Sue Snell

Susan D. Snell is a fictional character created by American author Stephen King in his first published 1974 horror novel, Carrie. She is a popular teenage girl dating Tommy Ross. After tormenting Carrie White in the locker room, Sue begins to feel remorse for her actions. She asks Tommy to do her a favor and take Carrie to the prom in an attempt to make Carrie feel accepted and to ease her own conscience. In this, she has been described as the "godmother" in King's "dark modernization of Cinderella". The disaster that takes place at the high school prom is set in place when Tommy accepts. Sue also appears in the 1999 film sequel, The Rage: Carrie 2, played by Amy Irving reprising her role from the 1976 film version of King's novel. Novel In the novel, King uses commentaries by Sue Snell as one of his innovative narrative techniques to tell Carrie's history. Sue is a popular student at Ewen High School. When Carrie breaks down emotionally after having her first period in the shower, unaware of what menstruation is, Sue joins her classmates in gleefully taunting her and pelting her with tampons, repeatedly chanting, "Plug it up!" Their gym teacher, Rita Desjardin, who broke up the incident and calmed the panicking Carrie down, says that Sue is not a bully by nature and therefore her participation in the shower incident is out of character. It is implied that Sue only acted under peer pressure, being one of popular girl Chris Hargensen's friends and therefore under the pressure of Chris to avoid becoming a potential victim herself. When the prank happened, Sue had been dating Tommy Ross for six months. While preparing for the prom, purchasing a gown and accepting Tommy's invitation, Sue begins to plan for Carrie to go to the prom in her place.