Chapter nineteen includes an unnerving encounter with a Wendigo, making similar sounds to those described in Pet Sematary. a b c d Gallen, Sean (August 9, 2016). "Stand By Me: 5 Times It Inspired Pop Culture". Movie Pilot. Archived from the original on November 14, 2016 . Retrieved May 1, 2017.

The next day, the boys wade across a swamp, discovering it filled with leeches. Gordie faints after finding one in his underwear. After more hiking, the boys locate the body. The discovery traumatizes Gordie, who asks Chris why Denny had to die and cries about his father hating him. Chris comforts Gordie and asserts that his father simply does not know him. Adapted into the 1986 classic film Stand By Me, The Body is an iconic exploration of friendship, loneliness and adventure, an unforgettable coming-of-age story by master chronicler of small-town adolescence and universal experience, Stephen King. In a 2011 piece entitled "25 years of 'Stand by Me'", writer Alex Hannaford opined that "[for] anyone older than about 33, Stand by Me remains one of the greatest films to come out of the Eighties." Hannaford added that the film "has a charm and depth that seems to resonate with each generation". [16]

The boys later come to a high railroad trestle. Everyone in the group is wary of crossing the bridge lest a train come along but Teddy insists they can make the crossing safely and not have to walk five miles upstream to the nearest bridge. When the boys reach the halfway point, a train comes and Vern and Gordie are forced to run for their lives, just barely making it across. Chris and Teddy seem to be more admiring of them after they were nearly killed. a b Bernstein, Jonathan (February 1997). "10 — The Next Generation: Neurotics, Psychotics, Weirdos, Underachievers and Would-be Teen Idols". Pretty in Pink: The Golden Age of Teenage Movies. New York, New York: St. Martin's Griffin. pp. 208–210. ISBN 0-312-15194-2 . Retrieved May 2, 2017.

Suburbs have spread over most of the land. The forest is still there in places, but if you walk steadily in a single direction you'll find a road sooner or later. But in those days it was possible to walk into the forest and lose your direction there and die. Chapter 4 A Jar of Pennies Vern Tessio had been under the front of his house digging. Before I go any further I'd better tell you why he was digging there. And even before I tell you that, I'd better tell you that Vern and Teddy were about equal in intelligence - in not having very much intelli- gence, that is. Vern's brother Billy was even more stupid, as you'll see. Four years ago, when he was eight, Vern buried a jar of pennies under the front of the house, in the dark space he called his cave. He was playing a game about robbers, and they were hiding the pennies from the police. He drew a map which showed where the jar was, put it in his room and forgot about it for nearly a month. Then, one day when he wanted to go and see a film and he didn't have enough money, he remembered about the pennies and went to find the map. But his mother had tidied his room and taken away the map, along with old magazines and other rubbish. She had used them to start a fire in the kitchen the next morning, so Vern's map went up the kitchen chimney. Ever since then Vern had looked for the jar of pennies. They added up to only about three dollars, but as the years passed, and Vern became more and more desperate about these pennies of his, the jar held sometimes as much as ten dollars. He never found the place where he had buried them. Sometimes we tried to tell him what was obvious to us — that 6 Jeff Nichols (March 25, 2016). "The Shot Caller Q+A: Midnight Special Director Jeff Nichols" (Interview). Interviewed by Zach Baron. GQ. Archived from the original on October 6, 2017 . Retrieved May 1, 2017. Stand by Me". Box Office Mojo. August 8, 1986. Archived from the original on July 15, 2018 . Retrieved January 17, 2015.Over the course of the narrative, the adult Gordie recalls his first published story, Stud City, about the life of a simple man named Edward "Chico" May whose older brother also died. He has a girlfriend, Jane, who he does not have particularly strong feelings for. Chico knows that his stepmother Virginia slept with his brother before he died, but he hesitates to tell his father about it. One day, Chico has a fight with his father over Virginia and leaves the house.

Goodman, Walter (August 8, 1986). "Movie Review: Rob Reiner's 'Stand By Me' ". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 25, 2017 . Retrieved April 24, 2017. I'm not sure Mr. King would appreciate my description of how I perceive his writing, but to me it's simply magical. There's a familiarity to his stories that speaks to the reader in some sort of nostalgicy, twisted way. It stirs thoughts of our pasts, our dreams, and our nightmares. King is, well...The King!The last member of the group of boys is Vern. Not much is known about his family, except that he is deeply afraid of his older brother. In this novella, Kings offers a dark view of the traditional American dream. Instead of the close-knit communities, manicured gardens, and homes of two caring parents. The world the boys begin to experience on their journey to Roy Bower’s body is full of hypocritical and malicious adults. It seems that in this community there is no one to provide the emotional support and guidance the young boys need. It was Teddy who first noticed that the shade of the ash tree was getting longer and asked me what time it was. I looked at my watch and was surprised to see it was quarter after two.