Tone
In “Carrie” by Stephen King, the writer uses angry diction and an scared tone to show her relationship with the other girls. Specifically he makes the character’s thoughts show her emotion through short, but brutal, sentences to show the tone. In the excerpt Carrie thinks, “...she knew that they would know how she felt. They always did. They would embarrass her somehow, push her savagely back into clowndom. it was their way.”(47-48 King) In this part of the story she shows how she’s alone and fearful, because she referred as the other girls as, “they.” Not even saying a, “but,” or an, “except.” This makes her feel excluded, scared, and by herself. The diction and tone shows the exclusion of herself from everyone else, and how she feels alone and different.
In, “Carrie” by Stephen King, the writer uses a deep synonym to show the true image of characters. Specifically King compares a person’s vulnerability to show another person’s dark side.. In the story, a character named Sue Snell says, “Looking at Chris was like looking through a slanted doorway to a place where Carrie White crouched with hands over her head.(86)” This shows Chris’ dark side, because Sue is referring to all of the times Chris bullied Carrie. Showing Carrie sad by saying she's “crouched with hands over her head.” Must refer to the most recent bullying of Carrie when Chris was making fun of Carrie not knowing what a period is, and throwing tissues and other things at her while laughing. It shows somewhat of a flashback to what happened to Carrie in the girl’s locker room.
Figurative Language
In, “Carrie” by Stephen King, the author uses a dark symbol to show the phases in her life. In other words she uses symbolism to show a trio of great emotion that led to a dark end. In the story Stephen King writes in the beginning of the book, “More droplets of blood. Carrie still blinked around her classmates in bewilderment.”(8) Then King also writes, “ They were drenched. Carrie got the worst...I said: ‘My God, that’s blood!’(198-199) Finally King writes, “And suddenly vented itself in one howling cheated scream. As she felt the slow course of dark menstrual blood go down her thighs.” These dark events all have to do with blood, which was the main symbol of this book. All of these events tied with Carrie and her powers, but it greatly influenced the emotion of the book. In the first event Carrie is vulnerable since she doesn't know what a period is, and is then made fun of it. The second time blood was involved she felt anger and revenge. Finally the third event shows the despair and sadness of Carrie killing everyone, and Sue in the middle of a field escaping it all while having her period showing a parallel episode. This symbol has shown the very dark sides, and shows that the figurative language greatly emphasizes the emotion and feeling in this book.
In the story, “Carrie” Stephen King uses a slightly bright and naive tone to show the few bright moments in the story. In other words the author uses a nice and bright tone to show a very heartwarming part in the story. In the book Stephen King writes, “But he saw for the first time( because it was the first time he had really looked) that she was far from repulsive.(100)” This shows that Tommy actually thinks that Carrie is not ugly at all, but kind of cute. The writer shows the tone by using the parenthesis thought bubble to show how naive he is then he makes the character describe Carrie in a somewhat humorous way. Giving a bright feeling to the story. It describes that maybe Tommy that he is somewhat attracted to Carrie, and Sue telling him to ask her to the prom isn’t a bad thing at all.
In “Carrie” by Stephen King, the writer uses angry diction and an scared tone to show her relationship with the other girls. Specifically he makes the character’s thoughts show her emotion through short, but brutal, sentences to show the tone. In the excerpt Carrie thinks, “...she knew that they would know how she felt. They always did. They would embarrass her somehow, push her savagely back into clowndom. it was their way.”(47-48 King) In this part of the story she shows how she’s alone and fearful, because she referred as the other girls as, “they.” Not even saying a, “but,” or an, “except.” This makes her feel excluded, scared, and by herself. The diction and tone shows the exclusion of herself from everyone else, and how she feels alone and different.
In, “Carrie” by Stephen King, the writer uses a deep synonym to show the true image of characters. Specifically King compares a person’s vulnerability to show another person’s dark side.. In the story, a character named Sue Snell says, “Looking at Chris was like looking through a slanted doorway to a place where Carrie White crouched with hands over her head.(86)” This shows Chris’ dark side, because Sue is referring to all of the times Chris bullied Carrie. Showing Carrie sad by saying she's “crouched with hands over her head.” Must refer to the most recent bullying of Carrie when Chris was making fun of Carrie not knowing what a period is, and throwing tissues and other things at her while laughing. It shows somewhat of a flashback to what happened to Carrie in the girl’s locker room.
Figurative Language
In, “Carrie” by Stephen King, the author uses a dark symbol to show the phases in her life. In other words she uses symbolism to show a trio of great emotion that led to a dark end. In the story Stephen King writes in the beginning of the book, “More droplets of blood. Carrie still blinked around her classmates in bewilderment.”(8) Then King also writes, “ They were drenched. Carrie got the worst...I said: ‘My God, that’s blood!’(198-199) Finally King writes, “And suddenly vented itself in one howling cheated scream. As she felt the slow course of dark menstrual blood go down her thighs.” These dark events all have to do with blood, which was the main symbol of this book. All of these events tied with Carrie and her powers, but it greatly influenced the emotion of the book. In the first event Carrie is vulnerable since she doesn't know what a period is, and is then made fun of it. The second time blood was involved she felt anger and revenge. Finally the third event shows the despair and sadness of Carrie killing everyone, and Sue in the middle of a field escaping it all while having her period showing a parallel episode. This symbol has shown the very dark sides, and shows that the figurative language greatly emphasizes the emotion and feeling in this book.
In the story, “Carrie” Stephen King uses a slightly bright and naive tone to show the few bright moments in the story. In other words the author uses a nice and bright tone to show a very heartwarming part in the story. In the book Stephen King writes, “But he saw for the first time( because it was the first time he had really looked) that she was far from repulsive.(100)” This shows that Tommy actually thinks that Carrie is not ugly at all, but kind of cute. The writer shows the tone by using the parenthesis thought bubble to show how naive he is then he makes the character describe Carrie in a somewhat humorous way. Giving a bright feeling to the story. It describes that maybe Tommy that he is somewhat attracted to Carrie, and Sue telling him to ask her to the prom isn’t a bad thing at all.