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.


Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Chapter 20- Quote Analysis

  For a moment he only stood there looking toward the sound of the ocean, which was very clear in the stillness.
    'You really ought to get off whatever hunger strike you are on, Mr Halleck,' he said without turning around. 'In many ways the world is nothing but a pile of shit. But it can also be very beautiful.

Billy cannot tell anyone outright about what has happened to him, because he would sound insane. It must be excruciating not to tell anyone, and throughout this chapter, Fander probably thought Bill was just obsessively trying to lose weight, but in retrospect, he is attempting to reverse a curse, which obviously, doesn't sound sane. This quote was relatively depressing, because Bill is trying all he can to not die from this, and someone just assumes that he does want to kill himself. 


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