Bullying has always existed among children, whether a child stole another 's toy, or pushed him off of a swing. Of course an adult scolds them, they apologize, and everyone moves on. But, does that truly help the victim? Does Carrie White ever truly feel better or safe? The world has evolved so much overtime, yet there are still lessons to learn from Carrie. Stephen King introduces readers to a world of supernatural beliefs, social injustice, and the evil within oneself which influenced the making of the brilliant Carrie.
Learning about King’s life will help readers better understand the inspiration behind Carrie. On September 21st, 1947, Stephen King was born in Portland, Maine (Magistrale 137). As a child, King was a clumsy, awkward loner
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The most perfervid relationship between King and Carrie White is the occurrence of evil coming from within oneself. As a victim of harassment, Carrie has built up resentment against the town of Chamberlain. Carrie White has experienced physical and verbal persecution her entire life. As a final act, Chris Hargensen and her boyfriend, Billy Nolan, slaughtered a local pig and collected the blood in a bucket. Later on, Billy snuck in and set up the perfect contraption to ruin Carrie’s dream prom night. Only bonding over cruel jokes, Chris was scared “when it was done, the glue that had held them together would be thin and might dissolve, leaving them to wonder how to could have been in the first place” (King 163). Having a relationship so twisted, and solely based on evil is dangerously unstable. By oneself, they have an internal struggle to do good. Consequently, having a relationship based off of evil acts is harmful to everyone. Critics believes King creates a “group of people who must make moral decisions that will impact on their fates” (Davis 85). One chooses his fate based on his choices. The choice of friends/relationships is a major influence on one 's future: “Sue was throwing them too, throwin and chanting with the rest, not really sure what she was doing” (King 9). She was doing the same as her friends since they were her friends. Sue herself may be good inside, but she was weak and let evil overcome the goodness inside of her. “The potential for King’s characters to produce acts of good or evil is always dependent on the individual’s ability to control his or her selfish impulses” (Magistrale 145). One is never forced to act on evil, it 's one’s choice. “There were dark things lumbering around their warm circle of light. The idea that she had let him f*** her...simply because he was Popular” (King 53). Sue made the choice on her own to lose her virginity to him. “The reasons many of King’s characters choose to ignore their intuition is that they have