing and his life diffidently interesting topic, and as for any comments he is a defendant person that has lots of misunderstood tendency witch makes his writing more interesting.
ReplyDeletefor the story it is diffidently cool and it has lots of twist.
My impressions are that he is an awesome man. He had his downfalls but he had his shining moments. (No pun intended.) I have not read any of his books but I have watched Pet Sematary and Carrie.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't really a fan of it.
My impressions with Stephen King is a little surprising as a person who never read his books but had only heard of his movies. What surprised me the most is Stephen King as a child had already unnatural things already happened to him like in case Chum: his friend that was already dead even when he played with him, which may have slightly inspired him to make unnatural horror books, while also his family hood had encourage their children to read stories often making sure they read them aloud to each other when they weren’t around. He was entranced with creating stories of his own as he would join as a journalist for his university's newspaper, and even managed his own newspaper when he himself was a child. Although he himself probably believed he was awful making books as in the case of Carrier were as he trashed it thinking it was the worst book he had written but even his claims showed nothing compared to it’s massive success it saw.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the story, I never much read books about the genre of horror as I believed it wouldn't encourage the thrills as movies or haunted mansions. But it did keep me entertained, as tensions were ramped up when the black suit man entered the scene and beautifully made me imagine him when describing “He snatched it away from me and crammed it into a mouth that opened wider than any human mouth ever could. Many years later, when I was sixty-five (I know it was sixty-five because that was the summer I retired from teaching), I went to the New England Aquarium and finally saw a shark. The mouth of the man in the black suit was like that shark’s mouth when it opened, only his gullet was blazing red, the same color as his awful eyes, and I felt heat bake out of it and into my face, the way you feel a sudden wave of heat come pushing out of a fireplace when a dry piece of wood catches alight. And I didn’t imagine that heat, either, I know I didn’t, because just before he slid the head of my nineteen-inch brook trout between his gaping jaws, I saw the scales along the sides of the fish rise up and begin to curl like bits of paper floating over an open incinerator.” as this description sent my chills of an picture of a man sprinting at the boy, I would promptly read something else by him as an form of entertainment because of the entrance it gave me.
My first impression of Stephen King is that he is good at telling scary story. I really don’t know if I have read anymore of his books before except “The Man In The Black Suit”. I really don't know if I have seen anyone of his movies but I'm pretty sure that his movies are just as good as some of his books. I would say that I do enjoy his type of writing because to me it seems like that its horror, mystery, and then it changes back to horror.
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts about The Man in the Black Suit was really interesting to read, even though I didn’t really finish it. Also, the way I stopped reading the book made me feel like what will happen next. The book was well written it made not wanna stop reading. What I enjoyed about reading this book is that, at least to me it felt that it was horror and mystery. And I like mystery books the way that they leave you at a weird twist at the end makes you wonder what will happen next. If any other books or movies are like that then maybe I will read more of his books or watch some of his movies.
I think Stephen King is by far one of the best authors in my eyes. I really love the books he writes and my personal favorite was IT. I liked the book better than the movie but the movies were also very amazing. His type of writing I really like because he writes supernatural horror books and even though it's not a movie I can still visualize what he writes. The way he writes is really amazing because it really helps the reader visualize what happens in the book and it makes the reader more interested in what he is writing.
ReplyDeleteI thought that “The Man in the Black Suit” was creepy with atmosphere and the wait to hear about the man.
I didn't like how long it took to meet the man but I loved it once he was introduced. My favorite part was right when he was introduced into the story, “Even before he reached me, I recognized the aroma baking up from
the skin under the suit—the smell of burned matches. The smell of sulfur. The man in the black suit was the Devil.” I enjoyed this part mostly because of the way he was introduced trying to be a nice man to the boy fishing until the boy realized who he truly was. I would love to enjoy another book by Stephen King but I just don't know what one would be best for me.
I definitely agree that even his stories that are written are very easy to visualize all the details. He is a very well descriptive writer.
DeletePart A- My first impressions of Stephen King consisted mostly of just thinking he was crazy because of him being notorious for his scary movies and writings. He wrote the story for a lot of my favorite scary movies and books such as The Shining, and IT, which made question why someone would be so obsessed with death and gore.
ReplyDeletePart B- I honestly enjoyed reading "The Man in the Black suit" because of it's strange twist of reality. At the point when Gary was at the stream and fell asleep I right away figured it was a dream, and his experience of the man in the suit was all in his head. "I was looking for the next one when I drowsed off. Or maybe slept. I don’t know for sure. All I know is that a tug on my
line so strong it almost pulled the bamboo pole out of my hand was what brought me back into the afternoon."(King. 51)