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The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King

The other main characters demonstrate their impact while not being present. Trisha blames most of her troubles on her mother's and brother's inability to get along. She also gives credit to her mother's knowledge of the woods for her ability to endure the harsh conditions she lives in. The Red Sox relief pitcher Tom Gordon plays an important role in the story that helps Trisha cling to what little sanity she has left. Trisha talks to Tom when she needs guidance, and while initially she talks to him knowing he is not really there she eventually communicates with him showing no sign that she believes he is still in Boston. One of the most important characters is the voice in Trisha's head. It is the cold voice as she refers to it and it tells her things that she does not want to hear. It plants the seed of doubt in her mind early on and it tells her that no matter what she does she is doomed to fail because she has already fallen into the endless pit of inevitable demise. "You've already lost them, a voice in her head whispered-a terrible cold voice" (23). .
             The setting provides a lot of the terror in the story. The most important part of the setting is what cannot be seen. It is what lies in the shadows, and it is the thing that is leaving its mark of existence no matter which way Trisha turns in the woods. "It's a special thing Trisha-the thing that waits for the lost ones. It lets them wander until they"re good and scared-because fear makes them taste better" (98). The theme of this story is survival against all odds and survival by any means necessary. It involves finding the thing within oneself that allows a person to become deaf to the little voice inside their head that tells them to quit so they keep pushing forward. This theme is important because if Trisha had not found her inner strength she would not have lasted the first night alone in the woods which was the hardest night even though it contained the least amount of challenges.


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