Salem's Lot by Stephen King

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In Stephen King Salem's lot, he brings a brilliantly written storm of force, King brings to life the creatures that have prowled the town of Jerusalem's lot for centuries throughout the local rumors. The book, Salem's Lot takes you through its twisted plot, with vivid characters, and the crazy turns it takes. Steven King has the power to make something so unrealistic very real, he is seen as a gothic literary writer because he expresses the key characteristics of gothic literature throughout most of his stories. King has the ability to bring the key characteristics of gothic literature into the story by adding the ideas of a legend, using a small town feel to add dramatics, and using supernatural beings.
Stephen King used the ideas of gothic literature by adding a small town as the main setting; the small town of Jerusalem's Lot. This helps place a huge emphasis on the idea that a small town isn't always as safe as it should be. No matter how well someone thinks they know someone in the town, there is always the possibility of them being wrong. The small town setting allowed Steph...

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