Miss Sidley
Miss SidleyMiss Sidley
In the story titled “Suffer the Children”; that is written by Stephen King the main character is Miss Emily Sidley. Miss Sidley is a third grade teacher at Summer Street School with extremely strict teaching methods. She is a small-framed older woman who has suffered from a bad back for twelve years. She is assertive, reclusive, and socially isolated. In other words, she is a typical example of an “old – maid.” Miss Sidley does not understand the behavior of today’s children. Even so, no one else in the story at the school would ever guess that Miss Sidley has murder in her heart.
Miss Sidley believes a student named “Robert” has discovered the secret of her ability to watch the students with her back turned. She watches the class using the reflection of her glasses. When she sets her focus on Robert, she visualizes the child changing his appearance to that of a monstrous, evil being. Miss Sidley begins agonizing about her own sanity. She begins to believe there are many children with the ability to transform into strange alien – like forms. Miss Sidley takes on a poisonous mindset.
When reading about Miss Sidley we might think she is insane. Who else but an insane woman would truly think about killing third grade children simply because she believes them to be monsters? The conversations she carries out in her mind are bizarre and of questionable sanity. It is nearly the middle of the story before we begin to question the children’s real characters. Some of the children’s strange transformations become more aggressive towards Miss Sidley. In the story, the numbers of children with the seemingly evil characteristics grow. The children strange behaviors towards Miss Sidley are an increasing threat to her....
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