Carrie: Lit Techniques

•Time:1979
•Tone: depressing, sad, mysterious
•Direct Character: Carrie and her mother. Carrie is very relatable and makes the reader feel sorry for her in the sense that we are in high school and can relate or have seen bullying in such manner. Her mom is straight forward. She is that strict old fashioned parent and in that time setting it wasnt unusual however she was an extremist.
•Theme: the need of acceptance
•Anatagonist: Chris is constantly making Carries like miserable.She was the one who first pointed out that she has started her period in the shower and it was her idea to terrorize her at prom with the pigs blood.
•imagery: first startes in the locker room than continued throughout novel
•Motif: constant refernece of the locker room mishap
•Symbolism: pigs blood(killing spree starter), telekinetic(weapon or defense), carlin street(where she feels she belongs and always returns), dirty pillows(being a women is a sin in the eyes of her mother)
•Simile: "she was about as good looking as the ass ended of a dray horse"
•Personification: "the mirror fell on the floor and shattered at her feet, leaving only the plastic ring to stare at her like a blinded eye"
"a huge, oily cloud of fire climbed over the elms in courthouse park, lighting the duck pond and the little league diamond in scarlet
•references used throughout novel:
my name is susan snell by susan snell, the shadow exploded, carrie:the black dawn of tk by jack garer, ogilivies dictionary of psychic phenomena, sinners in the hands of angry god by jonathan edwards