After Jive dies Harvey walks up the stairs to the attic. The attic is creaky and old and in the far corner he hears a noise which he believes to be Mr. Hood. He is wrong and the creature is Carna. The beast is still very injured and it hobbles up to attack Harvey. He stumbles and falls. On the ceiling he sees some carving that look like a face. Then two boards form a mouth and the house begins to talk. Mr. Hood is not in the house; he is the house! Harvey is shocked as the house tells him that he can either stay and live forever or get eaten by Carna. Harvey makes a dash for it and just as Carna is about to strike Harvey puts out a kind hand towards the beast. It makes a soft purring sound and nestles into his hand. Then the beast obliterates because Harvey showed it love. He runs downstairs and Rictus in waiting for him, his face hald made out of dirt because of the houses weakening. He promises to give Harvey anything to stay, but Harvey just keeps walking. Rictus keeps making things appear, but Harvey knows they're all illusions. Then Harvey comes up with an idea; make the house use up all it's magic. Harvey begins to wish of hundreds of ridiculous things and with each new wish the house falls more and more apart. The house bellows that Harvey has one more wish before he will be taken captive. Harvey wish for all of the seasons to take place at once. There is a giant storm as each season fights with eachother for dominance. With this the house explodes and is reduced to rubble. Mrs. Griffin thanks Harvey for everything as she begins to fade away. Harvey is about to walk away when Rictus comes out of the rubble with an orb of magic telling Harvey that he will just rebuild the house, but Rictus is grabbed by a glowing hand from beneath the ground and it rips Rictus's head right off in a poof of smoke. Mr. Hood then takes on human form from the rubble. He is made out of wood and windows, but his magic is still powerful. Next hundred s of glowing orbs begin to float toward the lake and children pull themselves from the depths. Harvey leads Hood over to the lake (which is now a violent portal hungry for souls). Hood tries to throw Harvey in, but harvey is too quick and he thrusts Hood into the deadly spiral. Lulu and Wendell are waiting for him by the mist along with hundreds of other kids. They all agree to walk holding hands for as long as they can before they are each sent back to their own time. Once out of the fog Harvey is alone and passes out from exhaustion. He wakes up in his own bed with his parents being regularly aged. He brings them to the site of the house which is now a hill with kids playing on it. A man walks up to Harvey and tells Harvey's parents that everything abput the house is true. Harvey looks over at the man's wife and she waves. His wife is Lulu, all grown up. The man thanks him for everything and walks away.
Important Quote: At the last moment before the mist elcipsed them they looked around at eachother, and Harvey said, "Home..." Pg:204 This is the part of the story where Harvey has defeated Hood and he is going home. All of the children who were fish in the lake are now freed. They all decide to walk into the mist together and hold hands for as long as they can. This is an important part of the story because it is where the action starts to fall. This is when the problem is almost solved and everyone can go home. This part really gave me goosebumps because all of the kids are now freed and it's really symbolic how they all walk into the mist together.
Connection: My connection to this section is the last day of the school year. Everyone is "freed" from the "evil" of school and it might be the last time you see some of the people in your class for a while. Thats kind of what happens to the kids at the House. They are freed and they don't know if they will ever see any of the other kids ever again. And while the last day of school might not be that dramatic it kind of reminds me of this section.
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