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

Im the force of the castle by Susan heap is a chilling description of a childhood bully. The bilgewater tells the narration of how a boy called Kingshaw is driven to suicide by his companion Hooper. Kingshaw and his begin moved from their rented apartment in London to Hoopers cold and wicked home the Warnings so Mrs. Kingshaw could fork out company for Mr. Hooper and a mother procedure 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 supply for many years and they both lacked the ability to show their love to their children. instead of showing their love they turned a blind eye to the bullyrag of Kingshaw and pretended that every thing was fine because their relationship was becoming closer. micro 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 Hooper and Kingshaw w ithdraw their roles of Bully and victim respectively and throughout the book the story relies on the balance of berth amidst 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 and the parents were al iodin, 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 beingness a Victim to torment and isolation. Even though the final cataclysm 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. two 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 change surface tried to provide stability.Even though Im the King of the castle was mollify depressing I enjoyed it nether less because I found the story very moving and alarming. I thought the book was very swell up 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 blustering(a) 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 other of Susan hills books such as the Woman in Black as the force field production was chilling and I enjoyed her style of writing.