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The Red Room is a significant scene in the novel I’m the King of the Castle because it shows a more complex understanding about the unfriendly relationship between Hooper and Kingshaw. In this passage Hooper and Kingshaw explore the forbidden Red Room, while they are in there Hooper intends to manipulate the scared Kingshaw into handling some of the dead moths his grandfather collected;

In this scene the power of Hooper can be found when it says, “Are you scared of dead things?” which suggests that to him being scared of death is unnatural and also reflects his dispassionate disinterested personality and gives us the sense that he cherishes dead things. Also it can be found when it says: “Yes, but you can’t touch them, can you. You’ve got to touch them.” This shows us that he has a morbid fascination and reflects his desire to gain power; he touches dead things as a way of transmitting that he has defeated them. The scene also shows the power of Hooper over Kingshaw: …show more content…

The quote “He thought suddenly of the figures of men, hiding out there, watching him, lying in wait” shows the reader that Kingshaw is highly unstable and paranoid; it is also a strong image that draws attention to Kingshaw’s fear of the unknown, which is ironic because Kingshaw craves maturity but in this extract is seen as child

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