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The Question and Answer section for Carrie is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
I'm not sure that blood is an actual theme in the book. It is a motif in that you see it quite a bit. Blood reinforces the horror part of the genre.
Carrie is a 16-year-old teenage misfit who is bullied at school for her appearance and devout religious beliefs. She doesn't fit the traditional role of femininity that is often sought out in high school.
The reader will see that most of the people in the story that were in the town of Chamberlain talk about Carrie White as if she were a monster. There is a note that is left in reference to Carrie White, saying that she is burning in hell. By the...
