Stephen King Courage Quotes

The classic 1976 film adaptation of Stephen King's novel Carrie overlaps and intersects themes typical of the high school genre such as sexuality, bullying, loneliness, angst, and rebellion with supernatural elements, family dysfunctionality, and religion. As a result of the abuse Carrie White is subjected to by her religious and extremist mother Margaret, she is victimized by her peers and authority figures, and when she finally lashes out, she becomes a monster. Therefore, Carrie’s monstrosity was created by her mother. The monstrous element, according to Wells, “… is usually an interrogation of the amorphous nature of evil, or an address of the limits of the human condition; physically, emotionally, and psychologically.” Carrie’s outburst is the result of her reaching the limit of abuse she is willing to accept.

Cinderella is best known as the children’s Disney movie. It is the one with the glass slipper, the charming prince, the evil stepmother, and the magic. It is a fairy tale where they all lived “happily ever after,” like most fairy tales do end. However, not all fairy tales end the way most children’s books and movies seem to. This fairy tale ends with a dead Prince Charming, a dead murderous stepmother, the ball ablaze in the background of a disaster, and the main character found dead in the street.

When seeing the title “The Fat Girl” by Andre Dubus, I assumed it to be another story about a fat girl who would be depressed and insecure about her size. However, as I started reading, I learned that Louise, the fat girl, was not ashamed of herself and I became interested because my assumption was wrong. All the conflict about her size came from her mother and other relatives or friends. The title itself tells what the entire story is about. The entire story is about the life of “the fat girl”.

This Halloween, I went and saw Carrie The Musical at the Brunish Theatre in downtown Portland. I was seated near the front row, so I was able to be very close to the actors. All the actors seemed very confident on the stage; their motions were swift and steady, and their voices were loud enough for everyone in the audience to hear. The music was composed by Academy Award winner Michael Gore, and the lyrics were written by Academy Award winner Dean Pitchford.

A common issue surrounding many people’s day to day lives is their weight. Does weight define us as our identity or is it just a way to characterize someone? Discussed in Andre Dubus’, “The Fat Girl,” he writes about a woman named Louise who is overly engulfed about her appearance to the point of it being a psychological issue. Her issues originate from the input of her mother’s thoughts and later on is overly pressed by her friend, then soon her husband. During the story, Louise misunderstands that her struggles and issues are not from her weight, but from her inner thoughts and mind caused by her inner group.

In the short story Norma by Sonia Sanchez, Sonia is in middle school. She does not have a very good math teacher, Mr. Castor, who does not really help his students. Sonia loves french class, but one day Norma snapped at the teacher and left the room. Sonia kind of look up to Norma, so after she did not like french, Sonia started to dislike french class. Which is sad because that was one of Norma’s favorite classes.

According to Mark Twain, "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear.” Courage is what Charlie displays over and over in the book Jasper Jones. In the book Jasper Jones, Jasper and Charlie Bucktin find a dead girl in the forest and if anyone finds the body they will think it was Jasper. That is because Jasper is the town trouble maker. So now Charlie and Jasper must find the killer.

As J.K Rowling always said, “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up for our friends.” Rikki Tikki is an example of this quote, because he needed bravery to fight Karait, Nag, and Nagaina. But he needed the same amount of bravery to stand up FOR his friends. If he didn’t love the inhabitants of the garden, he wouldn’t of even thought to save them. Although mongeese are curious, he wouldn’t of gone out of his way to save quite a lot of lives from a deadly snake, because then this moral would be the consequences of not helping when someone needs it most.

Legally Blonde and “Shotgun Wedding” are very different stories; though both discuss women who change themselves for men. Carrie changes herself from a fat loser girl who loves cheesesteaks, to a successful beautiful skinny stereotype. As soon as Carrie becomes like this, she finds her fiancé Brian. Elle changes herself by pushing to become smarter so she can get into Harvard. Elle does this to win back her (ex)boyfriend Warner.

Have you ever found courage to stand up to someone whose decision could change your life? Well, several characters in the book Sarah’s Key by Tatiana De Rosnay have. Some had to find courage in situations we could never imagine. Throughout the book Sarah’s Key, Tatiana De Rosnay portrays the theme of courage, shown through Julia and her husband’s issues, as well as Sarah and her bravery to stand up against a French guard. Courage is also shown through Jules and Geneviève when they keep Sarah and Rachel in their home with the risk of being caught by the Nazis.

Protagonist: Carrie Pilby, a 19 year old prodigy Antagonist: Carrie Pilby, she has many self conflicts throughout about her morals Plot: Carrie is a genius Harvard alumni. However, her social skills are inadequate, so she has to complete a list of tasks to better her life.

The film Heathers follows a teen getting caught up in what she at first thinks as the downfalls of everyday high school, until she meets a boy who shows her a much darker perspective. The film takes you on a wild ride through characters who suffer from antisocial personality disorders to social traps of how one acts around others. Through the characters JD and Veronica, a wide range of psychology is displayed. From his lack of empathy and moral character, JD shows signs of an extreme case of antisocial personality disorder.