Hello everyone, welcome to the Stephen King cast. One Man's Musings on the Works of Stephen King. Each week I'll review one entry in the bibliography of Stephen King in the chronological order of publication. And as you probably know at this point, I am deep into an analysis of Stephen King's 1986 masterpiece It. This week I'll dive into the themes present in the story, give my final thoughts on the characters and wrap it up with the Stephen Kingisms on display. So if you haven't done so already,

feel free and head on back to parts one and two of the very in-depth review. This is the longest

I've spent on one particular work at this point. I've done two parts before, but

never a three-fer. So this is new to me, and I hope that everyone has enjoyed what I've had

to say so far. So part one, if you haven't checked it out, part one was an introduction and kind

of putting it into context. And then I began my running commentary slash analysis on the book,

and then part two I continued and then wrapped up my running analysis.

So I'm going to put my final thoughts this week,

and next week, if you are fans of the movies,

stick around as I give my analysis and review of the 1990 ABC TV miniseries. So what I'm going to do now, I'm

going to head into the themes, like I said, beginning with adults and children. This novel is a thousand

plus page exploration on the relationship between children and adults, and at times when the

two worlds come into conflict with one another.

He examines all aspects of what it means to be a child living in an adult world, and ultimately the necessity of tapping into that childhood magic as an adult to combat the evil that

grownups are just not equipped to handle. Earlier in the review, a couple episodes ago, which

felt like 28 years ago, I referenced

the importance of Georgie's entering the basement.

What King does here is present a universal truth.

While an adult wrote this for adults posited within these pages is the undeniable fact

that the fears of children are more potent than the fears of adulthood.

As I've stated in previous podcasts, when I first read this book, I couldn't believe that an adult

captured the experience of childhood the way that he did with this book.

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