Vorönn 2015
Verkefni 1
Soffía og Halldóra
-Stephen King is a famous author he is well known for his horror books and they are very popular. 1. King was hit by a van not far from his home in 1999. 2. If you're a regular Q10 reader, you already know that Stephen King plays rhythm guitar for a band made up of writers. 3. Maybe this is a surprise and maybe it isn't "King had pretty serious drug and alcohol addictions in the "˜80s. 4. He has collaborated with many authors and artists including Peter Straub and Michael Jackson. 5. King wrote for Marvel comics Heroes for Hope Starring the X-Men – charity works to help prevent famine in Africa. - He began writing for fun when he was still in school. The first story that was published was „I Was a Teenage Grave Dog.“ Not really well until in 1973 when Carrie was published. - He has written about 54 books. -His most famous books are The shining probably, because it was the first real horror book and they also made a movie from the book. It, Misery and Carrie are also really famous. You can’t forget Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption are books and films that are really famous. - 23 of his novels have been turned into a movie. Which are a lot of novels that have been made into a film. -It‘s a collection of four novellas which have a more serious dramatic bent then the books that he is famous for. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, Apt Pupil, The Body Fall from Innocence and The Breathing Method is the name of the four novellas. -Rita Hayworth was a actress and a dancers, she gained fame in the 1940s. She died from Alzheimer’s disease in 1987.
Questions 1. A federal prison is a prison for convicts that have broken the federal laws. 2. Red tells the story. He was in jail for a murder he committed when he was young, he has been in jail for 50 years. 3. He describes himself as a guy that can get you anything you need, that’s his role in this prison, but he’s also a man that owns up to what he did and is just normal minus the murder.