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Angelus_18 · 8th August 2007, 05:32 PM

I personally love the ending of The Dark Tower series, I think Roland is doomed to go through his journey over and over again, until he learns that the journey is more important, and he can put his ka-tet before his obsession for the tower. i like dustinzgirls suggestion that the tower is like a mirror for Roland, he sees himself in it, and doesn't like what he sees, but cannot let go of his obsession, and so has to got through it again and again until he realises that he must.
I also think that now that he has been given the horn, he has a chance of succeeding, as the poem at the end suggests. Perhaps with the horn, he can finally defeat the Tower, and be at rest. The question I have though, is, if this is the case, why had he been given the horn this time round? Did he do something important in his last run(the one we read about) that made him worthy of finally getting his chance to defeat the Tower? someone suggested earlier in this thread that the fact that Susannah survives shows that Roland has begun to complete his task of letting go of his obsession, could this be it?
Another thing I have to say is to those people that have said that the demise of Flagg and the Crimson King was a bit weak considering their immense power, and I can see your point, however, could it be that King is trying to suggest that these villians are simply not as big and bad as they think they are? The Crimson King has gone insane, and has been rendered useless by his entrapment on a balcony of the tower, and so his demise at the hands of a young man with a pencil, may show just how weak and unimportant the King has become since his insanity grew. He is now essentially just a prisoner, and an insane one at that. His power is gone.

As for Flaggs demise, perhaps it shows that although he is a real villian when it comes to lower beings, he is nothing in comparison to the beings above him, i.e- Mordred and The Crimson King, when it comes to them, he is as scared as we are of him. He plans to overthrow the King, and reach the tower, sure, but in truth, he hasn't got the strength to do it, and this is clear when he is sussed out and killed by Mordred, a child not long out of the womb.
I completely agree with the ending, and think it is fitting that Roland doesn't find what he wanted at the top of the Dark Tower, and until he learns his lesson, he never will.

8th August 2007, 05:32 PM	#72 (permalink)
Angelus_18 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Derby Posts: 16	Re: Ending of the Dark Tower Series I personally love the ending of The Dark Tower series, I think Roland is doomed to go through his journey over and over again, until he learns that the journey is more important, and he can put his ka-tet before his obsession for the tower. i like dustinzgirls suggestion that the tower is like a mirror for Roland, he sees himself in it, and doesn't like what he sees, but cannot let go of his obsession, and so has to got through it again and again until he realises that he must. I also think that now that he has been given the horn, he has a chance of succeeding, as the poem at the end suggests. Perhaps with the horn, he can finally defeat the Tower, and be at rest. The question I have though, is, if this is the case, why had he been given the horn this time round? Did he do something important in his last run(the one we read about) that made him worthy of finally getting his chance to defeat the Tower? someone suggested earlier in this thread that the fact that Susannah survives shows that Roland has begun to complete his task of letting go of his obsession, could this be it? Another thing I have to say is to those people that have said that the demise of Flagg and the Crimson King was a bit weak considering their immense power, and I can see your point, however, could it be that King is trying to suggest that these villians are simply not as big and bad as they think they are? The Crimson King has gone insane, and has been rendered useless by his entrapment on a balcony of the tower, and so his demise at the hands of a young man with a pencil, may show just how weak and unimportant the King has become since his insanity grew. He is now essentially just a prisoner, and an insane one at that. His power is gone. As for Flaggs demise, perhaps it shows that although he is a real villian when it comes to lower beings, he is nothing in comparison to the beings above him, i.e- Mordred and The Crimson King, when it comes to them, he is as scared as we are of him. He plans to overthrow the King, and reach the tower, sure, but in truth, he hasn't got the strength to do it, and this is clear when he is sussed out and killed by Mordred, a child not long out of the womb. I completely agree with the ending, and think it is fitting that Roland doesn't find what he wanted at the top of the Dark Tower, and until he learns his lesson, he never will.