Clive Barker's Thief Of Always

Analysis of Clive Barker’s Thief of Always
In Clive Barker’s Thief Of Always, Harvey, the main character goes into the house and meets Wendell and Lulu. Eventually, Harvey and Wendell plot to escape and while they’re escaping , he meets Lulu who looks like a fish. He goes back to the real world. He decides to go back and rescue Lulu with Wendell. When they enter Wendell starts eating food while Harvey goes down and rescues Ms. Griffin. He defeats Marr ,Rictus, and Jive. He then defeats Hood with Lulu’s help and all the children go free. In the end, he goes back to his parents. Questions are a big idea in this book from the beginning to the end. Questions are thought of as bad, though everyone encourages questions. Everyone from the Hood House
When Rictus first meets Harvey at his house, he doesn’t support questioning. When Rictus is leaving Harvey’s house after their first talk, Rictus hollers back, “Questions rot the mind!” he hollered as he went. “Keep your mouth shut and we’ll see what comes your way!” (9). Questions are implied as “rotting the mind” and you wonder at the beginning, “What do you mean!?!?” In the end , questions actually strengthen the mind, completely contradicting what Jive, Rictus, Marr, and Mr.Hood support which is that “Questions rot the mind.” We can infer that the reason that questions are bad, is that if you keep asking them, you’ll find what you’re looking for. Hints are laid about the power of questions.Mrs. Griffin, when she is persuaded by Harvey to tell some of the truth that they are trapped here, she says “Now listen to me Harvey. I’ve seen many children come and go through this House-some of them foolish, some of them selfish, some sweet, some brave-but you, you are one of the brightest souls I have ever set eyes on. I want you to take what joy you can from being from being here. Use the hours well, because there’ll be fewer than you think.”(96-97). Even though this is not a question, it still gives many clues to why Harvey is a “bright soul”.She specifically says” you are one of the brightest sould I have ever set eyes on”. From the rest of the book and Wendell, you see that questions
Wendell is portrayed as being a non-questioner. After the prank that Wendell played on Harvey during Halloween, the next day Harvey says the most impressive piece of the prank was the thing in the sky. When Harvey asks what it was, Wendell replies with, “I don’t know,” Wendell said, his smile disappearing. “Better not to ask, eh? ”(58). Wendell specifically says it’s better to not ask and that connotes that he is mentally-weak. His smile also disappears, showing he inclined to not answering the unknown and doesn’t want to know. There are many instances to which he replies “who cares?”. On Harvey’s second day, Wendell shows him the tree house and when Harvey asks, that you can’t see much, Wendell replies, “Who cares”said Wendell. “It’s just gray out there anyway.”(32). He says”who cares” and that is his regular mojo, meaning he’s getting lured in more and more by the Holiday House. Subsequently , he says” it's just gray out there” showing he doesn’t want to return and doesn’t want to question. We have seen throughout the book that Wendell responds “who cares” , making us infer that is what led to his