Stephen King 1408

How does the story 1408 reveal the elements of horror in a book as perceived by American society? Horror stories are often very popular in America. There are elements of horror that are very common in these stories and not so common in horror stories from elsewhere. The book “1408” by Stephen King is one that has some of these elements. The story 1408 includes of mysterious, supernatural events and inauspicious symbol, and show us their fear of death, the number 13 and haunted rooms. Firstly, the story includes supernatural activities. The whole story is about the haunted room 1408 in Hotel Dolphin, where there’s lots of supernatural activities that has happened in it. From the moment Mike Enslin stood in front of the door of the room to

“The pictures in the living room were also tilted”. “The breakfast menu changed language several times before disappearing, and appearing again in English”. Then “things start disappearing on the table and a painting appeared on the wall”. “The living room pictures also changed, showing the faces of people that had died in the room”. The door was also locked, trapping him inside. “Strange noise came out of the telephone, calling out numbers, with a voice that seems to belong to the room itself”. Then, the room seemed to be “melting”.[1][3] These supernatural activities are what made the room so haunted and scary, as anything can happen to Mike Enslin. The literary device of mood is used. It builds up a sense of fear in readers, directly evoking their fear, turning very normal objects into supernatural things and creating a very spooky atmosphere.[2][4] Another literary device used is imagery. It is used to create a clear image in the readers mind as it describes the happenings of the room, how objects changed and haunted Mike, and make the readers feel as if they are there as well.[4] Thus creating a spooky atmosphere. Also, Mike has written many books and their titles are

The room 1408 was a room filled with mysterious suicides and natural deaths. There has been twelve suicides and over thirty natural deaths that happened due to that room. Many of these deaths seemed very normal, however it seems more than just a coincidence. The first suicide case was an occupant named Kevin O'Malley, a sewing machine salesman, who died leaving his wife and seven children behind. The other cases were also very weird as the occupants just died without any reasons behind them. Also, the natural deaths that occurred to occupants that had lived in the room are also extremely strange, such as “drowning in a bowl of soup”. Many that had been in the room contracted diseases that they didn’t have before, such as “cerebral haemorrhage, heart problems, emphysema, diabetes and heart attack”.[1] These deaths are mysterious as although they all seemed to be just a total coincidence, but it’s too much of a coincidence as most of the people that had been in the room for some time have died. Their ways of deaths and reasons for suicides are also not very clear, and the only link between the deaths is the room 1408, which makes these deaths very mysterious. Other mysterious event is the room itself. For example, as mentioned by the owner of the hotel, Mr. Olin, “digital devices doesn’t work in the room, digital wristwatches run backwards or simply go out, pocket calculators and cell phones also doesn’t work.”[1] Many weird