Stephen King/Richard Bachman:Rage
Stephen King is a well-known author of horror fiction. He maintains that he writes horror because:The horror writer always brings bad news: you're going to die, he says; he's telling you to never mind Oral Roberts and his "something good is going to happen to you," because something bad is going to happen to you and it may be cancer and it may be a stroke, and it may be a car accident, but it's going to happen. (qtd. in Magistrale 24)The bad news is that there have been "nine deadly school shootings in the U.S. during the past three years" (Lloyd 7). Society has been plagued with excessive violence. This behavior has caused many misguided children to fight in school, disrupt a teacher's lesson, disrespect figures of authority in and out of school, commit suicide, and carry guns as a way of controlling situations. The violent events that have occurred in American schools are similar to the rage expressed in Stephen King's novel, Rage, which was written over thirty years ago.Rage, which was published in 1977, "highlights the isolation, fear, and pressures implicit in high school society..." (Collings 14). King did not use his real name when he published Rage. As a matter of fact, "during the summer of 1966, after graduati
Charlie then took one look at the belt and began crying and cursing at his father. Bowling Green State University: Popular Press, 1988. Then Susan and Ted began to argue: "We've learned some very good things about our selves Ted," Susan said coldly. [He'd] known about the pistol in [his] father's desk for years. Carlson so he began to hit the black board with a pipe wrench he had hidden in his back pocket. He was tired of being ridiculed by Mr. After hearing those words ringing in his head, Charlie began screaming and cursing at Mr. The principal could no longer tolerate Charlie's unpredictable and dangerous behavior; therefore he told him to, "Get out, get [his] books, turn them in.
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