Both King and Alexie used many great literary remarks when describing the stories of their past. But first I will be explaining my reasoning behind the annotations I made on Stephen King’s, On Writing. In this story King brought us into his past to, what seems to be, the time he realized he wanted to be a writer. He is able to write in a way that makes the readers feel like they went to high school with him. For example, after King is caught with his humorous writing he explains how he was, “ushered into Mr. Higgins’s office” (King 54). When he uses the word “ushered” the reader is able to really see what was going on. It paints the picture of someone escorting him into the principles office and it was a scary, stressful moment for King. There was another sentence in the story that stood out to me in showing great detail in his writing. King was given the opportunity to be the sports journalist for his school newspaper and after the job was offered to him he looked at everyone in the office and he explains the look of, “Do it or Die” (King 55), on his guidance counselor’s face. This sentence shows the understanding King had for how bad his piece of writing was. When someone looks at him like that it’s obvious that he should accept the job.
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