Questions tagged [carrie]
Questions about 'Carrie' (1974), Stephen King's first published novel. Use this tag with the tag [stephen-king].
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Symbolism of Billy Nolan in Carrie
Billy Nolan is a resentful, vindictive and abusive teenager who supplies Chris Hargensen with Pig blood for a prank that occurs within Stephen King's story Carrie. In it, King writes several passages ...
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Who are the Corlies of Arizona?
In Part I of Carrie, Stephen King writes:
Like Flatlands Society, the Rosicrucians, or the Corlies of Arizona, who are positive that the atomic bomb does not work, these unfortunates are flying in ...
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What does this sentence from Carrie mean?
In Part I of Carrie, Stephen King writes:
And when she talks of Carrie White her face takes on an odd pinched look that is more like Lovecraft out of Arkham than Kerouac out of Southern Cal.
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Who was (were?) the inspiration for Carrie?
The Wikipedia article on Stephen King's Carrie says that Carrie is based on two girls in King's schools. It has this quote, with a "citation needed" attached:
She was a very peculiar girl ...
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