Saying Carrie "just wanted to attend school" completely ignores that Stephen King wrote a far darker, harsher reality: Carrie wasn’t a harmless saint trapped in a tragedy; she was an active participant in her own apocalyptic descent.
The novel makes it clear that Carrie didn’t just absorb cruelty; she hoarded venom. When Tommy asked her to prom, she wasn't just nervous; she harbored cold suspicion and bitter contempt for everyone around her. And the moment the bucket dropped, her desire wasn't to escape or find peace, it was absolute, vindictive obliteration.
She consciously locked the gym doors. She watched teachers and classmates scream against burning glass with zero remorse. Then she marched through town blowing up power grids, destroying fire hydrants to drown first responders, and incinerating hundreds of sleeping civilians who never even knew her name.
School bullied an outcast, but Carrie decided to execute an entire town of innocent people in return. Sanitizing her into a helpless angel who "just wanted an education" erases the actual horror: she allowed abuse to turn her into an unhinged, mass-murdering monster. #carrie