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Main Ideas

• The power of friendship and unity: The main characters, the children of the "Losers' Club," overcome evil through their friendship and solidarity.
• Confronting fear: The characters face their deepest fears to defeat It.
• The cyclical nature of evil: The evil in Derry returns every 27 years, highlighting the cyclical and inevitable nature of evil.
• Childhood and growing up: The book explores the transition from childhood to adulthood and how childhood traumas affect adult life.
• Hidden horrors of a small town: Derry, seemingly an ordinary town, harbors many secrets and horrors, symbolizing the hidden vices of society.