I am often disapointed with King's endings - as a lot of his fans are - however that's not a major issue with his writings. After all, if fiction wants to be true to real life, the endings need to be disapointing at times. You get my point...
My interpetation (Obvious Spoilers):
- Randall Flagg is a metaphor for Cristopher Colombus (hear me out)
The epilogue has a guy arriving to a group of "uncivilized" people, a.k.a local inuits of a certain continent. Flagg is that guy, and he is going to corrupt the minds of the indians with their capitalism and greed,
- The last scene with Frannie and Stu is an anti cold-war plea, made by King himself. (book writen in 1978)
let us stop the nuclear weapons from being made. Trashcan Man is am metaphor for communism.
Okay, so this is my view on it. I know, it may seem farfetched, but this was my analysis. After all, 1400 pages have to have some point to make.
My interpetation (Obvious Spoilers):
- Randall Flagg is a metaphor for Cristopher Colombus (hear me out)
The epilogue has a guy arriving to a group of "uncivilized" people, a.k.a local inuits of a certain continent. Flagg is that guy, and he is going to corrupt the minds of the indians with their capitalism and greed,
- The last scene with Frannie and Stu is an anti cold-war plea, made by King himself. (book writen in 1978)
let us stop the nuclear weapons from being made. Trashcan Man is am metaphor for communism.
Okay, so this is my view on it. I know, it may seem farfetched, but this was my analysis. After all, 1400 pages have to have some point to make.
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