31 pages 1 hour read

Stephen King

Quitters Inc.

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1978

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Essay Topics

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Content Warning: This section refers to addiction.

King is known for his use of evocative sensory language. How does he use the senses to convey the experience of addiction and recovery in this story?

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Despite cursing Jimmy McCann as a “Judas” for referring him to Quitters, Inc., Morrison gives a former colleague the company’s business card and tells him that Quitters, Inc. changed his life. How would you account for this change of character?

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What role does Alvin, Morrison’s son, play in the story? Specifically, how does Morrison’s attitude toward his son characterize the protagonist?