Thoughts On | The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King 

Shawn Shaw Very interesting. Without spoiling any story that has Randall Flagg in it; what makes this character comparable to ‘Joker’ and from what I can tell better in your opinion?

Thanks! :)

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Thank you for your kind words! I'm glad to hear that you are enjoying my Stephen King videos. I hope you do pick up Eyes of the Dragon -- it's a fun read! And definitely go for the Dark Tower. Push through the first book (it's not the best) because the series is amazing! :)

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It is :D

Young Adult.

Thanks for watching :)

It has a lot of dead dragons, taxidermized on the walls. To my memory there are no living dragons, but it's been a few years.

Hi there! Thank you for your kind words and support :) [This is actually a post script: I wrote the following response assuming that you are a university or college student that has some freedom to choose your courses. If you are in high school, most of this advice still applies.] So I am one of those special snowflakes that actually did all of my readings. (That is 100% not a common experience. Most people make friends and go do social things. And I definitely sacrificed that during my undergrad.) I know a lot of people in English courses don't do all the readings. They just read what appeals to them and then write on what they read. Most essays and exams give wiggle room, because profs/teachers assume that you haven't read everything. But I really wanted to finish every assigned reading because I was paying for my education and even if the book wasn't a new favorite, being able to participate in lecture and tutorial was valuable to my experience as a student, scholar, and reader. Maybe framing the reading in the context of what finishing it will help you accomplish as a student and a reader might be helpful? I hated reading almost all of the novels in my 20th century British and Irish literature class but LOVED the lessons the prof pulled out of them during lecture. I actually carried forward some of the ideas from that course into a Harry Potter course I took in my BA and a trauma literature course I took during my MA. So being familiar enough with the material to engage with and understand the lectures helped me to grapple with different literature later on in my studies. There was value in pushing through the texts. Something that might be helpful for books you really don't like is to break them into manageable pieces. I always broke my assigned readings into small chunks with dated sticky notes. The sticky notes were my "read-by" date. So if I really wasn't enjoying what I was reading, I knew that I only had to read until I hit the next sticky note and then I was allowed to put the book down for a bit and either switch to reading for fun or reading for another class. As for analysis, I find that most profs/teachers give a pretty broad variety of essay topics that allow for you to bring your own interests into the class. (Sometimes they even have the "your idea" option that just requires you to go to them with a proposed topic for approval.) It might mean picking a more challenging or open-ended essay topic that really requires you to develop a strong thesis statement. And while it may seem scary, profs and teaching assistants are usually pretty jazzed when folks come to talk to them during office hours. Nobody really wants to read an essay that we can tell has zero passion and effort put into it. (The amount of wine consumed by teaching assistants during marking seasons is astounding.) Talking through an essay topic, developing a thesis statement that you're excited to write about can make all the difference with how you feel about actually doing an assignment. [This is the bit that really doesn't apply if you are in high school.] Finally, my last bit of advice would be to really research the courses you take. If you have the option to choose you schedule and your courses, see what other people have said about the professor/teacher and the course. You can usually find old reading lists on school websites to kind of get a sense of what is generally taught in that course. Also talk to other folks in your program or in the department if you can and see which courses they have taken and get their review of the prof/course material. Hopefully you find some of this helpful. Wishing you all the best in your studies :)

thank you so much for taking the time to read and answer my questions. u gave great advice! and you are a special snowflake. I think visiting professors and teachers is a great idea! i used to go and talk to my professor, and you are right, they do five alot of insights and try to gear to ur interests. thank you for ur time again!

Not a problem! I hope it was helpful! :)

Sad. Why not both?

@@EmilyCait Most of his stories have fantasy elements as well, I don't know people are strange.

Thank you! :)

It does stand alone. You can definitely read it without having read any of the Tower novels :)

Emily Cait Nice! Can’t wait

Sure