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Post by doccreed on Feb 9, 2019 16:45:34 GMT
It is fun to watch the new generation, many of whom haven't seen the films, reading and reviewing King's catalogue. Some reviewers are silly, but there are several who are thoughtful and give some interesting perspectives and interpretations.
When was the last time you read Christine? Who here has never read it?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2019 20:32:45 GMT
I’d say more people in the quote “younger generation”, who I assume you mean millennial sans Gen Z, have seen the films. Most notably some of the more popular ones, like IT (1990), without having read the book.
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Post by doccreed on Feb 11, 2019 23:11:43 GMT
I’d say more people in the quote “younger generation”, who I assume you mean millennial sans Gen Z, have seen the films. Most notably some of the more popular ones, like IT (1990), without having read the book. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2019 23:12:48 GMT
I’d say more people in the quote “younger generation”, who I assume you mean millennial sans Gen Z, have seen the films. Most notably some of the more popular ones, like IT (1990), without having read the book. Yeah I get that, IT (2017) was all the talk when it first came out and I can see it as irritating |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2019 3:53:09 GMT
The novel is truly not about the lean pristine killing machine in the title, in fact the book subverts your expectations by not even having its title character kill anybody until halfway in or so. Christine is about the disillusion of a long lasting friendship, the car is merely a sideplot that is merely a catalyst to move the plot along. Christine is a metaphor for many things, love, sex, misplaced anger, and teenage angst.
Most People can see their high-school self in Arnies shoes, the awkward nerdy type who just wants to be the tough cool James Deanian character around the girl. Christine is a toxic relationship and a drug of sorts to Arnie, a lady from the Snow White country. Cocaine is a constantly brought up item in the book, I don’t see this as accident.
Christine is not about a haunted car, it’s a modern tragedy that depicts the downfall of a teenager not unlike any other. Like I said before, the car represents many things, Toxic relationships, addiction, and self-indulgence namely. The car is a succubus to Arnie. Not to mention that Christine is mentioned as having a unique paint job, Red and white, ie Anger against purity.
The book is about how our own self-indulgent desires ruin our personal relationships. I think Arnie knows Christine is slowly killing him, but like a junkie, he can’t get enough of the stuff. We can see ourselves in both Arnie and Dennis.
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Post by doccreed on Feb 15, 2019 4:03:38 GMT
The novel is truly not about the lean pristine killing machine in the title, in fact the book subverts your expectations by not even having its title character kill anybody until halfway in or so. Christine is about the disillusion of a long lasting friendship, the car is merely a sideplot that is merely a catalyst to move the plot along. Christine is a metaphor for many things, love, sex, misplaced anger, and teenage angst. Most People can see their high-school self in Arnies shoes, the awkward nerdy type who just wants to be the tough cool James Deanian character around the girl. Christine is a toxic relationship and a drug of sorts to Arnie, a lady from the Snow White country. Cocaine is a constantly brought up item in the book, I don’t see this as accident. Christine is not about a haunted car, it’s a modern tragedy that depicts the downfall of a teenager not unlike any other. Like I said before, the car represents many things, Toxic relationships, addiction, and self-indulgence namely. The car is a succubus to Arnie. Not to mention that Christine is mentioned as having a unique paint job, Red and white, ie Anger against purity. The book is about how our own self-indulgent desires ruin our personal relationships. I think Arnie knows Christine is slowly killing him, but like a junkie, he can’t get enough of the stuff. We can see ourselves in both Arnie and Dennis. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2019 4:05:39 GMT
The novel is truly not about the lean pristine killing machine in the title, in fact the book subverts your expectations by not even having its title character kill anybody until halfway in or so. Christine is about the disillusion of a long lasting friendship, the car is merely a sideplot that is merely a catalyst to move the plot along. Christine is a metaphor for many things, love, sex, misplaced anger, and teenage angst. Most People can see their high-school self in Arnies shoes, the awkward nerdy type who just wants to be the tough cool James Deanian character around the girl. Christine is a toxic relationship and a drug of sorts to Arnie, a lady from the Snow White country. Cocaine is a constantly brought up item in the book, I don’t see this as accident. Christine is not about a haunted car, it’s a modern tragedy that depicts the downfall of a teenager not unlike any other. Like I said before, the car represents many things, Toxic relationships, addiction, and self-indulgence namely. The car is a succubus to Arnie. Not to mention that Christine is mentioned as having a unique paint job, Red and white, ie Anger against purity. The book is about how our own self-indulgent desires ruin our personal relationships. I think Arnie knows Christine is slowly killing him, but like a junkie, he can’t get enough of the stuff. We can see ourselves in both Arnie and Dennis. Not to mention this was King in his coke days. I just copy and pasted my novel of a post onto reddit, to see what other people think. |
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Post by doccreed on Feb 15, 2019 4:11:35 GMT
Yes, when I first read it at age sixteen, the cocaine metaphor came to mind. This, of course, is but one of many possible metaphors, as you said. Not to mention this was King in his coke days. I just copy and pasted my novel of a post onto reddit, to see what other people think. |
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