1. The seven basicplots 

Cujo was a lovely Sint-Bernard dog. Who was loved by everyone in town but especially by his ten year old owner named Brett Camber. One day when he was chasing a rabbit he got trapped in this underground cavity full of bats. He got bitten my one which was carrying a desease. Ever since then Cujo wasn't himself anymore. And while the familly didn't notice Cujo's brains deteriorated more and more. He slowly turned into a monster. 

In the seccond fase everything seemed to go well according to the rebirth plot. It took some time before Cujo felt really ill. They couldn't see the threat coming. 

The threat returns in his full force in the third fase. This is the fase when Cujo started acting strange. 'Cujo began to growl, deep in his throat. it was a rumbling, almost reflecting sound. He looked up at Gary, and there was something cold and speculative in the dog's eyes that gave Gary a chill. What's got in to you boy? Gary asked. He had never heard Cujo growl, not in al the years the Cambers had had him. To tell the truth he wouldn't have believed ole Cuje had a growl in him.'

This continues for a long time in fase for. Because eventually Cujo became a monster. He had bitten Gary Pervier and his own owner the father of Brett, Joe Camber. They both died because of the fever. 

Because the writter is Stephen King not every story should have a happy ending. according to fase 5 the book should have a happy ending. But Donna's son Tad died because he was bitten by Cujo. In the end Donna pulled the trigger and killed the dog, which is a good thing ofcourse. But overall it's a dramatic ending. You may not recognize the fifth fase in Cujo but I think you can link that to the writer. Stephen King is well known of his spectacular endings.

Cujo's change during the book. 

2. Characterization

Cujo 

Not like most books, the main character in this story isn’t a person but a dog. A dog named Cujo and owned by Joe Camber and his family. First, he was just a sweet dog that you can pet and cuddle with. But during story, this dog got bitten by a bat when he was chasing a rabbit in the forest. Sadly, it wasn’t just a bite that would hurt for a while and then go away, this was a bite from a rabid bat and the it gave Cujo the virus. So, during the story Cujo becomes murderous. There isn’t much more to tell about Cujo because it’s just a dog that tries to kill everybody.

Joe Camber and Charity Camber

Joe Camber is the owner of the and married to Charity Camber and has a child with her named Bratt Camber. Joe is an abusive dad and that's why Charity wants to leave him with her son because she thinks Joe is a bad influence on Bratt. 

Joe ones went to his neighbour's house to check up on is neighbour only to find out he had been killed by Cujo. After Joe found his neighbour dead, Cujo killed him too.

[Joe Camber has encountered Cujo in the garage. Cujo glares at him menacingly & growls]
Joe Camber: "Cujo?"
[the dog snarls again, and approaches him menacingly]
Joe Camber: "Oh my God... you're rabid!"
[Cujo barks savagely and charges at Joe. He puts his arms up to defend himself as Cujo attacks]
Joe Camber: [yelling] "NO! NO! CUJO!"
[the dog jumps on him & knocks him down]

Donna Trenton

Donna is the opposing force of Cujo and the protagonist of the story. She's married to Vic Trenton and has a child with him named Tad Trenton. She is kind off a heroic mother, putting her child's live before her own, even though it puts her life in danger. Donna is the person who got stuck in the car while Cujo was outside, waiting for the perfect change to kill them. It's kind off fascinating how round and dynamic this character is and how she can go from a sweet protective, caring mother to a heartless dog killer in a very short time. You could see that at that moment in the car, she was prepared to do anything to survive and not waiting for anything that would ruin that change. 

Donna Trenton: [Tad starts hyperventalating] "Not now!"

"In matters of life and death, her mind told her implacably, the right time only comes around once - once and then it's gone"

(page 226)

3. Setting

'Once upon a time not so long ago, a monster came to the small town Castle Rock, Maine.' The story takes place in Maine as many other Stephen King novels. It's the perfect setting for the book because it's a small town. You follow two different families. One of them has just moved to Maine.

The story takes place in the eighties. 'Expect that the monster never dies. Wherewolf, vampire, ghoul, unnameable creature from the wastes. The monster never dies. It came to Castle Rock again in the summer of 1980.' throughout the book it's difficult to know when everything takes place. So i couldn't add a timeline. The summer of 1980 is when this story happened. It was a bit difficult to find a good picture but this is Donna's car, the same car Stephen owned at that time. It's a Ford Pinto. This car is produced around the eighties. 

4. Point of view

The point of view of this story is very interesting. The writer (Stephen King) uses Third person but not just from one person. He tells his story through the eyes of more than one character, even from Cujo's point of view. Because the writer tells his story through many perspectives, he's able to give the story information from different angles. In this way the audience know all the information in the book but each character only knows one part, their one part. 

For example when Joe was talking to Gary Pervier. It was a conversation between them and no one else (except the dog of course) was there. so only they knew how the conversation went. The rest of the people in the book didn't.

"Joe Camber: You better watch it, Pervier.

[Joe looks down and pats Cujo]

Joe Camber: I'll sic my dog on you.

Gary Pervier: That dog? You couldn't sic that dog on me if I was coming' at you with a straight razor in each hand!" 

Than later you read about a small conversation Tad Trenton had with his father. And again you read information about a conversation no one else in the book knew about.

"Vic Trenton: There are no real monsters.

Tad Trenton: except for the one in my closet"