Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption

Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
Stephen King
1982

Stephen King uses many different rhetorical strategies when attempting to draw his audience into his tale. The first of these strategies is different types of metaphors and similes. Stephen King compares such large concepts to small routine hobbies. For example, Andy worked with his tiny tool to slowly carve away an eight foot hole through the wall so he could carve his way to freedom. The tool represents his key to the doors of the prison so he may escape and find a path that leads him to ultimate freedom.
A second rhetorical strategy that Stephen King uses is imagery. Stephen Kings imagery I believe is the key to his story. He completly describes and shows his story in a 3-D sense. King neatly describes people from their dirty nails to their unkept hair. This imagery allows for the audience to understand what the book looks like and then it gives the reader a better feel for the setting. Once the setting of the book is clearly set into the audiences mind, they can fully comlete thier analysis of the characters and the complications of the book. Imagery is Stephen Kings primary way to draw in his audience because he presents a book that identifies with all of the senses a human can have.