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Childhood Innocence In The Body By Stephen King

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Stephen King’s The Body is a novella that well represents children coming to terms with the importance of childhood innocence. The story takes place in the 1960s in the fictional town Castle Rock, Maine. A young man named Ray Brower disappears and presumed dead. The main character Gordie Lechance and his three friends, Chris Chambers, Vern Tessio, and Teddy Duchamp set out to find the body; telling their parents that they are going camping. During the course of the trip Gordie explains how he and his friends have come from dysfunctional families. Gordie’s brother was killed in a car accident and since then his parents have ignored him. Chris is abused by his father and his teachers believe he is a bad seed because of his family’s criminal past.
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