Timeless Carrie issues

**Denise Marsden** · August 27th, 2009

Just re read Carrie, facinated by how yet again SKs timeless magic applies .Carrie first captivated me because I related to being bullied at school,I also had a religious fanatic for a grandfather who lived with us from my age 10 to 15 .He would quote the scriptures at me much of the time in a very victorian way.Thankfully I didn't nail him to the wall with kitchen knive though I was often tempted,my love for him got in the way.

**fairy76** · August 27th, 2009

Carrie was my 1st SK book. I was in the 7th grade! From then I read all I could get my hands on, and she is definitly a character I revisit at least once a year

**MrsMarsten** · September 15th, 2009

a book i can read repeatedly and always find something i missed.

**Breger3** · September 28th, 2009

I too love Carrie cause I can also relate to her.

When I first read it as a teenager I could totally identify with Carrie. I was picked on through out my childhood, many many times. (Although thankfully not to the extent Carrie was) I never had the best clothes, had a different home life, and I wanted to fit in desperatly. My grandma is pretty into her religion, but Margaret makes her look like a heathen...lol. I so wished to be friends with Carrie or to have her powers and the two of us could go around the world smitting bullies. LOL!

Now when I read it, I still identify with Carrie, and want to help her so much. BUT I can also feel a LITTLE bit of compassion for Margaret. The woman is off her rocker, don't get me wrong, she has MAJOR issues, but I truely feel that she wants the best for Carrie, that she's trying to protect her in her own strange way. Maybe I'm off on that, but as a mom of a girl who is overweight and has Autism I just want to sheild her from everything, so I'm wondering if that's what Margaret was trying to do.

I do think this is something every Freshman, or Middle Schooler should read, as a warning against bullying.

**ScarecrowJoe** · September 28th, 2009

okay, you doods have convinced me. i'm gonna read it next. i found a copy at burpee's this weekend. just need to save up a little more cash to get it.

**pixiedark** · September 28th, 2009

I also identified with Carrie when I was a teenager. I was picked on and bullied when I was in junior high and high school.
This book also influenced me by making me not want to shower in public school. When I read about then saw the infamous shower scene, I decided I would quit school if they made us take showers in gym class! (Thankfully, my school did not do this.)

**MadamMack** · September 28th, 2009

Originally Posted by ScarecrowJoe

okay, you doods have convinced me. i'm gonna read it next. i found a copy at burpee's this weekend. just need to save up a little more cash to get it.

Good choice Joe! Burpee's has it all, huh?

**ScarecrowJoe** · September 28th, 2009

i think the guy probably has nuclear weapons back there if you dig far enough. if he doesn't have it, it isn't worth buying, that's what he says.

**nikkij124** · September 28th, 2009

I first watched the movie carrie years ago i thought it was the best horror i had ever seen i was wrong the book was ten times better

I was never really bullied at school. im the youngest child of four ive got three brothers two of them are twins who were 15 when i was born the other was 13 so my bullies lived in my home

i would have loved the powers carrie had my brothers wouldnt have known what hit them lol