1、The Reading Report of The BodyLast period, I read the book The Body. The Body wrote by an American writer Stephen King, and originally published in his 1982 collection Different Seasons and in 1986 adapted into the film stand by me. Stephen Edwin King who was born in September 21, 1947 was an Americ

2、an author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy. His books had sold more than 350 million copies and had been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books. King had published 50 novels, including seven under the pen-name of Richard Bachman, and fi

3、ve non-fiction books. He had written nearly two hundred short stories, most of which had been collected in nine collections of short fiction. Many of his stories were set in his home state of Maine.The story took place during the summer of 1960 in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine. Ray Brower

4、, who was a boy from Chamberlain where was a town 40 miles or so east of Castle Rock. He went out to pick blueberries with one of his mother's pails. But he was unfortunately missing and was presumed dead. Vern Tessio(friend) informed his three friends that he had overheard his older brother Bil

5、ly talking with his friend Charlie Hogan, about the location of the corpse of Ray Brower, where was a town 40 miles or so east of Castle Rock. Then Gordie Lachance and his three friends, Chris Chambers, Teddy Duchamp and Vern Tessio set out to find his body after telling their parents they will be c

6、amping out. The four friends decided that they will find it so as to be famous. During the course of their journey, the boys, who all came from abusive, dysfunctional families, came to grips with some of the harsh truths of growing up in a small factory town that did not seem to offer them much in t

7、he way of a future.The boys walked along the railroad tracks toward the presumed location of the corpse. Along the way, they trespassed at the town dump and they were chased by trash-man Milo Pressman's dog "Chopper". Milo insult Teddy's father, which caused Teddy to unleash his an

8、ger on Milo. Gordie and Vern were nearly run over by a train while crossing a bridge. While at a resting point, Chris predicted that Gordie will grow up to become a famous writer perhaps he will even write about his friends one day.When they finally found the spot where the body lied, a gang of bull

9、ies arrived just after they did. The gang wss composed of Vern's older brother Billy, Charlie Hogan, Chris's older brother Richard "Eyeball" Chambers, Norman "Fuzzy" Bracowicz, John "Ace" Merrill, and two others. The older boys were upset to see the four friends

10、, and during an argument, Chris pulled a gun belonging to his father from his bag back, that he took from his home and fired into the air and then threatened Ace, the leader of the gang. After a brief standoff Ace realized that Chris was serious, and the teenagers leaved. Having seen the body, the b

11、oys realized that there was nothing else to be done with it, and returned home without further incident.The older boys ultimately decided to phone in the location of the body as an "anonymous tip" and it is eventually found by the authorities as a result. Some days after the confrontation,

12、 Ace and Fuzzy broke Gordie's nose and fingers and kicked him in the testicles, and they were on the verge of harming him more seriously when they were run off by Gordie's neighbor, Aunt Evvie Chalmers. Chris's brother breaks his arm and "leaves his face looking like a Canadian sunr

13、ise". Teddy and Vern got less severe beatings. The boys refused to identify their assailants to the authorities, and there were no further repercussions.The narration then went into fast-forward. Gordon described the next year or so briefly, stating that Teddy and Vern drifted off, befriending

14、some younger boys. In high school, just as Chris predicted, Gordie began taking college-preparation courses. Unexpectedly, so did Chris. In spite of abuse from his father, taunts from his classmates and distrusted from teachers and school counselors, he managed to be successful with help from Gordie

15、.In comparison to King's prior works, the narrative of The Body was complicated in that it was told in first person point of view by the now forty-something novelist Gordon Lachance. Most of the story was a straight retrospective of what happened, but comments, or entered chapters that related t

16、o the present time, are interspersed throughout.Although he was only 12 at the time of the story, Gordie's favorite diversion was writing and storytelling. Three times during the narrative, he told stories to his friends, and two stories were presented in the text as short stories by Gordon Lach

17、ance, completed with attribution to the magazines in which they were published.The final two chapters described the fate of Gordie's three friends, none of whom survived past young adulthood. Vern is killed in a house fire after a party. Teddy, while under the influence of alcohol and drugs, cra

18、shed his car and his passengers were killed. Chris, who became an outstanding high school and college student and was in his second year of law school, was stabbed to death after trying to stop an argument in a fast-food restaurant. Gordon, the only survivor, continued to write stories through colle

19、ge, and published a number of them in small literary journals and men's magazines. His first novel became a best-seller, and a successful film. At the time of writing about the events in 1960, he had written seven novels about the supernatural. Gordon had a wife and three children. Gordon was al

20、so revealed to be a veteran of the Vietnam War and the counter-culture of the 1960s, occasionally referred to in the flash-forward narratives during the main story. From this story we can see that everybody can not escape the fate, except Gordon. Many people believe that they are fated, or destined

21、to a certain life. For example, if they are very poor or very ill, they say that is because they are born to be poor or ill and there is nothing they can do about it. But in my opinion, people have more control than that over their lives. Maybe they did not work hard enough to make money or did not take