I'm the king of the castle

Edmund Hooper is the older of the two boys who has moved to a new house, Warings, when his grandfather died and his father inherited the family estate. Edmund’s mother died when he was young and his father looks after him now. When the Hoopers move to the new house his father feels that they need a woman around the house. So he hires Mrs. Kingshaw to work and stay at Warings, at first she is just an “informal housekeeper” but soon she and Mr. Kingshaw become close friends and plan to get married. When Charles arrives at Warings Edmund feels that his power is threaatened.. He feels that it is rightfully his house and Charles shouldn’t be living with him, Edmund writes a note to Charles before he has even spoken to him “ I DON’T WANT YOU TO COME HERE “ and throughout the novel Edmund constantly frightens and torments Edmund when he has don

Later on in the novel the family goes on an outing to an old castle. Kingshaw climbs to the top of the castle, as he feels comfortable with heights he dares Hooper to climb high as he can sense Hooper is uncomfortable with heights and feels this will give him a hold over Hooper. Hooper climbs up high and is scared to come down so Kingshaw helps him down but Hooper falls “ It was like a film that went very slowly…Hooper seemed to go on and on falling a peculiarly graceful sort of way…Before he hit the ground”. Hooper is all right and just suffers a broken leg.

e nothing wrong. When Charles arrives the first conversation leads to a scrap between the two boys “ You’d better shut the window, Kingshaw said, its my window now …He raised his fists and came at Kingshaw”

After a while Charles runs away from Warings but Edmund follows, Charles had planned to go into Hang Wood in order to escape the torments of Hooper but unfortunately for Kingshaw Hooper follows. When they are in the wood Hooper plays a hunting game which Charles reluctantly joins the boys soon get lost due to this game. Then there is a thunderstorm. In this thunderstorm the reader discovers that Hooper has a great fear of storms and now the tables turn when Kingshaw gains power over Hooper “ I’m always sick… in thunderstorms, I hate them. I cant even be out in them.” But when the storm is over Kingshaw no longer has a hold over Ho

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