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  The 3 Steps to a Feeling of Misery Love ♥ Control     Death What is the fine line between love and control? Does there have to be love for control to exist? Questions with seemingly obvious answers, but nothing is as simple as it seems. Misery by Stephen King displays the complicated relationship between Paul Sheldon and Annie Wilkes while exploring the boundaries and correspondence between love and control.  Annie Wilkes is a mentally unstable, manipulative, and malicious character who is loosely based on Genene Anne Jones , a serial killer known for killing 60 children while working as a pediatric nurse. Annie is a self-proclaimed “#1 fan” of Paul Sheldon and his works of literature. Annie meets Paul after Paul happens to be in a car accident, in which Annie finds him and nurses him at her house.  Annie Loves ♥ Paul. Annie is a fan of one of Paul’s characters “Misery Chastain”, but Paul has moved on from that character and Misery’s books. Once Annie is to...

   3 children were frolicking in the woods.           Deep within the woods.               The children would never stay past sun fall in the woods due to many unexplainable, bewildering "myths" that the locals would commonly share.                                                                                      this time the children went too deep into the woods                                children    lived The locals (and the         ) live in a s...

Prompt Copy a line from your Sept. SBC Choice Reading Selection verbatim in your WNB. Analyze it. Why is it beautiful to you? Expand, adding your curiosity and connections... "He lay back, put his arm over his eyes, and tried to hold onto the anger, because the anger made him feel brave. A brave man could think. A coward couldn't" -Misery by Stephen King I find this quote by Stephen King in his book Misery " beautiful" because I like to interpret it in a way where it reflects a meaningful message. Disregarding any context of the characters' situation, I feel like this quote shows how important it is to keep calm in any situation.  The main character of Misery, Paul, is in a situation where he is physically trapped by an insane fan named Annie, at times even physically tortured. It's a very vulgar and disturbing novel, and although it may not seem to have any beauty behind it, some moments in the book tell otherwise.  Going back to the quote, Paul is in a...