Carrie

Carrie Every year young people become victims of crimes at school. Although most school violence falls under minor assaults, some incidents are far more serious than others are. Additionally some end in tragedy, for example, the tragic events of the Columbine High School massacre. The threat of attack in schools creates fear and disorder with students and teachers. According to a study conducted in 1995, 34 percent of high school students admitted that they feared becoming victims of school violence (Hardcastle 1). School violence can be in the form of physical assaults or verbal assaults. Verbal assaults are common among high school students (Hardcastle 6). Stephen King has portrayed this type of victimization in school with his novel, Carrie. In Carrie, King depicted Carrie as a defenseless young lady who is at the butt end of all jokes in her high school. King also uses American Gothic to show the irony of an innocent girl pushed to the limit to use her genetic powers to destroy her whole town. In Carrie, Carrie is a young lady who seems to be isolated from the world. She does not have any friends in her high school and the students are always teasing her. For carrie, school, high, columbine, students, king, telekinetic, prom, powers, events, boys, people, mother, klebold, carrie’s, things, home, harris, violence, tommy, revenge, out, one, novel, mauser, hardcastle, friends, example, end, date, assaults, according, young, viewed, victims, using