hen was raised by a mostly single parent. Stephen s father «left the house to buy a pack of cigarettes ... but never returned. Stephen King hasn t seen his father since »(Biography of Stephen King). Stephen lived from different places in Massachusetts and Maine, moving around with his mom, Nellie King, and his adopted older brother, David. During his childhood, King apparently witnessed one of his friends being struck and killed by a train. King returned from playing with the boy «speechless and seemingly in shock» (Beahm 101). This incident in believed by some critics and readers to have inspired or changed King s mind to write some scarier or darker stories.
King s love of writing started in 1959 when he was 12. His brother, David, had a local «newspaper» called «Dave s Rag». Stephen wrote some articles and reviews for shows and movies. With a small amount of people even reading «Dave s Rag», Stephen still found that people liked his writing. Inspired by this he wrote short stories and sold them to people in his neighborhood for thirty cents. He sometimes even sold his work in school until he wasn t allowed to anymore. Stephen and his brother, along with one of their friends, had their own publishing company. It was called «Triad and Gaslight Books» .generally, science fiction is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. Science fiction is found in books, art, television, films, games, theater and other media. Science fiction differs from fantasy in that, within the context of the story, its imaginary elements are largely possible within scientifically established or scientifically postulated laws of nature (though some elements in the story might still be pure imaginative speculation) .may include the future or alternative time lines and stories may depict new or speculative scientific principles, such as time travel or psionics or new technology, such as nanotechnology, faster than light travel or robots. Exploring the consequences of such differences is the traditional purpose of science fiction, making it a literature of ideas.science fiction authors construct a postulated history of the future called a «future history» that provides a common background for their fiction. Sometimes the author publishes a timeline of events in their history, while other times the reader can reconstruct the order of the stories from information in the books.published works constitute «future history» in a more literal sense ie, stories or whole books written in the style of a history book but describing events in the future. For example: H.G. Wells The Shape of things to come (1933), which was written in the form of a history book published in the year 2106 and in the manner of a real history book with numerous footnotes and references to the works of prominent historians of the 20 th and 21 st centuries.
2. Literary overview
.1 Social aspects of Stephen King s novel «Shawshank redemption»
When a book industry addresses sociological concerns, it sometimes presents an incomplete and unfamiliar image. This is not to say that these industries which deal with sociology, always misinterpret substantive matters, however many do not present all the issues. In particular, books that deal with prisons often disregard the human factor housed within. To a certain extent, they nay ignore specific factors because some would be uninterested in a book that offers the premise that convicts who spends their lives in prison loose their humanity and hope. The Shawshank redemption is the exception.story portrays a prison as an institution which does nothing more than store individuals. Similarly, several sociological themes are addressed in the book, such as, rehabilitation and reintegration. This work briefly analyzes the book, while focusing specifically on the substantive aspects in terms of sociology.Shawshank redemption opens in 1947, as banker Andy Durfresne is being wrongly convicted and punished with a double life sentence for the murder of his wife and her lover. He is incarcerated in Maine s Shawshank prison facility where his distant and slightly superior manner prevents good relations with the guards and his fellow convicts. However, Andy gradually develops a friendship with a well respected lifer named «Red» Redding the prison s self-proclaimed «Sears and Roebuck» who is known to locate certain items from time to time. He also gets on the better side of Shawshank s Bible thumping warden by doing some financial consulting, but Andy is not merely a stooge for the warden and his goons.a smart man, he is constantly working towards his ultimate goal of getting out of prison one way or another. His methods win him many friends and ad...
