Stephen Edwin King was the son of Donald King and Ruth Pillsbury-King. He was born September 21, 1947 in Portland, Maine. Stephen's father, Donald, abandoned the family when Stephen was very young. Stephen grew up with his hard-working mother and older brother, David. Stephen and his family moved around a lot throughout his childhood, but eventually settled in Durham, Maine when Stephen was eleven. Stephen was a student at Durham Grammar School, and he continued his education at Lisbon Falls High School and graduated in 1966. Throughout his school years, Stephen was an introverted child. He read many fantasy fiction and horror comic books and novels, and enjoyed watching science fiction and monster movies in his free time. Stephen wrote many short stories while he was in high school and even won an essay competition. In addition to his studies, Stephen played on his high school football team and was part of a band called the MoonSpinners. After high school, Stephen went to the University of Maine to major in English. While in college, Stephen took many writing classes and continued to write his stories. He also wrote a column in the University newspaper. He tried to earn money from his writing, but since he earned a small income for his short stories, he also had to do other odd jobs. He earned a bachelor's degree in English from the university in 1970. After graduating from college, Stephen married Tabitha Spruce with whom he went on to have three children and he began teaching at Hampden Academy. In 1973, Stephen's first novel, Carrie, was published. So Stephen left his teaching job to become a full-time author. Stephen has published numerous works since 1973. Stephen King had a modern writing style. He...... in the middle of paper ...... taking care of himself. The day before Thanksgiving, Louis took Rachel and the kids to the airport to fly to Chicago to see his parents. Louis did not want to go because he did not have a good relationship with his father-in-law, Irwin Goldman. When Louis and Rachel first got engaged, Irwin offered to pay for Louis' college education if he left Rachel. This left a bad taste in Louis' mouth and he refused to break up with Rachel, so since then Irwin and Louis had a bad relationship. On Thanksgiving, Louis went across the street to eat with Jud and Norma. After eating, he went home and fell asleep. He woke up to the sound of the phone ringing, and when he answered it was Jud on the other end. Jud told Louis he found a dead cat in his yard and he thought it was Church. Louis rushed to see that it was really Church, and he was worried about how to tell Ellie..