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Stephen Devine
Eng 102 D
Fall, 06
The Lizard King:
Jim Morrison


“There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors.�



Jim Morrison was an American poet who played a major role in the revolution of rock music in the U.S. throughout the late sixties and part of the seventies. His music has influenced millions and changed the way that people looked at rock as a whole. His poetry, often written under the influence of mind-altering substances captured the minds of his listeners allowing his vivid imagery to be displayed in every piece of music he wrote.
Born in Melborne, Florida in 1943 as the son of Stephen and Clara Morrison, Jim, along with his two younger siblings, lived under the harsh command of his parents and was often subject to his father’s military-style discipline know as “dressing down�. “This consisted of yelling and berating Jim and his siblings until they were reduced to tears and acknowledged their......

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