He especially incorporates the feelings of hope and his own personal occurrences into his novels. In addition to these themes, King sticks to using lucid imagery that is set in a realistic everyday place as well as symbols and unique characterization to help his paced suspense and sub-plotting.
             - Hope: in "the Green Mile", the hope of something being better
             - paranormally disturbed: in "Carrie", she uses her telekinetic powers for revenge
             - familiarity: the settings and atmosphere imply theme and thought of the story
             - psychologically trouble: the father in "The Shining" is a paranoid schizophrenic
             II. King's Influential background
             - father leaving mother and family ("the Shining")
             - Ray Bradbudy's "Mars is Heaven"
             - first horror movie, "Creature from Black Lagoon"
             - "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"
             - ignored girl in high school ("Carrie")
             - the atmosphere of Durham, Maine
             - archetypes: Tony as wise old man figure in "Shining" and Tommy in "Carrie", the archetypal quest underlining "Carrie", the blood in "Carrie", the snake always mentioned in "Carrie" by the mother
             - atmosphere: King chooses familiar spots to place his stories that give a magical quality
             - sub-plotting: Percy and his unthinkable action in "The Green Mile", the radio being broken and the past story of room 211 in "The Shining"
             - suspense: the sub-plots building suspense in "The Shining", suspense is accumulated from sub-plots
             - unique characterization: each character has a special background, such as Danny in "the Shining", John Coffey in "The Green Mile"
             - imagery: everything is a mental movie
             "I write...everything I see..." (George Beahm, p. 17)
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