Stephen King Sick To Death Analysis

The excerpt above employs a metaphor, comparing him being tired of editing to death, in order to express Stephan King's character. Through the use of this metaphor, “sick to death”, the author is able to convey his indifference of editing. This foreshadows his future in becoming a writer, for writers utilize creativity and they are usually unpredictable whereas editors are stale and predictable. He further expresses his disinterest towards editing by creating his own newspaper. The boredom that he was experiencing demonstrates to what extent society will undergo in order to fulfill their desires. In Mr. Kings position, he had a strong crave to write, so he continued to write and break some rule while doing it, portraying him as a rebel. Later,

he foreshadows a damaging future since he regrets the decision that he made of not doing the job that he was tasked with. This switches the idea of him being a rebel, who broke the rules in order to maintain his desires, to a mature adult, who is old enough to understand his mistakes. Furthermore, at the age of doing this deed he was a teenager and as a teenager he followed the stereotype, in which, he didn't follow the rules while doing what he wanted to. Now as an adult, he understood the reason that rules are implemented for the betterment of society and became wiser for that.