Stephen King's novel Carrie tells the horrific story of Carrieta White, a teen with telekinetic abilities, an extremely religious mother, and horrible relationships with her peers. Throughout the novel, Carrie's mother plays a key role in inhibiting her social development. However, when Carrie gets her period there is not stopping her growth. She becomes a new person. Her telekinetic ability improves, and she is finally able to develop her own opinions instead of relying on Momma's. Blood serves as a major theme in the novel and its symbolism can be interpreted in multiple ways. However, in disregarding whether its connections are negative or positive, blood in this novel symbolizes growth in many situations.
Blood is displayed in a variety of situations throughout the novel; from Momma's self harm, to Carrie's first menstruation, and even on prom night blood serves as a major theme. Due to the death and destruction, concluding the novel it is very easy to assume that blood in these situations is
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While her desire to be "normal" remains, she becomes more aware of who she is and her ability to be herself without judgment. These positive moments don't last for very long, but they do indirectly strengthen her telekinesis. In having such high hopes for the night Carrie becomes extremely angry when she discovers that she remains the butt of all the juvenile jokes, for her classmates have decided to dump pig's blood on her head to get revenge. This anger builds her power and in doing so she is able to stand up to her aggressors. With these acts she creates larger problems for the entire town and kills many people. King suggests that in these deaths Carrie, realizes that she is wrong and all the things she did were done in pure rage and ignorance. In the end, she realizes that she wants to regain her innocence, but at this point it is too