Was Flagg the originator of Trash's mental breakdown as a youth? The last time I read The Stand was about a year ago so my memory is vague, but I seem to remember a part where Trash sees a smile on Flagg's face and remembers seeing that smile on the face of the orderly where Trash had been institutionalized and abused. I know it could have just been a description of similar malice hiding behind the smile, but it got me wondering.
The portion of the book where Trash travels with The Kid suggests that Flagg saved him from The Kid, but that Trash was too unintelligent to reason that Flagg had delivered him into those hands in the first place. I think this lends support to the idea that Flagg may have had a hand in Trash's destiny.
The portion of the book where Trash travels with The Kid suggests that Flagg saved him from The Kid, but that Trash was too unintelligent to reason that Flagg had delivered him into those hands in the first place. I think this lends support to the idea that Flagg may have had a hand in Trash's destiny.