Before they even pick up a pen, novelists are tasked with making a point in their book. Book readers often look for something specific when they pick up a novel: supernatural elements, a love story, or anything else. Having something "different" in a world where the same story is told over and over helps, but what makes a novel successful is how relatable it is to readers. A theme cannot be told if the reader is unable to associate with the characters and situations with which the author is almost forced to set the story. One such author is Stephen King, whose real experiences and huge amount of brand labels give him credibility in his writings, making him one of the most popular modern writers of recent decades. Novelist Stephen King demonstrates the theme of intolerance seen in his book Carrie through the use of elements such as characters, setting, and diction. The diction King's novels took on was unintentional to begin with. King began writing novels with horror elements or completely based on the attention that other horror novels such as Ira Levin's Rosemary's Baby and Wlliam P. Blatty's The Exorcist had received after many of his naturalistic novels had been rejected (Keyishian 30). With this, King's novels moved from romantic prose to straightforward pacing and characterization. King begins the teaching in his book On Writing by teaching not to limit yourself to a manual of writing in a certain way, but to simply write and see what structure comes from it (McCrillis). The change in his writing comes from many factors, but most comes from letting structure take its course; not to write as his vision saw it in advance, but to let the writing... in the center of the paper... that King's characters are so thick that teachers only worried about them when it was too late. Along with the traditional trappings of a fairy tale plot, there is also the heroine who fights the battles and problems placed before her to become master of her own kingdom, thus having the ability to govern her own life - just as Carrie White was in able to do. (Winter 33). The theme of intolerance is shown through all of these points in King's writings and more. Readers feel Carrie's pain and accept it as their own. They remember numerous moments in their lives when they were hurt just like she was. They may also try to reflect on points of view different from their own after seeing what happened to both Carrie and those around her. What King actually manages to do to showcase his themes is create a novel that gives readers exactly what they know. The scariest part of life is reality.