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... big things that the novel had going for it and the film missed on was the characters. Throughout the novel, readers are introduced to the characters of Henry, Beaver, Jonesy, Pete, Owen, and their mutual mentally-disable friend, Duddits. While it follows these characters as young kids and as adults, we are able to look into the minds of these characters ... ...
... of characters in the story, King presents each very realistically. The main character in the story is Trisha McFarland, a nine year old girl who lives with her mother and brother Pete. Her parents are divorced and her mother and brother are always fighting. She doesn't like hearing them fight; this is the main reason she ends up lost in the woods ... ...
... around all by themselves some of them marbles was moving right up and down. It reminded me of grandma, do you remember when the law came up here looking for Pete and there guns flew out there hands and grammie just laffed and laffed I sure hope she doesn't get heartspels like grammie did, remember? (King, pg. 244)" Each excerpt follows the ... ...
... involving a Down syndrome neighbor--a human dreamcatcher. They've all got midlife crises: clownish Beav has love problems; the intellectual shrink, Henry, is slowly succumbing to the siren song of suicide; Pete is losing a war with beer; Jonesy has had weird premonitions ever since he got hit by a car. THE GIRL WHO LOVED This is Opening Day of The Girl Who Loved ... ...
