Peyton’s Comments (group member since Jan 22, 2019)

Peyton’s comments from the Stranger Things group.

The Unnatural

In the Netflix original, stranger things, a town that has never experienced a missing person, suicide or anything bad has a missing child. There is plenty of proof of supernatural occurrences but no one ever believes it when they see it. The supernatural occurrences just show how oblivious people can be to the truth.
In the book Carrie, Carrie is blessed with supernatural powers. She seems like an very average girl that everyone picks on and makes fun of. She discovers her powers by getting angry. When she thinks about something in her head it happens. For example, one day a mean boy was riding his bike and said, “Hey, ol’ fart-face! Ol’ prayin’ Carrie!” “Carrie glared at him with sudden smoking rage. The bike wobbles on its training wheels and suddenly fell over.” (29). Carrie made a bike with training wheels on it fall over on top of a kid just by glaring at it with anger. It does not really make sense because you would think people would be terrified of her and practically worship her because of her powers, but they do not because they don't even really know that they exist. They are oblivious to the fact that this girl has this crazy superpowers that could literally kill them.
In both of these it appears that everyone is so caught up with themselves and their everyday norms that they completely avoid the possibility. Maybe the authors are trying to tell us to pay attention!!!