The lobstrosity cripples Roland when it eats his fingers, but the bite is even more severe than that, and I’m not just referring to the infection that came with it. Over the course of these first hundred pages, the gunslinger has not only been physically maimed, he’s been psychologically wounded as well.
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God’s Gunslingers: the Birds of the Dark Tower
The end of the first book allowed me to see the true depth of this ornithological metaphor. Roland isn’t the only character in the series represented by a bird, and I’m not just talking about the Taheen.
The Gunslinger’s Guide To Daddy Issues
Every other time I’ve read these books, when it came to Roland and Jake’s father-son dynamic, I always related to the son character. But since becoming a father, suddenly I find myself viewing their relationship from the perspective of a dad.
Stephen King’s Tower of Needful Things
9/19-9/25The Gunslinger:Chapters 1.i-2.ii Say Thankya Big Big At the end of my last post, I felt the need to apologize to Roland, to Sai King, and to my potential audience. Now, before I get to work on this new post, I don’t feel the need to cry anyone’s pardon, but I do feel the needContinue reading “Stephen King’s Tower of Needful Things”
Church of the Cosmic Turtle 