Hi, need to submit a 1000 words essay on the topic Stephen King's characteristic of horror in the novel Cell.This novel states many allusions to events of the past. 9/11 destruction of the World Trade

Hi, need to submit a 1000 words essay on the topic Stephen King's characteristic of horror in the novel Cell.

This novel states many allusions to events of the past. 9/11 destruction of the World Trade Center buildings, Hurricane Katrina victims, and even a reference of the Holocaust. The post 9/11 implication is that we are refugees and are held hostage to a foreign group who wishes to do us harm. The foreign power in “Cell” seems to be “the pulse.” The “phone crazies” whom are marching down the highway and those who cross the bridge into the Boston suburbs make reference to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Lastly, the Holocaust inference is mildly described as citizens are amassed and placed in an internment camp for their safety. Aside from the bloody visualizations that are inherent in most Stephen King novels, the realism in “Cell” is there but its origins are dubious. The catastrophes have been categorized as caused by an inanimate object while the main characters of the piece are not the central focus. Technology of an item used in every day life should not be determined as the cause for human suffering. That is the main subject that must be challenged in “Cell.” The sheer gore and inhumane acts that are committed are used only to horrify the reader. The events that have been alluded to in this novel caused a great deal of terror in human kind that simply was not captured here. “Cell” has the characteristics that appeal only to those who wish to be grossed out. The use of the buckets of blood spilled on every page would appeal to the amateur reader but does not invoke any intellectual stimulation like that of a true thriller.