Stephen King Research Paper

Stephen King

Stephen King, master of horror, is able to show his imagination in the works he creates. King bases his writing on what is in his head when he asks his nightmares to stop ("King, Stephen: THE OUTSIDER."). King feared the worst, insanity (Whitelaw). King’s mind is deep, and when he writes, it just spills out. King claims the thoughts stop as soon as he writes, and it inspires him to this day to continue to do what he does best. According to his grandfather, “When Stephen opens his mouth, all his guts fall out” (Whitelaw). “As a kid, I went to see every horror movie I possibly could” (Whitelaw). King was a true fan of horror movies, even as a little boy. Despite battling alcoholism, Stephen King is still able to impress and inspire

King grew up with his parents Nellie Ruth, and Donald Edwin King, and his adopted brother David King. As he got a little older, he was raised mostly in Fort Wayne, Indiana (“The Author”). “I’m going to go out and get a pack of cigarettes” were the last words little King and his family heard from his father (Whitelaw). At the age of two, his father left abruptly, forever. This left King’s family at loss, for a while (Whitelaw). Soon after his father was gone, it left the family empty handed forcing his mother “to move frequently with her two younger sons” relocating to “Maine, Massachusetts, Illinois, and Wisconsin” supporting them by low paying jobs such as a store clerk, pressed in laundry, doughnut maker in a bakery, and basically anything that would bring them money to live off of. His mother worked very hard night and day to provide for them (Whitelaw) (“Stephen

As King grew older, his childhood mess and nightmare resulted in the use of drugs. King became a huge cocaine addict, and got to a point that he would shove cotton balls up his nose to stop it from bleeding. “One snort and cocaine owned me body and soul”... are the words from King himself (Stephen King: Alcoholism). It was now a living nightmare for him. Soon after becoming a drug addict, he became an alcoholic, “I spent the first twelve years or so of my married life assuring myself that I 'just liked to drink” (Stephen King Overcame). One day however, he had a life changing event. He was involved in an accident. A car had hit him, and he almost lost his life simply by walking on the sidewalk drunk. After this, he soon realized the stress on his family, and decided to stop what he was doing and change for the better, “She organized an intervention group formed of family and friends and I was treated to a kind of 'This Is Your Life' in hell.” (“Stephen King Overcame Alcohol and Drug