According to stephen king, what is the purpose of horror writing?
a. to open the door at the top of the stairs

b. to magnify the 10-foot bug or other horror

c. to reverse the fall from womb to tomb

d. to temporarily free the imagination

The correct answer is D.) To temporarily free the imagination

the reform movements that arose during the antebellum period in america focused on specific issues: temperance, abolishing imprisonment for debt, pacifism, antislavery, abolishing capital punishment, amelioration of prison conditions (with prison's purpose reconceived as rehabilitation rather than punishment), the humane treatment of animals, the humane and just treatment of native americans, the establishment of public institutions for the care of the destitute, orphans, blind, and mentally ill, the establishment of public schools, the abolition of tobacco use, vegetarianism, health reform, homeopathic medicine, woman's rights (including, at first, especially the establishment of a woman's right to own property apart from her husband and her right to sue for divorce), and the amelioration of labor conditions (including higher pay, the right to form unions, the right to strike, and the demand for limits on the number of work hours, and safe working conditions).

explanation:

c. the king has significantly abused the colonists' rights many times over a long period of time.