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Title : Iam Legend by Richard Matheson ( 1995 ) Richard Matheson was born in Allendale, New Jersey to Norwegian immigrant parents, Matheson was raised in Brooklyn and graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School in 1943. He then entered the military and spent World War II as an infantry soldier. In 1949 he earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri and moved to California in 1951. He married in 1952 and has four children, three of whom (Chris, Richard Christian, and Ali Matheson) are writers of fiction and screenplays.
The Night Strangler (1973) Bid Time Return (1975); filmed as Somewhere in Time and subsequently reprinted under that title What Dreams May Come (1978); filmed as What Dreams May Come Earthbound (editorially abridged version published under the pseudonym "Logan Swanson", 1982; restored text published under Matheson's own name, 1989) Journal of the Gun Years (1992) The Gunfight (1993) 7 Steps to Midnight (1993) Shadow on the Sun (1994) Now You See It... (1995) The Memoirs of Wild Bill Hickock (1996) The Path: A New Look at Reality (1999)
Passion Play (2000) Hunger and Thirst (2000) Camp Pleasant (2001) Abu and the 7 Marvels (2002) Hunted Past Reason (2002) Come Fygures, Come Shadowes (2003) Woman (2006) Other Kingdoms (2011) Genre : Horor 159 Pages
Richard Matheson
The difficulty of the language is not difficult because Richard Matheson use common language which easy to understand and easy to find in other book or sometimes movie. Third Person point of View
Exposition: The Beginning Outside the howled and Pummeled the door, shouting his name in a paroxysm of jury. Rising Action: Introduction of the Problem or Conflict A mutated strain of a virus used in germ warfare is what turns the whole world into vampires -- all except Neville. 3.Climax: The High Point When his dog died
Climax: The High Point He goes through serious bouts of depression -- especially when he listens to the taunts of the vampires nightly from within his fortified house. He has no companionship of any kind -- not even a dog. He drinks heavily and constantly laments the passing of his wife and daughter who fell victim to the vampire plague. Falling Action: Winding Down When ruth come and accompany him and say about the survive society. Resolution: The End Robert nevile come to the new society after he can kill all vampire and he become a legend.
I really enjoy this book because. Because although the book about a zombie but the Robert neville struggle very interesting how he spent his live by him self and until he meet Ruth. I have read another book but I would and I really recommend to you to read this book.
In this book i really interesting with Robert Nevile because he is a strong person he never stop struggel to find the medicine of the pandemic although he should do it by himself.