Stephen King uses the plot of the novel to create and introduce the characters and build the body of the story. Right from the introduction, the author introduces the ghost town of Maine which is the main setting of the story. Furthermore, there is the description of the strange Marsten house which is the root of the problem in the novel. Through the strange reaction of one of the characters Ben, Stephen King leaves the reader at a suspense about the house through the statement: “Ben strolled back down Jointer Avenue, pausing at the corner of Brock Street to look casually up at the Marsten House. He remembered that the great forest fire of 1951 had burned almost to its very yard before the wind had changed. He thought: Maybe it should have