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Analysis Of The Running Man By Stephen King

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Stephen King describes his novel as "a book written by a young man who was angry, energetic, and infatuated with the art and the craft of writing." He supposedly wrote the book in seventy-two hours (3 days). The Running Man was one of King’s earlier books, published in 1982. The Running Man centers in on a poverty-stricken man named Ben Richards. His baby daughter is gravely ill and needs medicine, so he must compete on a game show “The Running Man” to raise the money. Stephen King was able to take some of the memories from his life and incorporate them into the book. He remembered writing his first stories and waiting for them to make a profit, allowing him to buy antibiotics for his children. The contestant on The Running Man is declared
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