This is the scene that always hit home the hardest for me. The Body by Stephen King is a book that has got a deep thought to it. About. He's usually shown in a loose white t-shirt tucked into high-waisted cuffed jeans with black Converse shoes. he went on to feature in movies like: Running on empty, My own Private Idaho, Indiana Jones and the last crusade and the young Indiana Jones series on television. The Body was published in King's 1982 collection Different Seasons and later adapted into the 1986 film Stand by Me. In King's story, Dusset tries to cheat Gordie by putting his thumb on the meat scale, and has a terrible reaction when Gordie calls him out on it: "The frown was now tremendous, the lines on his face deep as fissures." I umm can't. Chris: Emily. King reveals a world full of shallow and hypocritical people. When the boys decide to go see Ray Bowers body, they are unaware of the severity this encounter will have. Gordie: where'd you get thisChris: hocked it from my old mans bureau. .css-m6thd4{-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:Gilroy,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:1.125rem;line-height:1.2;font-weight:bold;color:#323232;text-transform:capitalize;}@media (any-hover: hover){.css-m6thd4:hover{color:link-hover;}}James Cameron Keeps Smashing His Own Records, The Cocaine Bear Drug Smuggler Was a Real Person, Meet The Last of Us Creator Neil Druckmann, The Last of Us Cast Guide: Actors and Characters, Biography: Jon Stewart (Community Heroes), Biography: You Need to Know: Dorothy Arzner. During the course of their journey, Gordie, Chris Chambers, Teddy Duchamp, and Vern Tessio come to terms with death and the harsh truths of growing up in a small factory . He is rumored to be a German Shepherd, a Boxer, a Doberman Pinscher, or a "maniacal Irish Wolfhound," fed a special diet of dog food and chicken blood. Symbolism. The Body Quotes by Robin Waterfield - Goodreads The first is a crime fiction short inspired by Denny's death, and the second is the campfire story he tells on their way to find Ray Brower's body. In the book, Pressman's vicious dog, Chopper, is infamous for being trained to "sic specific parts of the human anatomy." In the book, Vern gets a huge blister on his foot that slows the boys down just as they're about to reach Ray Brower's body.