King writes that during the birthday party, The assembled company bellowed out Happy Birthday to You in a combined voice that was loud enough to drown out the wind… for a little while, anyway. Why is this important?

Read Stephen King’s The Reach, 1981.

Write a 1,000 word essay that addresses these themes in the story:

King writes that during the birthday party, The assembled company bellowed out Happy Birthday to You in a combined voice that was loud enough to drown out the wind… for a little while, anyway. Why is this important?
How else is song (doxology) portrayed in the story?