That made me chuckle!
That made me chuckle!
Yes, very well done!
<--loves a good pun--even better unintended
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[quote=Letti;85139] I have to agree, though with many of the "path starter" posts. I view Hax as representing a lesson to Roland. The son of the most noble family, Roland was still in childhood and was casting about for people to take the place of his father, whom was not only leader of Roland's world (or close to), but juggling uprising, and probably not around to be a father to Roland.
Cort was the discipline, Vannay the thoughtful/philosophical side, and perhaps Hax filled a portion as well. As we know, Roland had a way of bonding with people and to him as well. When Hax betrays Roland's world, it's a part of Roland that gets sent to the gallows. Tossing pieces of bread at the man's feet bids farewell to this aspect that Hax was, to that it will be scattered by the birds.
When he cries Hax's name at the Tower, he cries out a piece of himself, some aspect of Roland. Roland calls out his and all their names because they are all Roland, parts of Roland that should be.
"...quiet as despair, I turn’d from him..."
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Yeah, I get the 'path starter' idea - and you've put it well there - maybe even clarified it a bit for me.
I guess I just ain't a fan of the idea,
...but then the different possibilities of interpretation is one of the things that make King such a great artist.
I can understand that. I goes against a sense of justice. Someone does wrong and we shouldn't include them when naming those who are "good".
I'm not always sure people will understand what I write...lol. Not for any profoundity on my part, but because I tend to blather and make long posts explaining the things behind them.
"...quiet as despair, I turn’d from him..."
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"The Constitution shall never be construed....to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms" (Samuel Adams, Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 86-87)
Maybe Roland had just forgotten to eat because of his excitement upon reaching the last leg of his quest. Hax conjured up memories of baked pastries. Maybe the Tower is really a personal metaphor for the fulfillment of our deepest hungers, spiritually as well as physically. Maybe Gan will wise up and give Roland more than just the Horn of Eld on the next cycle- something a little more satisfying than gunslinger burritos. In this sense, Roland's quest begins and ends will an insatiable appetite. I'm surprised that all of you are surprised by Hax's name. It didn't surprise me...it just made me hungry. I think its possible that the Tower might exist in some universe as a mega pizza place in a field of pepperoni. "Ka like a wind of Old Bay seasoning." In this universe, the cancellation of Emeril would be the event that caused the world to "move on."
Mordred was a hongry, but we must remember that Roland apparently was too.
"the Tower might exist in some universe as a mega pizza place in a field of pepperoni." - literally?
Roland would have understood.
Why didn't he cry Patrick Danville's name? I mean, without him Roland never would have made it to the Tower. To ME, he was even more important to the series than Susannah, to ME. idk. thoughts?
He wasn't going to the Tower for Patrick. He was going to the Tower for and because of all the other people he named.
What Monte said. Patrick wasn't a sacrifice.
The list of names he would need to call would require a data base of all of SK's characters. From Carrie White to whoever the least character of Duma Key (which i haven't got to yet) is... they are all a part of the mythos and make up of The Dark Tower. Patrick was one of a multitude. I personally was pissed that he didn't cry out Jack Sawyer.
"It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.
"When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah
Hax, was definitely the most important name.
I tend to agree with Monte.
"It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.
"When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah
Hear, Hear.
I want three................
dozen
of whatever Childe's been knocking down tonight...
"It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.
"When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah