Stephen King. He’s certainly seen his fair share of hardships and misfortunes throughout

his life. However, instead of letting them get him down, King uses his experiences for

the better. From those experiences comes great influence. Stephen King’s writing is

influence by his life experiences, historical events throughout his lifetime, and also share

The second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King, Stephen Edwin King

was born in 1947 in Portland, Maine. Stephen’s father left the family when he was only

three years old, so him and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. Parts of

his childhood were spent in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Stratford, Connecticut. Fort

Wayne, Indiana was his fathers family’s stomping ground. Stephen and his brother made

frequent trips to visit members on their mothers side of the family in Malden,

Massachusetts, and Pownal, Maine. But when Stephen reached the age of eleven, his

mother brought them back to Durham, Maine for good. Ruth King’s parents had

succumbed to old age and were needed taken care of. Ruth�

Another way most of King’s books are influenced is by the government itself. In his lifetime, he has lived in periods of time when certain presidents were in office who were not very honest and were very deceiving. In many of the books that give reference to the government, political officials and anybody involved with the government, or in authority for that matter, are usually portrayed as an antagonist of the story. For example, the mean spirited warden in the novel The Shawshank Redemption, and government officials in his works, such as, Dreamcatcher and The Stand.

that is at once enigmatic and familiar ... and always compulsively readable.

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