The Body

The body  novel  which is written by Stephen King – one of the world's most successful writers , is an amazing novel that represents friendship . This novel is about four young boys taking a journey to find a body somewhere in the woods that is at the country line. This story is about more than just four boys going on an adventure , it's about them becoming closer to each other and learning real life lessons along the way.

Gordy , the main character ,who is the narrator and the story is seen from his point of view. his family barely talks to him ever since his brother died  And all he wanted was to have attention and love from his father. Vern is the outcast of the group who is the ridicule of their jokes, Teddy is a boy who was abused by his father and is a strange child, Chris is the tough guy of the group and the leader , his father is a drunk and his brothers are murderers

“Gordie: Do you think I'm weird?
Chris: Definitely.
Gordie: No man, seriously. Am I weird?
Chris: Yeah, but so what? Everybody's weird” 

The story takes place during the summer of 1960 in the fictional town of  Castle Rock .Maine  . A boy named Ray Brower is being missed. He was hit by a train. In the town, it is wildly speculated what could have happened to the boy. In the first major scene the four boys are all in a tree house where the character Vern tells the other three boys about the missing body. As Verne ,a member of a little gang, tells his friends that he knows where the body is, Gordie  and his three friends, Chris , Teddy , and Vern set out to look for it. The boys are all convinced that going to look for the body and possibly finding it would make them all heroes and that everyone would want to know them. Thus the boys decide to go forth and try to find the body .“A great whispering noise began to rise in the woods on either side of the tracks, as if the forest had just noticed we were there and was commenting on it.”- the body 

. Throughout the story each of the four boys deal with the conflict of person vs. self. They all look deep into their lives and think what they are doing both in life and in going to find a kid in their age that was hit by a train while picking blueberries. Later on, in life, Gordy looks back and thinks that friends he had when he was eleven were the best friends that he ever had and misses the old days." Feeling it, trying to understand the suns that shone on it, the rains that fell on it, and the snows that covered it. And to wonder where I was when each thing happened to it in its lonely place, where I was, what I was doing, who I was loving, how I was getting along, where I was. I’d hold it, read it, feel it... and look at my own face in whatever reflection might be left.” 

this  book has got a deep thought to it. I really liked it. It talks about these four boys who are different yet they're the best of friends . Everyone of them has a really bad family yet they're strong though. “The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are things you get ashamed of, because words make them smaller. When they were in your head they were limitless; but when they come out they seem to be no bigger than normal things" – the body .