Carrie and Columbine: American Gothic

Carrie, Stephen King, Columbine High School Events; separately, they are not related to each other. Carrie is the first major novel by Stephen King and the best-selling book of the New York Times. Columbine was in Colorado in 1999, and the two high school graduates curated bloodshed massacres in high school. These two things happened 25 years later, but when juxtaposed, we can see many similarities between events, especially if they are essentially Gothic.

Gothic literature has developed greatly in the United States. More importantly, the American Gothic, the quest for dark psychology, and the prosperity of the Gothic story tell us that the American Gothic is not just a branch of the European Gothic. However, since American Gothic style works are initially attractive, there was a tendency to turn European architecture into American landscape. Along with the development of American Gothic work, three authors defined a black theme in American literature. It will continue to be published in subsequent literature. And Europe. These writers are Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allen Poe. At the moment, American Gothic has new features.

In the Gothic literature of the United States, British castle, gothic buildings and monasteries are replaced with isolated houses and cities. The wilderness is still the subject of American Gothic literature, but now it includes the prairie and the unexplored scenery of the Americas. Like the British Gothic style, the American Gothic style also explores the fear of people against society, politics and the economy. However, because the social, political and economic conditions of each country are different, the theme of each country is different. British themes tend to focus more on historical past, tradition and superstition, but the American Gothic theme focuses on racial discrimination, slavery, female repression, isolation and psychology. These themes not only add Gothic style, but also add