Stephen King’s IT – The First Interlude

As I continued this novel I came to a part titled “Derry: The First Interlude”. This was interesting to me, as I wasn’t expecting any interludes, but as I began to read this section I realized exactly what this was meant to be used as, and I really found it to be one of the most interesting parts of the book so far. After the “Six Phone Calls” part of the book we have been introduced to six main characters, Stan, Ben, Beverley, Eddie, Richie, and Bill, and they all mention someone named Mike, the man who calls him. Obviously Mike can’t call himself, so this section is used to introduce to the character of Mike Hanlon, and explain the town of Derry a little more. I found this to be very interesting because it does a great job introducing both a character and giving us a good idea of who he is, and setting up the town of Derry.