Edmund Hooper vs Charles Kingshaw: Power

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POWER * Page 162 But he had been surprised at how much he minded, at his own angry jealousy. She is My mother, he had thought, mine. And was immediately puzzled, because he knew that in truth he did not care much about her… Using power as one of the main theme in “I’m the king of the castle” creates conflicts between Edmund Hooper and Charles Kingshaw throughout the story, thus making it more intriguing for readers to follow on. In the specific sentence of which occurred after Hooper had recovered from the hospital, he took advantage of his vulnerability and used it against Charles. Poor Charles Kingshaw had lose hope of not having to go to school with Edmund, was stricken with envy and resentment over his mother, Helena Kingshaw, favoring a stranger’s son more than her own. At this point, Edmund Hooper had not only got the favor of Charles’s mother, but power, more than ever, drenched from Charles Kingshaw’s resentment towards him and countering it using both Helena Kingshaw and Josheph Hooper’s ignorance as his shield. The quote “She is my mother, he had thought, mine” shows Charles’s materialistic and furious side, driven by the lack of time spent with Helena and Edmund’s pressure to sin Charles for everything, ever since the start of the story. Also, the following quote,”…Because he knew in truth that he did not care much about her…” infers about Charles Kingshaw’s thought about the matter for a change. The quote reflects on the case as a whole to prove Charles’s neglects upon the situation he had been oppressed in up until now, when what is thought the only object he has some power upon had been lost. Worst of all, the thief was his arch nemesis, Edmund. This concept is proven with the last words of the information given, “because he knew that in truth he did not care much about her". “But he had been surprised at how much he minded, at his own angry
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