The Book Carrie

**meg007** · March 14th, 2011

I have a question for all of you Carrie fans. How is the book Carrie, a reflection of the time in which the author, Stephen King, lived?

**GNTLGNT** · March 16th, 2011

I'm just a a few years younger than King, and believe me-it's an accurate reflection of life in that time...as is any novel he writes-his accuracy of societal detail is a gift...and if you're writing a paper-you really should read the novel...

**king family fan** · March 16th, 2011

I found it to be a wonderful novel.

**Seb Shaw** · March 16th, 2011

Originally Posted by GNTLGNT

I'm just a a few years younger than King, and believe me-it's an accurate reflection of life in that time...as is any novel he writes-his accuracy of societal detail is a gift...and if you're writing a paper-you really should read the novel...

Very true, It's a gift.
If you are writing a paper, you will benefit in many ways from reading Carrie

**Pucker** · March 16th, 2011

Two things:

1) It's more a reflection on adolescence itself than any particular period in time and . . .

2) Do your own homework!

**motocop** · March 16th, 2011

Shame on you for trying to gain info from fans for a report. If you must know though, when Carrie was built by the North Central Positronics Corporation it was a time in Stephens life where he was really into robots. So as far as I could tell it was a story about the future. Very Carl Saganish. Hope that helped.

**blunthead** · March 16th, 2011

Originally Posted by meg007

I have a question for all of you Carrie fans. How is the book Carrie, a reflection of the time in which the author, Stephen King, lived?

Please tell me this is not a school assignment.

**Great SK Movies** · May 3rd, 2011

Oh my gosh, I just finshed reading Carrie a week ago. I absoluteky loved it. The ending would've been cooler if the put in the 1976 version like when I need to watch the TV-Movie version of Carrie again to see how well they did that part. It has just been so long since I've seen the made-for-TV version.

**Great SK Movies** · May 4th, 2011

Originally Posted by meg007

I have a question for all of you Carrie fans. How is the book Carrie, a reflection of the time in which the author, Stephen King, lived?

Ill tell you one thing. The book was based on 2 girls he knew back in high school.
If you are doing an assignment please just read the damn novel.

**DeathStalker** · May 5th, 2011

When comparing movies to books, I usually like the book much better, but I hate to say it, Mr. King, I liked the movie Carrie better that the book. Its been so many years now, but I think I saw the movie before I read the book, so that might have something to do with it.