WRITING BLOG- Casey Smith

  Instead of Analyzing parts of “Under the Dome” and its fascinating take on society. This post will reflect on 2 key symbols that are drawn throughout the entire novel. The first symbol is ‘isolation’ and many parallels and imagery of isolation can be related to the experience we as humans had during the COVID-19 quarantine periods. When the dome covers Chester’s Mill, Stephen King does a brilliant job in provoking a sense of fear and anxiety throughout the story. “Twisting orange-red petals of fire” “Smoke billows from the plummeting plane”: These are just a few of these fear provoking words that King uses to paint the terror in the town of Chester’s Mill. The second of the two symbols is the dome itself. Anybody and everybody who comes in contact with the dome, experiences a immense physical trauma. A women loses her hand, Barbie whams his face against it….. Anything and everything that comes in contact with the dome faces physical threat. What does the dome represent? Is the ...

  In the afternoon of the so-called ‘Dome Day’ Big Jim begins to slip into power. When city council members Andy Sanders and Andre Grinnell abandon all authority, Big Jim appoints the Sheriff Peter Randolph to a post while exerting his power across the city. Big Jim begins to plot and finance his methamphetamine operation across the town of Chester’s hill alongside local DJ Phil Bushey. The town begins to idolize Big Jim who operates with an iron fist under the cloak, sending Junior to kill off the people plotting against him. When Big Jim receives a letter from the President, he becomes the representative inside the dome. In the meantime, Barbie is headed back into town with only one thing on his mind…… confront Big Jim Rennie. Will Big Jim's reign of terror be too much for Barbie to undermine? How Can Barbie stop Big Jim from killing everybody with the power to help? How many more people will Junior kill?

 The town of Chester's Hill is in mayhem!!      Stephen King brilliantly jumps from character to character, directing a Tarantino film through the pages of Under the Dome  (2009). We begin to meet the important members of the community, from cops to your average joe, mayhem begins to unfold.      "What would you do if you wife walked through the door covered in blood? And better yet...how about without a hand?" (assuming she had one before)     I can say with fervor and absolute certainty that I have never considered this scenario in my life.  Nevertheless, Stephen King forces you to open that dark and mysterious side of your intellect in order to consider the vast perspectives his characters take on. In the last post I reflected on the storylines/scenes that stood out to me in a multitude of ways. These storylines challenge you to reflect on your own perspective, or rather have a laugh through boisterous dialogue. In the passages I...