I’m the King of the castle by Susan Hill Essay

Im the nance of the castle by Susan pile is a chilling statement of a childhood bully. The explanation tells the bilgewater of how a boy called Kingshaw is driven to suicide by his companion Hooper. Kingshaw and his receive moved from their rented apartment in London to Hoopers cold and evil-minded home the Warnings so Mrs. Kingshaw could stand company for Mr. Hooper and a mother consumption for Hooper while her son Kingshaw could provide a companion for Hooper to make a friendly family home.The parents are very superficial both lacking their first mate for many years and they both lacked the ability to show their love to their children. preferably of showing their love they turned a blind eye to the blustering(a) of Kingshaw and pretended that every thing was fine because their relationship was becoming closer. petty(a) did they know that the closer they became the more chilling and frightening the relationship betwixt Hooper and Kingshaw became. Early on in the book H ooper and Kingshaw memorise their roles of Bully and victim respectively and throughout the book the story relies on the balance of cause mingled with Kingshaw and Hooper.In my opinion the story Im the King of the castle revolves around hate, cruelty and isolation. Before Kingshaw came to Warnings Hooper and him were both happy plainly the parents were al ane, as the parents became closer and grew to love each other Kingshaw and Hooper grew to lean their roles as Hooper was not an experienced bully and Kingshaw was not experienced at be a Victim to torment and isolation. Even though the final tragedy of the death of Kingshaw is mainly down to the torment of hopper the parents failures contributed to the final tragedy a great deal, as many of their failures were fatal. both(prenominal) parent did not know how to bridge the chilling gap between them and the children, neither want to show their love as they are to ego absorbed and neither wanted or compensate tried to provide stability.Even though Im the King of the castle was ease depressing I enjoyed it nether less because I found the story very moving and alarming. I thought the book was very hale written and it flowed well. I thought that many of the characters and their situations were convincing even though I thought the final tragedy was a bit extreme. I thought the book was set in the exactly the right scene, even though this book was written many years a go it still provides the everlasting chill of a childhood browbeat tale and brings you to think of all the recent tragedys caused by bulling.I would recommend this book to anybody interested in the horrors of child hood bullying and to a bully or a Victim who need to learn a lesson. I think this book is suitable for any one above the age of twelve. I would quiet like to read another(prenominal) of Susan hills books such as the Woman in Black as the dramaturgy production was chilling and I enjoyed her style of writing.