EN12: Charlie and Billy are tough guys...

...or at least that's what we figured out from the way they use language. In Chapter 4 of "The Body," Vern listens to Charlie and Billy talk about seeing the body of a missing kid. They're trying to sound tough (they use crude language, and talk about how they don't care), but it's clear they are still thinking about it. Here's a picture of our quick notes from pages 302-3.

You guys seem to "get" this interaction, and you also "get" how King uses the dialogue of the two characters to show how they feel. They're feeling vulnerable, but they're trying to cover it up.