Known for many of his works like “IT” and “The Shining” Stephen King is all about bringing the most out of his characters and readers. Stephen king is an American writer who seeks to get his audiences hearts pounding. Not only his deep and rich novels but his short stories that come in a plethora of plots and twists, he uses many influences from Edgar Allen Poe in the way he was known for his drastically different form of writing. While reading many of his books and short stories a major theme can be seen from his text and that is “ordinary people, when they come together, can achieve extraordinary things in overwhelming odds” - Shannon Turlington-. This singular theme can show examples of King’s new style of writing facing the traditional writing of the time and the outnumbering amount of controversy over his books. Throughout King’s career he has been revered for his different and descriptive form of writing in which he has been compared “Allen Poe”. One example of his simplistic yet very descriptive form is the amount of detail that he puts forth in his short stories and novels such as in “Ten O’clock People” the “batmen” are described as tumorous, black and lumpy, and teeth like razor blades.. From these simple yet numerous descriptions a rather good mental image can be drawn. …show more content…
In gothic forms of writing for example “ a large towering church” would be a form of gothic style as it is similar to many settings in gothic literature. King’s use of these can be seen as he has many settings in cities that are cast in shadow or a dark alleyway with hidden places. In Ten O’clock People an example of this would be a bookstore is used to hold a secret meeting of the so called “Ten O’clock people” about the tumorous monsters or “batmen”. A bookstore is used as secret meeting place which is a great example of gothic literature put into a modern