In their sophomore year, on the first day back after Christmas vacation, she came to school wearing newly fashionable clothes with a trendy hairstyle — but the bullying and teasing never stopped.
“Carrie,” Mr. King’s first published novel, was released 50 years ago, in 1974.
Many things have changed in the half-century since Mr. King’s novel was published, yet Carrie White remains a strikingly relevant and highly relatable figure.
“Not really, not at the subconscious level where savage things grow.” I was hooked.
What did Mr. King mean by “savage things?” I didn’t realize then that I would spend so much of my adult life thinking about this very question.
Persons:
” Stephen King’s, Dodie Franklin, “, ” Mr, King, “ Carrie, King’s, Carrie ”, Brian De Palma, Chloë Grace Moretz, Carrie White
Organizations:
Riverdale
Locations:
Riverdale ”, Sri Lanka