Molly? (spoilers)

Very good point! That explains Linoge's last words: Perhaps you tricked yourselves!

I've wondered about that, too. Why did she go to the store, what did she think she could do, anyway.

I thought she was very foolish b/c in my personal life, my god father was a cop and never once did I hear his wife telling me she wanted to go out after him while he was on duty. She worried about him yes, but she didn't take to going out to find him while he was doing his job. Anyone that marries a cop realizes there is a certain level of danger that comes with the job.

I think Molly is the reason that many things in the story happened. I think that's why she mourns the way she does at the end of the story b/c she knows she's the cause of what occurred. Now I think if she had just gone on to the town hall like a rational person, Ralphie wouldn't have been taken. She reasons that he got lost in the storm and that may be how she copes with the situation but as the story is closing, she's still coming to terms with the role she played in her son's disappearance.

I think Molly's got a way to go b/c did you notice how she got defensive towards her therapist? Her therapist tries to sympathize with her about the storm and Molly reminds her that things are different for the mainlanders as opposed to the islanders when it comes to the storm.

A long way to go...

What I found rather odd was that when told that her husband was bringing a murderer through the store she left her son to wander about by himself. You'd think she'd worry about his safety, not carry on as if he didn't exist.



He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy!

Didn't the kids also start singing "Teapot" when she walked into the room?

nope that's just *beep* writing (as per usu with king). linoge knew he wanted mike's son bec mike was apparently the only strong, clear minded person on the whole island. it's like taking the son of the righteous man by means of other sinners bla bla bla it had to be that exact way.

Well Hatch was a Barney Fife pussy. I would have killed that coward myself.And Molly was a complete moron. You can't deal with a stupid kid getting their fat head stuck in a staircase.Did you see how much space was between those stair railing? I could get a basketball though those railings and she can't even get a kids head back through. If I was Mike I would have taken all those people out after the storm.






Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.

Part of the power of Stephen King as an author is the fact that he writes epic battles and with epic themes.

Therefore, like Steinbeck, King often writes with Biblical themes. In Danse Macabre, King says that horror is essentially conservative, didactically presenting lessons regarding good and evil.

Mike said, "We can't do this - don't you see, it's damnation!" He means the damnation of their children's souls and their own. However, King is referencing The Fall in the garden of Eden which in the Bible is attributed first to Eve.

Molly is Eve.

If you don't believe my interpretation, I refer you to "The Stand", which is clearly a Biblical sort of battle.

What hump?

I'm not buying that.

One way or another Linoge would have gotten all the people in one building including the 8 children.

Nothing else you speak of really matters.