As more and more people are dying during The Long Walk, you start to see the stronger people emerging. Earlier in the book, it was difficult to differentiate the weak from the strong. But now that we're getting deeper into the walk, the stronger are emerging.
I found this graph online and I though it was interesting. It shows the pattern of the fallen people in The Long Walk. It shows how the stronger people are lasting longer.
For ecample, in Chapter 11, Parker says, "I still want to live. So do you, don't sh*t me, Garraty. you and that guy McVires can walk down the road and bullsh*t the universe and each other, so what, it's all a bunch of phony crap but it passes time. . . The bottome line is that you want to live, so do most others. They'll die slow. they'll die one piece at a time."
At this point the reader, and the boys within the story are starting to see the weak and the strong. It's only a matter of time before the strongest wins the Walk.
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