Book Review – Under the Dome by Stephen King | Punk Pen
by Lori Moritz
(1141 Pages), when I started the Stand one year ago, and Under the Dome three weeks ago is beyond me, but it’s true.
Under the Dome reads like a season of 24. The book opens with a series of tragedies that initially befall the residents of the small Maine town of Chester’s Mill, and lopes along, downing one domino of tragedy after the other, until… Whammo! What happens? Well, you’ll have to read the book for that.
King populates this novel with many characters. So many, in fact, as a budding writer, I find it intimidating. I think the more I study writing, the more intimidated I get when I look at the minefield of cliche I must traverse in order to get to the inside of ONE character, much less twenty of them. King may not flush all the cliche from his population, but does he have to? In a town like Chester’s Mill? It’s believable that people would live by them. I wasn’t distracted by Big Jim’s H3, nor by Barbie’s military kick-ass a la Reese from the Terminator. The characters are fun. They fit the bill. They are reachable and understandable to everyone, and no one has to tread through a mound of rich metaphor to get the point. Sometimes that’s just what I need to read, and I am so happy King is there to provide.
The Plot involves a fun thought experiment. (I personally LOVE thought experiments like this) What would happen if … a large indestructible dome suddenly enclosed an entire town, completely separating it from the rest of the world in every way (except, for some odd reason, sound and radio-waves pass through it with no problem, and air and water can trickle through as well). The immediate issues are apparent: Will the oxygen run out? Will the sky heat up? Will the pollution start poisoning the populace? What about food? What about water? The more interesting questions become: how will the population deal with the crisis psychologically? Of course, this is a mini situation that sums up a much larger and real issue, as King infers in his interview about the book: We are trapped under the dome of our atmosphere… and we may go so far as to wipe ourselves out.
One thing I wanted to cover is what keeps me coming back to read more King. He has this way of layering his scenes such that the following scene begins a little before the previous scene ends in time. In this way, there is time overlap, so we get to see what was happening elsewhere while the previous scene was occurring, yet, we still ‘move ahead’ in time. It makes his stories feel like a musical canon. The more he writes, the better he gets at it, too. It is something I have always admired, and would like to weave some harmonic of it into my own writing. Of course, King is the master of leaving you hanging as well. He’ll end one segment just when you HAVE to know what happens next, then insert a new predicament in after it, just long enough to hold your interest before he moves back to handing over the information you were in dire straits to uncover previously. Sound complicated? Whoops, that’s just me. Anyway, it’s a page turner, for sure.
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how long would the drive from maine to sumpter south carolina?
Jan 07, 2010 by REE REE | Posted in Other - United States
from dc it's about 8 hours but about how long would it be from maine newport i believe i'm writing a pen pal letter and i want to be accurate i put 4 days!
About 17 hours. you can get travel times by entering your beginning and ending destinations in Google Maps.
| Jan 07, 2010
What's a good april fools prank for a pen pal?
Mar 25, 2009 by Rachel | Posted in Other - Holidays
i have a pen pal and I want to pull a really good april fools day prank on her.
but i don't know how i would, because she lives in maine and i live in washington. so are there any jokes i could like, send her in the mail? any really good ones?
send her an official letter from the government saying that she is going to be removed from her home, and placed into a wacky shack (insane asylum) , call this toll free number for further info 1-800-April-fools
=D I've done it before
| Mar 25, 2009
What size are cat show drapes?
Nov 02, 2008 by Jan L | Posted in Cats
My cat has qualified for the supreme cat show in Birmingham in November. Please can anyone tell me how long the pen drapes need to be? I know the pen is 4x2 foot as he is a maine coon and will have a double pen but I can't find anyone who knows the height! Help!
Hi Jan. As someone who's Maine Coons have qualified for the Supreme, and also shown in FIFe, where drapes are always used. The size of a double pen is 4 feet long, by 2 feet deep, by 2 feet high. My drapes measure 25 inches to make sure they fit properly and to take in the need for a 1 inch open ended hem for a curtain wire to hold the curtains up.
Good luck and all the best on the day.
mail me on my email link in my profile, if you need any further advice!
EDIT here's a link with photos of single pens at 2 ft deep x 2 feet wide x 2 feet high and double pens with a pic of a Red tabby Maine Coon inside at 2 feet deep x 4 feet long x 2 feet high from on e of the Uk's largest show penning comanies, including Malcolms Penning.
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Armstrong rewards Maine's loyalty and commits earlyInstead, he committed to the University of Maine, the program that was following him since this time last summer. “They were loyal to me,” said the former
