Apt pupil is a story about the capacity for evil and the will to do it. Different seasons apt pupil, chapters 1 to 7 summary. But instead of turning him out, todd decides to feed his own psychopathic tendencies and so he learns from dussander. Apt pupil is a novella written by stephen king and published in his 1982 collection different seasons. Apt pupil is the story of todd bowden, a brilliant kid that somehow finds out that a nazi war criminal, kurt dussander, lives nearby. They are especially pleased with his extracurricular activity of reading to arthur denker, an old lonely man. This study guide consists of approximately 42 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis. Apt pupil freebooksummary study guides and book summaries. Different seasons by stephen king apt pupil, chapters 21 to 29 summary and analysis. After being confronted by his father about his grades, he forges his report cards before giving them to his parents.
Bowden, obsessed with nazism and the holocaust, persuades dussander to share his stories, an. If youre a fan of the video, subscribe and follow me on the. Goebbels look like a child playing with picture books in a kindergarten. Set in a fictional suburb of southern california called santo donato, the story unfolds over a period of about four years, with most of the action taking place during the first year and the last months. Apt pupil is a 1998 american psychological thriller film based on the novella of the same name by stephen king. Different seasons is a collection of four novellas slightly. Apt pupil released to little fanfare and struggled to find an audience. Todd, the eponymous apt pupil, stalks a nazi war criminal in hiding, kurt dussander, and then one day shows up on his doorstep to blackmail dussander into telling him that nasty, that gooshy stuff of the war that you wont find in a book. The film was directed by bryan singer and stars ian mckellen and brad renfro. Singer might be facing a lot of hostile media coverage at the moment, but at an early point in his career he created apt pupil. This study guide consists of approximately 42 pages of chapter summaries.
Evocative characters, a real sense of creeping madness and a twisty plot with more. A golden california schoolboy and an old man whose hideous past he uncovers enter into a fateful and chilling mutual parasitism. Apt pupil is a novella written by stephen king and published in his 1982 collection different. Todd becomes an apt pupil of the horror stories dussander tells and the two enter into a bizarre relationship of mixed hate and friendship culminating when todd helps dussander cover up a vicious murder. John and abigail adams summary and analysis hungry for change summary the threecomponent model of creativity essay. Three of this books four novellas are better known as films, and rightly so. Apt pupil 1982 is a novella by stephen king, originally published in the 1982 novella collection different seasons, subtitled summer of corruption. Apt pupil consists of 30 chapters, many of which are headed by a month. Overall story throughline synopsis monica and dick bowden are the proud parents of their teenage son, todd, an apt pupil and exceptional athlete. A boy blackmails his neighbor after suspecting him to be a nazi war criminal. Todd has spent a few months prior to confronting dussander secretly observing him by taking photos, lifting his fingerprints from his mailbox and front door. Set in the 1980s in southern california, the film tells the fictional story of high school student todd bowden, who discovers a fugitive nazi war criminal, kurt dussander, living in his neighborhood under a pseudonym. Hap, derelict who identified todd bowden from a photo.