The Hellbound Heart essays

The Hellbound Heart essays The book I read for my report was The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker. I choose this book because on the books cover it said that it was by an author that wrote many other books that were bestsellers, and on the back the Chicago Tribune gave it a good review. Another reason was that it was not very long and Im not a very fast reader. As I read this book it definitely kept my interest. It was never boring for more than one page, and you wanted to just keep reading. This book mostly took place in 55 Lodovico Street. It does not say the city or state or country. The setting is an old two-story house that Rory and Franks Grandmother owned. You could hear the friendly neighbors outside chatting away. You could feel the dampness in the old room upstairs. You could see the shiny, brilliantly carved wooden banisters on the staircase and the boxes laid about the house from the moving van. You could taste the eggs being cooked on the old stove because thats all they had since they had just moved in. You could smell the rotting wood in the damp room waiting to be replaced. This story mostly takes place in 1987 and 1988. The time itself it not very important to the story; it could have taken place at any time in the 20th21st century. The main character in this story is Frank. He is bored of what this world has to offer, good at solving puzzles, and tries to get pleasure or excitement the easiest way with the amount of energy. Frank is a young man around the age of twenty. He is very lazy, and just barely gets through life and lives on what little he has. He is bored of what this world has and thinks there is nothing left to excite him in it. He searches for excitement and/or pleasure in the Lemarchands Box, which is an elaborate puzzle and is supposed to give him what he seeks for if he solves it. The book doesnt say anything about his appearance, background, or relationships because you don&apo...