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Carrie White Feminism

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Carrie, the first published horror novel written by the famous Stephen King in 1974. Now the novel is about a young chunky, pimpled, plain teenaged girl named Carrie White. Who is horribly physically and emotionally abused all her life by fellow students and her pious crazed other Margret White. Soon she slowly begins to discover her telekinetic powers, but it would eventually be used against her many tormentors. Carrie was raised by her mother and throughout her life she has been treated terribly and often locked in a closet to pray for all the sins she has committed. When Carrie was sixteen, she got her period for the first time in the girls shower room at her high school. All the girls began to throw female sanitary napkins and tampons at …show more content…

The film takes place in modern time with Carrie White as an outcast teenager that is bullied constantly by her fellow high school classmates. Carrie’s mother Margaret White a paranoid, devoted religious woman who believes that sin all around and has the need to cause self-inflicting punishments. When the time comes and Carrie has her period for the first time, she has no clue of what is happening to her. So due to her rash reaction her female gym classmates completely humiliate her in the girl’s locker room. One of the girls named Chris Hargensen begins to record Carrie’s reaction with her phone and posts it on YouTube willingly. Luckily, their gym teacher Ms. Desjardin punishes the girls for their actions, but Chris decides to otherwise challenge her authority. Eventually she gets suspended which leads her to not being able to attend prom. Soon, Carrie discovers that she has the power of telekinesis and slowly begins to learn how to control her ability. Sue Snell, a popular girl in their high school feels terrible about what she had done to Carrie. So she goes to ask her boyfriend Tommy Ross, who is very popular amongst the other students take Carrie to the prom. However, Chris and her older boyfriend Billy Nolan come up with a prank with her friends to seek the vengeance of her losing her prom privilege. This all leads to a tragic consequence towards everyone who attended the prom that

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