[ SECRET POST #2182 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2182 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Authors that follow really similar trends?

[(Anonymous)]

This is not exactly the same, but I always notice a few things that Stephen King reuses in his books, or at least his earlier ones (haven't read enough of his new stuff to notice). Recurring elements include:

1. A male protagonist/narrator who is either a writer or a teacher - I always read this character as a bit of a stand in for King himself, The Shining being the most obvious example.

2. A (usually) male character who is controlled - the degree to which he is controlled varies story to story - by an overbearing, overprotective, significantly overweight and/or obsessively religious mother or maternal figure. This usually ends badly for the controlled party, who either goes mad or never manages to escape their mother. Whenever King reuses this dynamic I always do a little wtf moment, and wonder whether he has mommy issues he hasn't dealt with.

3. Freaky prophetic dream sequences - I know dreams are pretty commonly used devices in fiction, but still, sometimes he goes overboard.

4. His fondness for Magical Negroes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_Negro).

There are a lot more, but those are the ones that particularly stick out to me - particularly the overbearing mother one. Any King fans are welcome to add more they've noticed :)