The Book of IT
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Bill fights his way inside its body, locates It's heart and destroys it. As It writhes in the clear throes of death, Bill hears the voice of the Other complimenting him on his victory. The group meets up to head out of its lair, and although they try to bring Audra and Eddie's bodies with them, they are forced to leave Eddie behind. They make it to the surface and realize that the scars on their hands from when they were children have disappeared, indicating that their ordeal is finally over. During the Ritual, the worst storm in Maine's history sweeps through Derry, destroying most of the buildings as the downtown area collapses.
Mike concludes that Derry is finally dying. Richie returns to LA, Ben and Beverly leave town together, and while Mike is in the hospital, Bill stays in Mike's house to look after Audra in hopes she will snap out of her catatonic state. The Losers gradually begin to forget about It, Derry, and each other. Mike's memory of his friends and events with It also begins to fade, as well as his Derry memoir and journal, much to his relief, and he considers starting a new life elsewhere. Before Bill leaves Derry, he takes Audra, still catatonic, for a ride on Silver, rushing through downtown Derry like he did as a kid.
Audra awakens from her catatonia with no recollection of what happened upon arriving in Maine and she and Bill kiss.
The Losers Club is a group of seven eleven-year-old misfit children who are united by their unhappy lives. They share the same misery and torment from being the victims of a gang of local bullies led by the increasingly sociopathic Henry Bowers and band together as they struggle to overcome It.
The seven children find themselves caught up in a nefarious situation, which they cannot quite comprehend but against which they must fight. Described as a mysterious, prehistoric entity from beyond time and space, It is a monster of unknown origin that preys on Derry's residents every twenty-seven years, stating It finds the fear in children akin to "salt ing the meat".
Among It's powers is shapeshifting into a form that induces fear while killing the victim, normally assuming the form of a middle-aged man dressed in a clown costume, calling itself " Pennywise the Dancing Clown " and occasionally Bob or Robert Gray, modeled after Bozo , Clarabell and Ronald McDonald. It can also manipulate people and use them as pawns in doing its bidding, either by assuming a form most familiar to them, promising them their desires or through subliminal influence.
Because of this control over what happens in Derry, many of the child murders It commits are never solved; the adults of Derry act as though either nothing is happening or they have forgotten about It.
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It's true form as perceived by the human eye is that of a giant spider that houses its essence: Looking directly into the lights can either kill a person or drive them insane. Both It's awakening and its return to hibernation mark the greatest instances of violence during its time awake. In one example, It caused the disappearance of over three hundred settlers from Derry Township in — In , It awoke during a great storm which flooded part of the city, whereupon It went on a feeding spree, starting by killing Georgie Denbrough.
As the story opens, It has awakened approximately 27 years later and is first seen when three bullies beat up a homosexual couple, Adrian Mellon and Don Hagarty.
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It kills Adrian after the bullies throw him off of a bridge. When the adult members of the Losers Club gather, It recognizes them as a threat and resolves to drive them away both through illusions and by seeking help from Henry Bowers, the Losers' long-time childhood bully.
Perhaps I already heard it before, but I know that it made a deep impression upon me while I was in that exalted mood, fancying myself, like Joseph, raised above my brothers. Renee marked it as to-read Apr 14, Please help improve the article by merging similar sections and removing unneeded subheaders. But with Richie's help, the two of them manage to injure It. Only now and then, for a few weeks or a few months the feeling came over him that he must drink, and as I have followed up his wanderings to some extent, I know that some reminder of the nurse of his childhood always comes to his mind before he seizes the glass.
In the novel Dreamcatcher , when Mr. Gray tries to put a worm in Derry's water by use of the Standpipe, It is no longer there due to the flood. In its place is a memorial featuring a cast-bronze statue of two children and a plaque underneath, dedicated to the victims of the flood and of It.
The character has been named by several outlets as one of the scariest clowns in film or pop culture. The Bowers Gang is a group of seven twelve-year-old neighborhood bullies who attend the same school as and are the worst enemies of the Losers Club after It. The gang is led by the crazed and mischievous Henry Bowers, while also being co-led by Henry's two best friends and sidekicks, the smarter and more moral Victor "Vic" Criss and the unusually larger, stronger, and more slow-witted Reginald "Belch" Huggins.
Although the fates of three of them Peter Gordon, Steve "Moose" Sadler, Gard Jagermeyer were never made official, it is stated in the novel that the remaining child murders during the summer of after that of minor character Jimmy Cullum were of all of Henry's friends, creating the assumption that they were attacked and killed by It possibly as means to worsen Henry's sociopathism. All three editions are oversized hardcovers, housed in a slipcase or traycase, and feature premium binding materials.
This anniversary edition features a new dust jacket illustration by Glen Orbik , as well as numerous interior illustrations by Alan M. Clark and Erin Wells. The book also contains a new afterword by Stephen King discussing his reasons for writing the novel. The first of a two-part feature film adaptation, It , was released on September 8, Instead of a dual narrative, the first film is solely an adaptation of the section that features the characters as children, though the setting has been updated to the late s.
The second film, yet to be produced, will adapt the "adult" section and update the setting to the s. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For the Inger Christensen book of poetry, see It poetry. For other uses, see It disambiguation.
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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. September Learn how and when to remove this template message. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Using 10 steps from her popular workshops, counsellor Bev Aisbett provides you with practical, sound advice on how to recognise and tame anxiety, whether it affects you just occasionally or every single day. Do you beat yourself up over mistakes? Do you often worry, worry, worry?
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Disciples like their master to stay put, whereas I should think anyone a fool who wanted me to say the same thing tomorrow as I said yesterday. If you really want to be my follower, look at life for yourself and tell the world honestly what you see. In a talk called Who is it who knows there is no Ego? They felt an atmosphere of implicit faith in nature and especially in your own inner nature. No matter what, there is a wisdom inside you which may seem absurd, but you have to trust it.
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The Book of It [Georg Groddeck] on www.farmersmarketmusic.com *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. This is a fascinating book whose author's contribution to psychoanalysis is not given enough credit. His concept of the 'It' influenced Freud's Id, but its scope is.