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Stranger Things - stringing it all together.

Writer’s often love to allegorize when creating their work; often key names or places provide clues to the plot, give us key insight into idiosyncrasies of a character or quite simply describe the ‘function’ of the place or character. So are the writers of Stranger things giving us clues to what Stranger things is all about or are the things I point out below just simply coincidental? Clue 1: It’s all in the name. Let’s take a look at the name first – Stranger Things – yes, things are very strange in Hawkins, but looks at the words. STR anger th   ING s   - right there in the title you can see STRING. Clue 2: Really? Hawkins? OK so perhaps a bit of a stretch, or not? Stephen William Hawking – perhaps the most widely known theoretical physicist and cosmotologist in the world today – Hawkins, Hawking – very close, and surely a homage to this great man. Of course Professor Hawking might know a thing or two about STRING theory. Clue 3: Will Byers Will Myers is argua