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Saturday, March 16, 2019

Misery, by Stephen King - Annie Wilkes :: Misery Stephen King

Misery, by Stephen King - Annie WilkesWhat does it trail to frighten an author of best-selling horror inventions? In Misery, Stephen King embodies a writers fears about himself as a writer and about the continuation of his creative thinking in a richly elaborated and horrifi-cally psychotic woman, Annie Wilkes. In the novel, Annie represents a mother figure, a goddess, and a constant reader. In reality, however, An-nie except represents a creative part of Kings mind.Annie Wilkes is a proud mother of devil kidskinren--a historical-romance novelist, capital of Minnesota Sheldon, and his extremely popular heroine Misery Chastain. Annie must nurse and train Paul. Gottschalk elaborates, Annie views Paul in a madly maternal way. Early in her custody of Paul, she brings him pills for his excruciating pain, but he must suck them come to her fingers in a grotesque parody of a nursing child (125). If she leaves him untended too long, Paul wets his bed, and she must change his sheets and clothes. When he is degenerate or frustrated, he weeps like a small child. Annie ensures his childlike habituation on her and an expression of maternal love (King 159) with his addiction to pain killing-drugs. Annies corrective actions contribute to her mother figure, also. Gottschalk writes, When he has been bad, she disciplines him but in motherly mode often comforts him while doing so (127). Annie punishes Sheldons attempts to get free by ampu-tating his foot and thumb with an ax, exercising editorial authority over his body (King 264). Annie acts as a virginal and protective mother of the vir-gin Misery, Annie prevents Paul from permit Misery Chastain die in child-birth. She must live and a novel must be born (Gottschalk 126). Annie nurtures Miserys return as well, Nothing leave al mavin interfere with Miserys safety or the birth of the book she is nurturing (Gottschalk 127). There are no doubts as to the significance of Annies maternal image in the novel. dirty dog Anni es destructiveness lies a goddess figure--a goddess in charge of Pauls, as well as Miserys, life. Paul is at the mercy of Annie. He makes it through the days, but only in a complete fear of being murdered by Annie. Gottschalk illustrates Annies muscular grip over Paul, Annie raped Paul back into life, and she will hunt him mound if he tries to escape (127). King compares Annies powerful figure to a behemoth furnace,Thats what it would look likeIf you built a furnace inside the mouth of one of those idols in the H.

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