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Bullying In Carrie By Stephen King

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Stephen King is known by many as a successful author. King’s popular novel and film Carrie (1976), tells a story about a teenage young lady in high school discovering her telekinesis power after having her first menstrual cycle. In Carrie’s life, she has always been looked at as the odd one and has been bullied by the popular kids for being herself, she uses her telekinesis to get revenge for all the misery she tolerated. In this film, one of the most important themes is bullying. Bullying is mentally, physically, and verbally abusing someone. In this case, Carrie was overall damaged from being bullied at home by her mother to harassed by the kids at school. Carrie reveals numerous film devices that connect to the theme of bullying. First,

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