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Norman Daniels is a supporting antagonist of the Stephen King multiverse. Serving as the main antagonist of the novel Rose Madder, a unseen antagonist of Insomnia, and a posthumous antagonist of The Dark Tower series. He was the son of Ray Daniels, the husband of Rose McClendon, the son-in-law...
During one bout of violence, Norman caused Rosie to miscarry their only child. Escaping to a distant city, Rosie establishes a new life and forges new relationships. Norman Daniels, a police officer with a reputation for cruelty, uses his law-enforcement connections to track his wayward wife.
Plot. In 1985, police officer Norman Daniels brutally beats his wife Rosie while she is four months pregnant, resulting in a miscarriage. Rosie considers leaving Norman, but dismisses the idea because Norman is a cop who specializes in finding missing persons.
Jan 1, 2001 · King doesn’t just describe Norman Daniels’s actions in Rose Madder; he gets inside the monster’s head and in the process shows us the kind of thoughts that motivate a violent murderer. Rose McClendon married Norman right after high school, suffered a vicious bite from him on their wedding night, and from then on her life became one long ...
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Norman Daniels is the main antagonist of Stephen King's Rose Madder. He is the abusive husband of Rose McClendon, the novel's main protagonist. He pursues his wife after she leaves their abusive household, determined to "punish" her by "talking to her up close".
Aug 27, 2017 · As realistic a character as Rose is (albeit with extremely good luck, some perhaps supernatural), Norman is over the top in a way that undermines his half of the social content of Rose Madder, leaving it an exploration of abuse and recovery but no use at all in examining why people do the abuse.
In the prologue, which takes place in 1985, Rose Daniels 's husband, Norman, beats her while she is four months pregnant, causing her to suffer a miscarriage. Rose briefly considers leaving Norman, but dismisses the idea: Norman is a policeman, and is excellent at finding people.
