rage   stephan king        کتاب Charlie Decker a Maine high school senior is called to a meeting with his principal about a previous incident in which he struck his chemistry teacher with a pipe wrench leading to the teachers hospitalization and Charlies suspension Charlie then subjects the principal to a series of insulting remarks resulting in his expulsion Charlie storms out of the office and retrieves a pistol from his locker then sets the contents of his locker on fire He then returns to his classroom and fatally shoots his algebra teacher Miss Jean Underwood The fire triggers an alarm but Charlie forces his classmates to stay in the room killing a history teacher Mr Peter Vance when he attempts to enter As the other students and teachers evacuate the school the police and media arrive at the scene  Over the following four hours Charlie toys with various authority figures who attempt to negotiate with him including the principal the school psychologist and the local police chief Charlie gives them certain commands threatening to kill students if they do not comply Charlie also admits to his hostages that he does not know what has compelled him to commit his deeds believing he will regret them when the situation is over As his fellow students start identifying with Charlie he unwittingly turns his class into a sort of psychotherapy group causing his schoolmates to semivoluntarily tell embarrassing secrets regarding themselves and each other  Interspersed throughout are narrative flashbacks to Charlies troubled childhood particularly his tumultuous relationship with his abusive father Carl Several notable incidents include a violent disagreement between two female students and a police snipers attempt to shoot Charlie through the heart However Charlie survives due to the bullets striking his lockers co