"Carrie"

Paper Summary:

A teenager past or present--cannot help but commiserate with "Carrie" by Stephen King. Like to admit it or not, everyone has experienced some of the teasing, embarrassment and frustration that this protagonist, the main character of the story, has to endure. This paper shows how it is the ability to closely relate to Carrie that makes the story so real and that ropes the reader into the plot from the very beginning to the gruesome end. Who, the paper asks, cannot root for Cinderella in her fight against the evil stepsisters? The paper also refers to other storytellers who used the theme of revenge of the downtrodden in their novels, including Charles Brockden Brown's "Wieland" and works by Edward Allen Poe.

From the Paper:

"Unlike most of King's other novels, Carrie has a positive resolution. At the end of the book, we find our beliefs about the supernatural are justified. A telekinesis gene does exist. Despite the massive body count and property destruction, people must admit the existence of the paranormal and agree to screen newborns for the gene so their talent can be channeled into something less destructive. And maybe, just maybe, people will become more humane and not taunt others for being different."

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