Stephen King

Stephen King

Long Walk / Thinner

The Long Walk: In the near future, where America has become a police state, one hundred boys are selected to enter an annual contest where the winner will be awarded whatever he wants for the rest of his life. The game is simple - maintain a steady pace of four miles per hour without stopping. Three warnings, and you're shot to death.
Thinner: Billy Halleck commits vehicular homicide when his lack of attention to driving results in the death of an old lady on the street. Overweigh Halleck is a lawyer with connections, though, and gets off with a slap on the wrist. After his trial, a gypsy curses him with a single word, "Thinner." Halleck begins to lose weight uncontrollably and must pursue the band of gypsies who are responsible for his dwindling condition.


Thursday, December 25, 2014

Chapter 3-4

I know that Jean already sort of touched upon the creepiness of this book, but I wanted to elaborate a bit on it. Jean had said,  "They were calm and casual about the whole event. I'm not sure if they all are actually afraid and are internationalist their feelings or if they really aren't scared. " I had posted a comment to this post but I have more to say.

I think these events during the Long Walk and their calm nature is due to this willpower that they all have. They all have this underlying feeling of faith and will to win this "great prize". All of them grew up in this society learning about this event and watching walkers go by their hometowns. They learned to look up to the winners and congradulate them. They got to see what accomplishments they got because they won this walk. 

 I believe it is the drive that they have to win these games, and be looked up to and praised that gets them through the walk, even if it comes off solem and creepy.
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