Intro Paragraph: The story “The Body,” written by Stephen King, shows how 4 boys slowly start to forget about their childhood, but at the same time, it shows how the realities of adulthood comes down and crashes their imagination. In the story, there are parts that show that they are just kids being kids and not knowing any better, but there are also parts where they are just immature and are being ignorant to the consequences. Chris and Gordie soon learn to accept the realities of adulthood and the idea that they can’t go back now that they have reached so far. Later on in the story it shows how they shift from that kid inside them to a wise and reliable adult. From reading the book, it is clear that the ignorant and immature side of Chris …show more content…
In chapter 4, Vern, also known for being stupid in a naive way, has been told by a lot of people that the pennies he had buried were gone from under the front porch but he kept digging no matter what they said. Vern then hears Charlie and Billy talking about a dead body and how gross it was. Vern runs all the way to the treehouse not thinking that he would get caught and was full of excitement as he told the news to the gang. Thanks to Vern, the innocence, or mostly his naiveness, make it seem like he is still just a kid being a kid. In chapter 5, Chris and Gordie make up a plan to go see the body and think there plan will be perfect, but they should think more. They are talking 20 miles far from home and into the woods and not a playground. 20 miles of frustration and unknown features, but their plan is to say that they were bored in Vern’s back field and left to go to the forest. Those actions make it seem like they are kids, being innocent little kids, and they don’t know much of the wilderness, yet, but it seems slightly ignorant to the real dangers. In chapter 14, after the part of Chris’s wise words of wisdom, Vern, Teddy, Chris, and Gordie take a rest and eat for a little bit ,but then take a smoke. Back in the day no one really knew of the effect of smoking a cigarette and being kids who want to “grow up,” …show more content…
In chapter 13, it appears that Chris is the most mature in the group and that Gordie is in between until the end. Chris is like a leader and a parent to the gang and tells Gordie that he has to take college courses and if he doesn’t then he is a fool. Gordie seems to be a little resistant, saying that he will be with a lot of craven people and that he will stick with his friends, but Chris wants to help Gordie because his actual parents would never do anything for their only child left. Chris explains furthermore that people and friends drag you down. Chris probably wants to help Gordie, even though he is perfectly capable of taking college courses, so he can stay behind and help Vern and Teddy because they aren’t as reliable and sensible as Gordie. In chapter 15, Gordie doesn’t exactly show maturity in this part of the story, but the dream he has is like a path to adulthood. Gordie starts dreaming about Chris telling an English teacher of how the milk-money was stolen, but he tried to give it back to a TEACHER and she just used the money to buy a new skirt for herself. No one believed him and Gordie just swam away, closer to safety, just as a soft rotten hand grabs onto his leg. That hand is probably a symbol of regret and guilt for leaving Chris behind, but Gordie is awaken
Did you ever think about switching bodies with someone else? Seeing things in a different way that you will never since before? People always want switch bodies with someone else but in the book called Fight by Sherman Alexie a nonfiction novel where a fifthteen year old boy named Zits switch bodies with not just one person but, five different people to see new things and learn many thing in his new body. In the beginning of the book Zit is fifthteen years old and his mom died when he was just six years old and his dad left him when he was just born. He now an orphan who has been in twenty different foster homes and twenty-two schools living a hard life with no one there to help him out. Zits over that time has been doing really bad things like smoking crack, drinking with the homeless people, and even stealing a car and crashing it into a building. This all lead up to the worst thing that Zits had done
...olent incidences contrast in specific details and their fathers personas, both children lose their innocence and gain the experience and knowledge to question life and make logical decisions.
Christopher during the course of the text of the novel learns to disregard other people’s judgments.
People tend to views an image based on how society say it should be they tend to interpret the image on those assumption, but never their own assumptions. Susan Bordo and John Berger writes’ an argumentative essay in relation to how viewing images have an effect on the way we interpret images. Moreover, these arguments come into union to show what society plants into our minds acts itself out when viewing pictures. Both Susan Bordo and John Berger shows that based on assumptions this is what causes us to perceive an image in a certain way. Learning assumption plays into our everyday lives and both authors bring them into reality.
The boys brought wierd things and some of the things they did not know how to use them. In paragraph 32,33,34 the author says that they brought thing like cans of beans,matters,celery soda,Tootsie rolls,packet of hot dogs,pillow,and mustard.this means they need to know or ask what is good to bring for a camping trip by yourself. This proves that when you are young you are going to need to learn about camping. But you should learn about it with an adult. And ask they what to bring for a camping trip with a few friends.
As David Hufford said, in Beings Without Bodies, much of folk belief about spirits is found to be reasonable. This account is reported under his experience-centered theory. Hufford said much of the belief of spirits is reasonable as it is established on logical understanding from a person’s own experience. However, Hufford said not all beliefs are backed up by experience or even evidence. Some beliefs are made purely on faith. (Hufford p.11)
sample, but it also appeals to population and emotion. To further explain why we crave
“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.
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
Chris a sixteen year old African male enter into therapy seeking professional help. Chris grew up in an urban neighborhood in New York, together with his mother and father. Chris develop problems due to longing attention. He begins to act out, hang around with the incorrect crowd, and get into fights.
The postwar England of the twenties and thirties was the setting of Evelyn Waugh’s first satirical novels, among which was the Vile Bodies. Waugh, an author mostly known for his highly satirical fiction, published his novel Vile Bodies in 1930 right in the middle of the time-period between the Great Wars. Because of the historical evens that occupied England at that time, much of British Literature of the late 1920’s and early 1930’s was concerned with the Modernist movement, which was occupied with the idea of individualism of the young generation. Through the use of prominent and yet highly satirical characters, Waugh strives to criticize his Modernist generation for its unsuccessful movement into Modernism, both on the individual and political/institutional level. He does so by defining his type-characters as ignorant, self-centered and hypocritical in their disastrous movement toward individualism.
At the beginning of the novel, McCarthy introduces us to the Kid, who is pale and thin, and his parents. “His folks are known for hewers of wood and drawers of water but in truth his father has been a schoolmaster”, which is a fancy word for teacher (McCarthy 3). His “mother, dead these fourteen years, did incubate in her own bosom the creature who would carry her off” (McCarthy 3). The Kid can neither read nor write and he already has the taste for violence.
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.
Authors who struggle with addictions oftentimes have an influence that authors without an addiction would not have. F. Scott Fitzgerald was a popular author during the 1920’s and his struggle with alcoholism was later known to have influenced his writing and character’s actions. Stephen King is a modern day author who is well-known for his horror-themed literature that was heavily influenced by his many addictions. Together, both of these authors are able to provide evidence that supports the claim that addiction influences an author’s writing. Addictions influence an author’s literature through representation in the author's characters and the ability to escape traumas and insecurities.
There are many relationships that you can find in the book The Body of Christopher Creed. I think one of the main ones is the relationship with Creed and his parents. From what I got from the book it seems like they had a love hate relationship. He had a strict life and couldn’t do much. His father wasn’t involved much in his life. That is probably part of the reason he disappeared. Whether he died or just ran away his home life had a part in it. That’s why that relationship in the book is so important.