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The man in the black suit by Stephen King touches the fear, the confusion and the whirlwind of emotions that most children and some adults may have when encountered by their fears. The narrator, Gary, lost his brother a year before the events of “the man in the black suit”, it is an undercurrent that rides the story. King, in my opinion, has a gift for writing and hitting the nail on its head when he adds grief. The overemotional drama and preachy reflection are all avoided; all that is left are the little ways that unresolved emotions dwell deep within the soul. Nine-year-old son, Gary and his family still mourn the loss of a son and a brother. Gary decides that he would go fishing in the woods one day and in a consistent manner with the strain of the American Folklore, “I met the devil down by the crossroads,” the devil shows himself. This devil is a monster focused on breaking Gary’s spirit before killing him. The devil mocks the death of his brother and with glee in his voice, he announced the dead of his mother – a lie of course- one that Gary believes at the time. With the strength he had, Gary gathered himself just enough to return home to his both …show more content…

King describes the man in the black suit as a tribute to Hawthone’s “Young Goodman Brown,” and it easy to see why. Goodman Brown’s dreamlike encounter in the woods, Gary’s contact to the pure, unfathomable evil that sows the seeds of spiritual doubt that he cannot seem shake throughout the rest of his life. In king’s Story the encounter with the devil serves two purposes, the confrontation of the loss of his brother and being able to push it aside, in addition to disbarring his belif in divine goodness in the same way that not eve nthe most religious amongst us can ever be truly, completely at ease with the presence of death and pain in a world overseen by a loving

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