I found this posting regarding "The Stand" not that long ago (on another forum and not here). I have a feeling that the poster was young based on other posts as well.
The Stand is absurd for the following reasons:
1. The US government would never develop a virus that could wipe-out civilisation
2. The US government would never commit genocide, i.e. releasing the virus behind the Iron Curtain and in the People's Republic of China
3. The US government would never kill journalists
Obviously, Stephen King hates the US government and the US military.
Now I would have to say that the poster might also be just a little bit naïve as well as young, but I choose to respond.
I find that it helps to look at when the author wrote the novel. King wrote the bulk of the novel in 1973 and 1974. He was in his mid-twenties and the country was going through Watergate and the end of the Vietnam War. The military and the Federal government was about as popular as a case of gonorrhea. When you take that into consideration the plot makes sense. Also I've always gotten the impression that Captain Trips was more than the researchers expected. Almost as if they were pushed along by supernatural forces when they were developing it.
It's interesting how many people don't look at when and where the author was writing the novel. What was going on at the time? How old was the author at the time? The author is a human being and where they were forty-three years ago (physically, emotionally, mentally) isn't necessarily where they are now. Not to mention the country. None of us lives in a vacuum. So far no response.
The Stand is absurd for the following reasons:
1. The US government would never develop a virus that could wipe-out civilisation
2. The US government would never commit genocide, i.e. releasing the virus behind the Iron Curtain and in the People's Republic of China
3. The US government would never kill journalists
Obviously, Stephen King hates the US government and the US military.
Now I would have to say that the poster might also be just a little bit naïve as well as young, but I choose to respond.
I find that it helps to look at when the author wrote the novel. King wrote the bulk of the novel in 1973 and 1974. He was in his mid-twenties and the country was going through Watergate and the end of the Vietnam War. The military and the Federal government was about as popular as a case of gonorrhea. When you take that into consideration the plot makes sense. Also I've always gotten the impression that Captain Trips was more than the researchers expected. Almost as if they were pushed along by supernatural forces when they were developing it.
It's interesting how many people don't look at when and where the author was writing the novel. What was going on at the time? How old was the author at the time? The author is a human being and where they were forty-three years ago (physically, emotionally, mentally) isn't necessarily where they are now. Not to mention the country. None of us lives in a vacuum. So far no response.