Olivia Eiken
November 16th, 2017
ENGL:1200:0040
Lauren Abunassar
The Tale of the Misconceived Innocent Girl
Ever felt misunderstood or often felt misconceived? In the book Carrie, Stephen King writes about a young teenage girl named Carrie White who was constantly ridiculed and made fun for being different throughout her life by her peers. The rejection she experienced by them along with the abuse of her aggressively religious mother often led to paranormal circumstances, triggered by her TK (telekinesis). This eventually led to the death of hundreds, including her mother, peers and herself. Some people may think that Carrie was the spawn of satan, as her mother put it. Then again, others might say that she was just a normal, unpopular, misconceived
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Those who think that Carrie used her powers for evil are completely wrong. Even her own mother, who high religious views were very prevalent in the novel, had pre-conceived beliefs that Carrie was the product of sin and should have been killed at birth. "You spawn of the Devil," she whispered. "Why was I so cursed?" (King 56). Margaret, Carrie’s mother, even once wrote a letter to her own mother, whom she had left because she was living a life full of sin, explaining that she was married and living "sinlessly, without the Curse of Intercourse." (King 60). "Devil's child," she moaned. "Devil's child, Satan spawn" (King 97). But Carrie was conceived later that year when her mother, was raped... by her own husband. Because that happened she thought that Carrie was a punishment from God, and therefore, the spawn of Satan. Contrary to popular belief, Carrie really was not the spawn of Satan, even though her witch of a mother thought she had a reason to be titled that. She was just a misunderstood girl whose upbringing led her to be looked at as not very normal in means of society. To make matters worse, her mother wasn't the least bit normal. Many instances in the book showed how she would lock Carrie up in a closet …show more content…
She did it because she had been the object of every prank throughout her life, and she finally had enough. Carrie is the story of a girl who has been the odd one all her life, the misfit, the picked on loser. Carrie was left at the bad end of every cruel joke, the object of any malicious prank. We first see this in the opening scene of the book, all the girls are in the showers after gym class and Carrie is the last to leave the showers. When she comes out, she has blood running down her leg, which we know is from her period. When all the girls in the showers nearby her see this occurring and circle her and start chanting "PER-iod, PER-iod, PER-iod!" (King 7). The use of capital letters along with separating the word period into two shows the genuine cohesiveness of all the girls bullying carrying and how aggressive they were being towards her. When they started throwing tampons at her, "They flew like snow and the chant became: "Plug it up, plug it up, plug it up, plug it-"" (King 8). This just furthers the argument of how cruel people were to Carrie. As we all know, Chris Hargenson was always the worst one of all the people who picked on Carrie. She would just do uncalled for malicious things from the get go, like call Carrie and ask her if she knew pip poop was spelled like C-A-R-R-I-E. Chris is the girl whom had the idea to dump pigs blood onto Carrie at
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results” a quote that sums up humanity’s unchanged love for horror movies. Over the years, as millions of people have watched horror movies the graphics, special effects, and sounds have changed for the better. While scenes have intensified yet remained the same someone gets stabbed, butchered or killed violently. It’s hard to imagine how anyone in their right mind could choose to see such violent acts. Which is the reason why Stephen Kings say’s “I think we’re all mentally ill; those of us outside the asylums only hide it a little better- and maybe not all that much better after all” (405). That sentence provides us with his twisted example of “Why we crave Horror Movies” claiming it’s mainly a matter of our mental state. King includes examples of reasons people continue to go, he says it’s to have fun, to dare the nightmare, and to re-establish our sense of normalcy. Kings arguments within this essay are strong enough to prove his thesis making this a well written essay. He easily convinces normal people that they are mentally ill, with his use of analogy’s, comparisons, and logos. Stephen King’s use of practical wisdom leads his audience to believe that without horror films, humans are all emotional ticking time bombs waiting to explode.
Every person has different personalities that they develop during different stages in life. Many personalities start with parents and how they educate their children. That is the basis of who someone is. Once you get older you start to finally try and figure out who you are. High school can be either the best or the worst place to figure it out. High school is usually thought of a new scary place when starting freshmen year. There are kids who will be older and you will meet different types of people that you might have never met before. The way parents treat their kids can affect their school life. Meaning that if student’s lives at home are not good living conditions that can cause a gap between other students at school. The movie Carrie made in 1976, Carrie was bullied at school but also in way by the hands of her mother who also bullied her at home.
Dead Man Walking is a nonfiction book written by Sister Helen Prejean which details her world of being a spiritual advisor for inmates facing the death penalty. Sister Prejean first became the spiritual advisor for Elmo Patrick Sonnier who was being executed for his role in the murder of two teenagers. After she went through the execution process with Sonnier she became the spiritual advisor for another man and became a well-known abolitionist. This piece chronicles Sister Prejean’s passage through the execution system and her experiences along the way.
While reading through Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye one notices many points of similarity between Holden and other people in the world. Much of what Salinger focuses on in the book, for example the feelings, the experiences, and Holden's wants, are things the reader can relate to and understand. In a sense, Salinger typified the heart and soul of the disillusioned teenager. Yet, it goes deeper than that. Salinger created not just a mish-mash of teenage angst but an archetype that recapitulated every teenager caught between the little games of high school and the fear of adulthood. It's for this reason that I, as with so many other teenagers, can relate to this book.
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'If you really want to know the truth, I felt sorry for the bastard.';(54) This is just one of the colorful lines that is often repeated in J.D. Salinger's The Catcher In The Rye. When the book was first released, it was considered highly controversial for its time. Many people tried to ban the reading of the book in schools. Although The Catcher In The Rye has very colorful dialogue, and deals with crude topics, it still sells over 200,000 copies annually. This is why.
In Margaret Atwood’s, The Handmaid’s Tale, women are subjected to unthinkable oppression. Practically every aspect of their life is controlled, and they are taught to believe that their only purpose is to bear children for their commander. These “handmaids” are not allowed to read, write or speak freely. Any type of expression would be dangerous to the order of the Gilead’s strict society. They are conditioned to believe that they are safer in this new society. Women are supposedly no longer exploited or disrespected (pornography, rape, etc.) as they once were. Romantic relationships are strongly prohibited because involving emotion would defeat the handmaid’s sole purpose of reproducing. Of course not all women who were taken into Gilead believed right what was happening to their way of life. Through the process of storytelling, remembering, and rebellion, Offred and other handmaids cease to completely submit to Gilead’s repressive culture.
We all have cravings, be it for snacks or sweets, there is always something we desire. We crave horror in the same way. In Stephen King’s essay, “Why We Crave Horror Movies,” he argues that people need to watch horror films in order to release the negative emotions within us. King believes that people feel enjoyment while watching others be terrorized or killed in horror movies. King’s argument has elements that are both agreeable and disagreeable. On one hand he is acceptable when claiming we like the thrill and excitement that comes from watching horror movies; however, his views regarding that the fun comes from seeing others suffer cannot be agreed with because the human condition is not as immoral as he claims it to be.
We crave horror movies simply for “the fun of it” in agreeing with Stephen King Why We Crave Horror movies. King gave multiple examples in his story as to why we crave horror movies and I can agree with just about each and every one of them. After watching a few horror movies for yourself, you will understand why it is easy to agree with King. If you have watched movies such as the 2004 movie Dawn of the Dead, The Purge, or The Conjuring you will also be able to relate to Chuck Klosterman My Zombie, Myself “Zombies are just so easy to kill.” Klostermans theory of zombies are extremely useful because it sheds insight on the difficult yet exciting problem of zombies in the real world. Klosterman’s argument that the repetition of modern life is
For example, in Lusus Naturae, the girl, who is now called “freak,” shows how she was shunned from society when she says, “It was decided that i should die. That way I would not stand in the way of my sister, I would not loom over her like a fate” (Atwood 3). Society, and even her family, feared her so immensely that they wanted her to die, so that they would not have to deal with her looks or the embarrassment of her. They want her gone. In The Lost Children of Tuam, a boy named P.J. was raised in the Tuam home because he did not have a father. “P.J. was happy enough until his teens, when he was called a ‘bastard,’ and people avoided the pew he sat in, and the girls tittered at the sight of him” (Barry 21). P.J. lived his childhood feeling as if he was a normal child, but as he grew up and began to leave the Tuam home, he was shunned and called a “bastard.” No one wanted him in their
Dawn by Octavia Butler is a feminist take on an origin story. Due to its feminist foundations Dawn interrogates how gender, individuals, and social constructions shape people 's as well as society 's creation. The story follows the "rebirth" of Lilith Iyapo in an alien world after they 'saved ' her from the nuclear apocalypse on earth. Lilith 's journey is both mental and physical. She becomes more than human physically due to Okanali enhancements and mentally beyond the constraints of human beliefs, such as that of gender and time, due to her acceptance of the Ooloi and the Oankali way of life.
Stephen King wrote a very brief essay titled "Why we Crave Horror Movies", in which he explained some of the reasons that people choose to go to horror movies to be entertained. In his essay, King goes on to explain that we as a people need horror movies as a sort of release; to feed the darker elements within all of us without having to sacrifice our humanity (also, civility). King does this by comparing people based on their levels of sanity whereas some societal "eccentricities" are completely acceptable, while some will get you thrown right into the loony bin. It’s summed up pretty well in this quote:
1966 was a turning point in American history. It was the height of the Space Race as well as the Vietnam War. In the entertainment industry, The Beatles had released the album Revolver, the show Star Trek premiered on television, and the play Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? was adapted to film. This film was controversial for several reasons, including its depiction of violence and drinking, as well as its theme of sexuality. For a movie to take on such bold scenes and topics requires other bold cinematic choices as well. These choices included casting glamorous actors and actresses in not so glamorous roles, filming in black and white as opposed to color, and using unique cinematic film shots in various scenes. The choices that the filmmakers
Danielle Steel, in her work of fiction, Mixed Blessings, has effectively used plot, setting, and theme as she weaves a powerful tale of three couples who face decisions about having children that will test, in unexpected ways, the ties that bind them as lovers, partners, and friends. Steel has used these elements to emphasize that there are people who have such a great need and love for children. In Mixed Blessings, she represents women radically and optimistically as shown by Diana Goode, Barbie Mason, and Pilar Graham, unlike the negative representation of womanhood in the movie version of her other novel, The Ring, where Kassandra feels that taking her own life would save her children and her husband from the shame of her unfaithfulness.
novel is a flashback of the events over a time period of four days. The