Main Characters
Carrie (Carrietta) White
Carrie’s Mother – Margaret White
Sue Snell
Chris Hargensen
Social Issues
Religion
Bullism, the effects of
Parenting, sheltering children
Summary
The book begins with Carrie in the locker room showers. She experiences her first menstrual period, but is unaware of what is happening to her. Her confusion disgusts the other girls in the showers who begin to mock her, throwing feminine napkins at her and calling names. The episode is instigated more or less by the ring-leader Chris Hargensen. During this first scene Sue Snell is also introduced as she takes part in harassing Carrie. The remainder of the chapter explains Carrie’s life until now, that she has always been made fun of because of her and her mother’s religious nature.
The next chapter explains Carrie’s home life, the strange happenings in her early childhood and the emergence of her telekinetic powers.
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