Perspectives

This part of the study guide will help you put “Suffer the Little Children” by Stephen King in perspective by outlining aspects related to literary genre, works by the same author, and similar works.

Literary genre

The story belongs to the genre of horror or suspense literature. The horror genre refers to fiction designed to inspire feelings of fear, dread, repulsion, and terror.

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Works by the same author

If you want to further explore horror fiction and Stephen King’s style of writing we encourage you to read the short stories “The Boogeyman” and “The Man Who Loved Flowers”.

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Works with the same theme

To see how other literary works explore fear, insanity, and versions of reality, we recommend that you also read stories like “The Signal-Man” by Charles Dickens,...

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