Niall-Connector

We have now moved to another Stephen King short story, "The Body". It's about four 12 year old friends who go out to look for the body of a boy from another town, who was hit by a train. The book takes place in 1960 and I could see many differences between then and now. For example, in the book, the boy 3 pounds of hamburger meat, hamburger buns, 4 cokes and it only cost him 2 dollars and 17 cents. Another thing I noticed was the racism and sexism. The boys repeatedly use racial slurs and many of the female characters are looked down on upon and treated unfairly. But the main thing I noticed was the child abuse in the story. Three of the four kids are regurlaly beaten by their parents, and one character (Teddy) even lost his ear when his father put his head to an iron. Also, teachers at their school threaten them with violence multiple times. In fact, one teacher even says "I'll slap you til your blind. The state gives me that power you know." Now a days, parents and teachers are permitted of ever threatening or raising a had against a child. Most of these changes are for the best, but some things from 1960 should've stayed the same.