Did anyone else notice that at one point in the book they refer to Beverly's stepfather but later on they make mention of the auburn hair that Al Marsh passed onto Beverly?
Beverly's "step"father...
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I was just wondering which was he. Father or stepfather.
I do not remember that at all, and I have read It a few times (it’s my favourite). I always took Al Marsh as Bev’s biological father. I’ll keep an eye out for any stepfather references on my next run through. Probably overdue for one.
I don't remember him being her stepfather either.
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
Perhaps you are thinking of Eddie? Eddie had a stepfather - I wish I could check but I am not at my home at the moment so no copy of It nearby.
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
Wait, what? Eddie Kaspbrak had a stepfather? I thought it was just him and his mom? I feel like I’m being tested today.
I've read the book 15 times at least and this was the first time I noticed it. lol
"as Beverly Marsh’s stepfather—a gent who bore, in temperament at least, a remarkable resemblance to Eddie and Dorsey Corcoran’s stepfather"
Stephen King -IT- page 256
"as Beverly Marsh’s stepfather—a gent who bore, in temperament at least, a remarkable resemblance to Eddie and Dorsey Corcoran’s stepfather"
Stephen King -IT- page 256
I could find no reference to Eddie Kaspbrak's stepfather. Perhaps you are confusing him with Eddie Corcoran, one of It's victims.
Bob is fine and thanks.By the way - Welcome to the SKMB Bobarobbob1 - can we call you "Bob"?
WHOA! I just had to go look. I never noticed it, either! I'm betting it's a mistake. And yeah, Eddie Kaspbrak didn't have a stepfather.
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
Well now I'm intrigued - what is the rest of the sentence? You have just put a fragment of a sentence there - how does the sentence begin?
Is this the paperback or hard cover book? (just so I know which page 256 you are referring to)
Eddie Corcoran, not Kaspbrak - I got that off Google by the way, not from the actual book - I have only read the book once.
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
Yes - I was in the hotel when I wrote that earlier - it was probably from Wikipedia - I don't remember using a last name, however.
Welcome to SKMB - wait! (I said that already once)
richard macklin was dorsey's and eddie's stepfather.
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
Yes - the test is on Tuesday but it's multiple choice, so don't sweat it!
You're right - see the link:
Richard P. Macklin - Stephen King Wiki - Wikia
Still haven't figured out where it says Beverley had a stepfather. If it is in there and it is indeed a mistake - oh well, nobody's perfect right? I try not to get all wrapped around the axle about little details like this.
Of course, I would think after the 15th read you probably could not help but notice a mistake!
Neese, I've read that book so many times that I can practically recite a lot of the paragraphs word for word, and I never saw that until it was pointed out. It is right there on pg 256 (in the original hardcover edition--I checked both my copies and my daughter's copy--lol). I'm positive it's a mistake, but it doesn't change my enjoyment of the storyYes - the test is on Tuesday but it's multiple choice, so don't sweat it!
You're right - see the link:
Richard P. Macklin - Stephen King Wiki - Wikia
Still haven't figured out where it says Beverley had a stepfather. If it is in there and it is indeed a mistake - oh well, nobody's perfect right? I try not to get all wrapped around the axle about little details like this.
Of course, I would think after the 15th read you probably could not help but notice a mistake!
Nobody's perfect.
In the polish edition of IT, there's NOTHING regarding Bev's father in this chapter, let me tell You.
Has to be a mistake.
For 2 years I have been reading random chapters of IT almost everyday and I was very suprised when I saw this topic.
I remember a lot of stupid details from the book and no - there's nothing about Al Marsh in the chapter about Macklins and the boyz.
The truth is that We need Robert Gray to clean this mess
Has to be a mistake.
For 2 years I have been reading random chapters of IT almost everyday and I was very suprised when I saw this topic.
I remember a lot of stupid details from the book and no - there's nothing about Al Marsh in the chapter about Macklins and the boyz.
The truth is that We need Robert Gray to clean this mess
Eddie Corcoran was dead, all right. He died on the night of June 19th, and his stepfather had nothing at all to do with it. He died as Ben Hanscom sat home watching TV with his mother, as Eddie Kaspbrak’s mother anxiously felt Eddie’s forehead for signs of her favorite ailment, “phantom fever,” as Beverly Marsh’s stepfather—a gent who bore, in temperament at least, a remarkable resemblance to Eddie and Dorsey Corcoran’s stepfather—lifted a high-stepping kick into the girl’s derrière and told her “to get out there and dry those goddam dishes like your mummer told you,” as Mike Hanlon got yelled at by some high-school boys (one of whom would some years later sire that fine upstanding young homophobe John “Webby” Garton) passing in an old Dodge while Mike pulled weeds out of the garden beside the small Hanlon home out on Witcham Road, not far from the farm owned by Henry Bowers’s crazy father, as Richie Tozier was sneaking a look at the half-undressed girls in a copy of Gem he had found at the bottom of his father’s socks-and-underwear drawer and getting a regular good boner, and as Bill Denbrough was throwing his dead brother’s photograph album across the room in horrified unbelief.
Stephen King -IT- Chapter 6 subsection 3 page 255 in the hardcover addition. English