Stephen King: The Rabbi Man Eating Dog

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The Rabbi Man Eating Dog
Life is what you make of it, and some people have taken their dark and lonely lifelong experiences and became excellent writers.Channeling one’s fear and apprehensions alongside perseverance and determination will bring forth triumph. Even though he was criticized for his dark and violent tales, Stephen King the author of Cujo became an award winning and respected author.
Stephen King was born on September 21, 1947 in Portland, Maine. His mom Nellie Ruth was a stay at home mom, while his dad worked as a sea merchant, but left the family when King was really young (“Stephen King” Par 1). His dad was also into horror, Stephen found some of his dad’s belongings in the attic which contained a collection of horror stories …show more content…

He suffered a collapsed lung, multiple fractures to his right leg, cuts on his scalp, as well as a broken hip. King went through five operations along with physical therapy and was hospitalized for three weeks (Lusted 15). After the accident King was unable to write for more than forty minutes at a time. Because of the pain and frustration while attempting to write, King announced in 2002 he thought it would be best to stop writing. (“Stephen King” Par 4). Not long after his announcement King overcame the struggles, continued to write and even published several novels (Lusted …show more content…

A critic of King’s works says that he often likes to portray women as disgusting monsters. Stephen King creates his characters off of people he meets or knows, for example the mother of Carrie and Carrie were based off of people he knew in real life. (MacNee 226). In the book Cujo, King makes it a study of personalities, marriages, and society’s unhealthy values (Bleiler 530). King likes for all of his characters to have real problems and emotions (Pette Par