Once he finished the walk, there wasn't enough left of him to shut it down. The dark figure beckoned, beckoned in the rain, beckoned for him to come and walk, to come and play the game. In addition I didn’t really know what decade it was set in which kind of plays into its other-worldliness (I’m probably wrong with the Nazis being Conservative) When I was reading it I use OSTs to drown out my family so I would definitely reccomend these for additional emotional impact:‘The Man in the High Castle’ season 1 soundtrack by Henry JackmanOn the traditional political spectrum fascists are on the extreme right and anarchists are on the extreme left. I've thought about it some, and I find an odd sort of comfort in the thought that Garraty is running toward his own death in his mind and the dark figure represents a conglomeration of everyone important to him who has died. The dark figure beckoned, beckoned in the rain, beckoned for him to come and walk, to come and play the game.
In a future United States, albeit one stemming from a different history (references to \"April 31st\", \"fifty-one\" states, \"Popular Mechanix\", and \"the German air-blitz of the American East Coast\" are made), there has been an apparent military takeover of the country, turning it into a totalitarian dystopia.
And starts naming boys names he walked with who all died? I really liked how the boys bonded and acted silly (like 16 year old boys are wont to do) because it felt very genuine. I dont think he accepted the prize but I always thought he was just going to get away from the dark figure and that was that. Collie Parker? Does he run to the dark figure and die, or does he live, a shell of his former self, PTSD-ridden? I thought the same thing when I got into the book and realized what it meant to "get your ticket punched". Percy What'hisname? Something I have been looking for. I kind of went with how the ‘Man in the High Castle’ tv show makes it look when the Nazis have occupied what with it being ‘ultra-conservative’ timeline.
Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts At the end of the book, Garraty decides to give up after realizing that Stebbins has shown almost no weaknesses over the duration of the walk.
The ending though was somewhat disappointing. I just finished the long walk by Richard Bachman (sk) and I'm just a little confused at the ending! I think these specific stories all owe a creative credit to "Theseus and the Minotaur".
If he could get a little closer, he could make out the features. Posted by. I imagine they eventually force him to stop, but he's irreparably damaged in the head, maybe even to the point of being a vegetable.New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be castReddits largest community of Stephen King's avid fans.Press J to jump to the feed. And it was time to get started.
What do you think?I always thought he just kind of has a mental breakdown at the end and the walk became his reality forever.This is my favorite King/Bachman story. This book felt like the boys from Stand by Me had to walk for a long long time and this was the result. Not that it was a bad ending, but it ended so abruptly, like Hitchcocks North by Northwest, it was at this height of excitement and then roll credits.
And of course Jackson was an enormous influence on King. And I understand it's an allegory for Vietnam and the draft, but I felt like the ending left the greater purpose of "why" somewhat incomplete. 6. There was no time before the walk, and the walk would never end.
The rules had become his reality. Garraty shook it off impatiently. And that's fair, how do you make 100 guys walking interesting but my god if it doesn't find a way. I've got some quotes for those who don't have the book in front of you.Garraty stepped aside. Who was it?What do you think? Was it Barkovitch? I found it to be the only book by King to get on IT’s level. There was still so far to walk.Eyes blind, supplicating hands held out before him as if for alms, Garraty walked toward the dark figure.And when the hand touched his shoulder again, he somehow found the strength to run.What happens to Ray Garraty in the end? Garraty … We both like to think that the "dark figure" that garraty sees at the end of the book is randal flag himself.I read this a few weeks ago and thoroughly enjoyed it.
When I read the Hunger Games the first time I remember thinking it very much reminded me of Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" short story. A hand on his shoulder. Is the dark figure the ghost of one of his walking mates, or the ghost of his father? Does he ever stop Walking? For me I always assumed he lived. 4 years ago.
I haven't read The Long Walk in a long time, either, but I remember interpreting the ending this way: Garraty had become subsumed by the walk by the time he won it. However, this book made me feel bad because I was sitting on the couch reading while they were walking for days and days lol Possibly Death himself, come for McVries, Stebbins, or even Garraty?
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