CUJO The Dog
With Cujo, King hasn't wasted any time in introducing the characters. Within the first few pages, we meet a man named Vic Trenton whose ad agency is in danger of failing. His wife, Donna, who is in the middle of an extra-marital affair and wants to end it. Their son, Tad, is afraid of a monster in his closet. The Cambers are introduced - their marriage is filled with fear, violence and plain simple trouble. Joe Camber is a violent man, and you just can't help but to feel sorry for his wife and son. The son - Brett, sleepwalks and owns a huge St. Bernard, Cujo. One starts to get the idea that the story's heading for a major depressing plot, but things seem to get better. Donna ends the relationship with her lover, Steve Kemp, and Charity Camber wins the lottery. Then, almost all at once, everything starts going horribly wrong in true King style. Kemp informs Vic of the affair. Ouch. Donna's li
fe is quite obviously ruined. Brett and Charity discover the "decent people" aren't quite as decent as they thought, and then there's Cujo - who contracts rabies. Cujo does a lot of slaughtering while Brett and Charity are away visiting the "decent people". These slaughterings definitely pose to be of King's best, most-intense and goriest scenes ever. Cujo is (was) a good dog 'til he contracted rabies. The story really reaches the heights when Donna and Tad are stuck in their car, trying to keep safe from the dog. The final part of the book focuses on Donna's struggle to keep herself and Tad alive in her failing car. Cujo's attacks simply don't come to an end, and we start believing that if the dog doesn't kill them, the heat will. This is where I'll have to stop. If I don't, I'll spoil the ending - which will, of course, spoil reading the book. Let me say this much though - I found the end really di
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Approximate Word count = 609
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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