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IЎЇm the King of the Castle is a novel about evil in mankind. Discuss to what extent this is true.

In IЎЇm the King of the Castle, Susan Hill shows the evil in mankind through some characters. The characters have evil though but they did not show it out ass they were being stopped by the rules society and the thought of consequences. Kingshaw was been stopped by that but Hooper did not, as he intimidated Kingshaw mentally rather than physically.

When Kingshaw and Hooper were at the top of the castle, Kingshaw had the thoughts of pushing Hooper down. But he did not do that as he knows the consequences he would face if he really push Hooper down. ÐŽoI could kill him, I could make him fall offÐŽ­Up here, IЎЇm the KingÐŽ±. Kingshaw keeps thinking that he is the King as he was at the top of the catle, high above Hooper. Therefore he thinks that he is more powerful than Hooper but whenever he got the control and power it would only be temporary. From here we can know that Kingshaw still has conscious about what he is doing. He is being taught what is right and what is wrong, therefore he did not harm Hooper.

Kingshaw hate his mother for being so vain in front of Mr Hooper and before that when Mrs Kingshaw went to his schoolЎЇs special events with all the accessories and make-up ÐŽ®He hated his mother more than