Children of the Corn

[michal]

To me this story is really about the ancient forces of nature, those Gods of Growth and Fertility that our ancestors used to worship, and it also echos in Wolves of the Calla.

And I also have to admit that since reading the stories I stopped jogging through the corn fields near my parents' home. Unless, of course, I feel like running very fast.

[Breger3]

I have to say I'm grateful that I don't live in a rural area. Every time I drive by a cornfield I get a chill.

[BlunkLaura]

I have to say I'm grateful that I don't live in a rural area. Every time I drive by a cornfield I get a chill.

Hah,I know THAT feeling!
Back when I first read Children of the Corn I was oh,15 or 16 years old, and was with my dad,mom,bros,etc,on the way to visit someone in Kansas.
My mom offered to let me drive ....but it was down a road competely surrouneded,closely, by cornfields that went on as far as thhe eye could see.
I drove but...let's just say I didn't drive slowly !!!!!

[Delita]

Children of the Corn was a fantastic story, though I was glad that the movie focused a lot on the kids. The trade off was that it focused very little on the relationship between Burt and Vicky. Oh well, you can't have everything. I really liked the story, and I liked the movie even though the CG was absolutely atrocious.

[Silhouette86]

CG? Are you talking about the remake? I thought the movie was good, but you can't beat the short story.

[CaptainClaudius]

I actually take a different approach: I see He Who Walks Behind The Rows as God indulging his dark side. It's a very interesting story, certainly invokes thoughts of how violent and also reverential our ancestors must have been. Finding and sustaining a balance in worshipful violence.

[Pucker]

I think it's worth remembering that the pagan gods so many of us dismiss so easily today were just as real to the people who worshiped them as your god (if you've got one) is to you. I kind of like CC's take about a god indulging his darkside. Heaven knows, the Old Testament is full of that kind of stuff and the idea of a petulant, vindictive god is readily recognizable to most folks.

[aKINGreader4ever]

I have a question, I thought the book was so much better than the movie, but what was the creature suppose to be that was in the cornfield? Was it some sand demon? I just thought this story was creepy, and I know the people in Nebraska must have hated this story. I know 1 thing, after seeing this movie I never look at cornfields the same, they R still creepy.
-K-

[cat in a bag]

the people in Nebraska must have hated this story.

I grew up in Nebraska, surrounded by cornfields (and other kinds of fields ). I thought it was cool that the story was set in Nebraska. The same with The Stand, at Mother Abigail's, and in 1922 at Wilfred's place. In fact, 1922 is now one of my absolute favorites, just because of the way the cornfields and home place were described by Sai King--it was perfect, and made me homesick and nostalgic feeling.

I always thought the creature was made of corn, the corn was there to serve him and hide him from the outside world at the same time.