Abstract This research paper analyzes two books by author Stephen King, "The Mist" and "The Stand". These books differ from King's usual style of drawing his themes from the supernatural. The paper shows how these particular books demonstrate King's view of technology and religion as a source of horror in these modern times.
From the Paper ""The Mist" and "The Stand" provide excellent examples of the fears that can be generated by technology. In both stories, military technology is responsible for the destruction of nature and human life (Egan 53). In ?The Mist,? the Arrowhead Project is a secret military project that creates destruction. In this story, a strange mist with carnivorous creatures unknown to man takes over a small town in Maine. The story suggests that the Arrowhead Project is responsible for the mist. One of the characters, Ollie Weeks, suggests that the military was experimenting with high-intensity lasers and masers. Ollie stated, "That storm. Maybe it knocked something loose up there [. . . ] suppose they ripped a hole straight through into another dimension" (King 102; ch. 8)".
