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| “ | He thrusts his fist against the post, and still insists he sees the ghost. | „ |
| ~ The poem that helps Bill stop his stuttering. |
| “ | Look, you don't have to come in with me, but what happens when another Georgie goes missing, or another Betty, or another Ed Corcoran, or... one of us? Are you just gonna pretend it isn't happening like everyone else in this town? Because I can't. I go home and all I see is that Georgie isn't there. His clothes, his toys, his stupid stuffed animals... but he isn't. So, walking into this house, for me, it's easier than walking into my own house. | „ |
| ~ Bill to the losers in It (2017). |
| “ | Memory, it's a funny thing. People want to believe they are what they choose to remember; the good stuff, the moments, the places - the people we all hold on to. But sometimes... sometimes, we are what we wish we could forget. | „ |
| ~ Bill's opening narration in It: Chapter Two. |
William "Bill" Denbrough is the main protagonist of Stephen King's 1986 novel IT as well its 1990 miniseries and 2017-2019 film duology. He is the leader of the Loser's Club who vowed to avenge his six-year-old brother Georgie after he was killed by It.
In the 1990 miniseries, he was portrayed by the late Jonathan Brandis as a kid and Richard Thomas as an adult.
In the 2017-2019 film duology, he was portrayed by Jaeden Lieberher as a kid and James McAvoy who also portrayed Charles Xavier in the X-Men Films as an adult.
His Good Ranking[]
What Makes Him Close to Being Pure Good?[]
- He was a good brother to Georgie, even helping him with making a paper boat.
- After Georgie goes missing, Bill vows to find him and refused to believe he was dead.
- He and his friends form the Loser's Club in order to track down It.
- Despite being only 12, Bill is able to stand up to It despite the psychological torture that it puts him through.
- He has saved the life of his friends multiple times, both from It and the Bower's Gang.
- He tries to put an abrupt end to It's cycle of murder in 2016 by defeating It in the Ritual of Chud.
- When he learns from Mike that It has returned in 2016, he returns as an adult to Derry in order to kill It once and for all.
- He attempts to save Dean from being killed by It. Even if he failed, he is the only member of the Loser's Club who attempted to save someone outside of the friend group.
- He saves his wife Audra after she is kidnapped by It
- Even after It whittles down the group from 7 to 5, Bill and his friends are able to kill It and avenge the children who lost their lives in Derry for over 300 years.
- Despite his Seriousness, He never makes the story darker.
- As an adult, he has romantic an encounter with Beverly, so he does commit adultery. However, he stops himself from going all the way and immediately regrets what he did.
What Prevents Him From Being Pure Good?[]
- As a leader, he can be pretty stubborn towards his friends, and he can put his need for vengeance over the wellbeing of them.
- He seems to be a terrible husband, cheating on his wife Audra with his literature agent Susan Brown even before meeting Beverly.
- While he definitely regrets it, he was responsible for Georgie’s death by feigning sickness so he didn’t have to play with him. However, he had no idea something terrible would happen to Georgie, so this is a very minor prevention.
Trivia[]
- He is one of the only two Stephen King heroes to be Near Pure Good, alongside Andy Dufresne.