On Harold Lauder

[Wayoftheredpanda]

Harold was such a well written character that you felt bad for him even after he blew up Nick's house. His last moments were so tragic that you could almost forgive him. Personally my third favorite "The Stand" character next to Tom and Nick.

 

[rozziemcnugget]

Hello, i didn't see an introduction area, so I would like to introduce myself with this post, if that is not breaking the rules. I apologize if i missed it.

I've been a long time fan of Stephen King. my first book was Salem's Lot, but my all time favorite was the book It.I read that book ten times straight when I first got my hands on it. It took me six hours straight of reading it,s topping only for bathroom breaks and something to drink, and even into the wee hours of the night reading it.

But with this post I'd like to speak a little bit on the subject of Harold Lauder.

I consider him the saddest character in all of the book and of all of the characters. Here's why.

Nobody, but nobody wanted him. He was just a thing to be used, then thrown away like he was just trash. Frannie may have considered him a friend, but in the end she threw him aside for Stu.

Not even Flagg wanted him, and Flagg accepted all kinds of bastards. He even accepted the Trashcan man and didn't really throw him aside, but was willing to give him a quick and painless death because he felt a kinship with Trash.

Flagg used him, and then just threw him away when he was done.

He was damned.

Some people are late bloomers, but some people never get to bloom at all, because no matter what they do, no matter how they look sound or seem, they will always be just a throw away person in the eyes of many people.

And that's how I see Harold, as he was presented in both the book and the mini series.

And maybe Lauder was the person he had in mind with the phrase; He thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.


Thank you.

I had a love/hate relationship of how I felt about Harold, I never truly knew what I truly wanted for him in the conclusion of him in general, i just wish he could redeem himself or at least have lived(and had better living conditions,etc) enough to have been found (alive) by Larry and crew... Kinda wondering what would have happened if he wasnt cast aside by RF