The Stand part 5

A lot has happened since I last blogged but I’m not going to go into details. Basically all the good guys have come together with Mother Abigail and created community they call The Free Zone. All the bad guys have gathered with the Dark Man in Las Vegas.

Mother Abigail had a premonition and sent out some of the main characters (Stu, Larry, Glen and Ralph) to fight the Dark Man. She did not tell them how they were going to defeat him or what to do or anything, she just said to walk to Vegas and they’ll know what to do. She also said that one of them won’t make it to their destination. I assumed this meant one of them would die but it turns out that Stu just fell down a cliff and broke his leg. After much debate, they decided to go on without him. Glen’s dog, Kojak, stayed with Stu and brought him a rabbit and fire wood to eat. It is really quite amazing because Kojak is the only dog that the plague didn’t kill. I was surprised it was Stu that got hurt because he is the MAIN main character and I always thought he would be the one to defeat the Dark Man but King is full of surprises.

As Larry, Glen, and Ralph were walking away from Stu, King says, “None of them saw Stuart Redman again.” They all have loved ones back in the Free Zone so if they survived they would probably reconnect eventually so this leads me to believe either the three who left will die, or Stu will die, or all them will die. It would make more sense for just ONE man to die rather than THREE men but again, Stephen King is full of surprises.

I’m beginning to believe more and more and that we’re not going to find out why only certain people are immune. My guess is that King had an idea why while he was writing but he left it open to leave his readers guessing.

This is most likely my last blog before the end of the year so I just wanted to say how much fun I had posting my thoughts. This blog has really helped me keep my thoughts organized while I’m reading and it has even let me see things in books I would have never seen while just reading for fun. I highly recommend The Stand. I think I can safely say it is the best novel I have ever read (and that includes Twilight :P). Well thanks for reading. BYE!