Talk:The Long Walk

message: There was a new link added today (June 20, 2007). When I tried to access it at work, it was blocked due to "sex". Can someone without a blocker on access this site and see if it has anything to do with the actual book? Thanks in advance. -Paulbkirk 18:13, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: New Link

message: Could some disambiguation be added for The Long Walk in Windsor Great Park?  There's alreay a lot of disambiguation at the top of this page; does this merit a disambiguation page of its own? Hertzsprung 21:08, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Long Walk disambiguation

message: I always thought the dark figure was his father, anyone else think this is a possibility, I mean he got "squadded" and was basically never heard from again. He was in the jeep with the major and I just figured it was his father Robert Beck 17:53, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The first time I read the book, I thought the figure was the Major, but after a subsequent read I'm thinking that it's just his mind playing a trick on him. He's been walking so long and he's so mentally unstable that he can't comprehend being able to stop, so his mind creates a reason to keep walking. I'm not saying you're wrong, I just don't think there's enough evidence to put it in the article one way or another. Paulbkirk 18:48, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: My interpretation has always been that Garraty dies shortly after winning the Walk, and that the dark figure is death.  Think about it - wouldn't it be physically impossible for him to literally run by the end of the race? 70.239.36.224 05:06, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

text: To add some more credence to the previous post, a few of the inner circle that Garraty has become closest with talk about "seeing him on the other side," right before they die. Or also allude to the possibility that the other walkers could still be walking along with them, even though they are dead. That forever more, they whole existence will be this walk. Also, if you go back and read the last few pages, Garraty talks about seeing, "someone he knew, knew as well as himself, weeping and beckoning in the dark ahead". He says this even before he sees the Major, as he talks soon after about seeing the Major's Jeep coming at him on the road, and it being a capital offense, and that there should be no other vehicles on the road before he actually knows that it is the Major. The Major then gets off the Jeep and begins walking towards Garraty to award him his first wish, and then the dark figure is said to be next to Garraty, and the figure puts his hand on Garraty's shoulder. At least with this information, it could not be the Major, as well as anyone else that Garraty knew, since they would not have been allowed on the road with him, or else they would have been shot (since he saw the figure before the Long Walk was officially over). Also, this figure is said to know him as well as he knew himself. This explanation, as well as the fact that the figure touched him on the shoulder (in most stories, Death takes its victims through physical contact) leads me to believe that it could only be Death. As to why this makes the most sense, in my opinion, it further points out that even though Garraty bested all of the competition, and was the clear winner with any wish he could fathom, in the end, he ended up in the same place. I believe it was meant as more of a lesson to readers that in the end, everyone dies, and even if you have everything (as the prize of the competition is), you can't take any of it with you. Literally, he achieved everything, yet has nothing. Garraty finding the strength to run, is just him passing over to the other side.(142.11.114.6 (talk) 05:07, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Dark Figure

message: He appears in the list two times.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.68.83.238 (talk) 11:39, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  percy 

message: I've deleted the Notes section; it consisted of purely in-world details trivial to the narrative. Dozenthey (talk) 01:10, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Notes Deleted

message: In the book, there is no hint 8. There's a rule 8, and it's never called a hint, and it mandates exactly what this article says hint 8 says. I'm going to change it, if you think I'm wrong, change it back and tell me why.
Mykal (talk) 02:00, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hint 8 

message: The section on the route had an erronous note about Jefferson, Maine being the "Century Club" town. That's incorrect. The Century Club town is actually called Jefferson Plantation which appears to be a fictitious name. I also corrected the comment about Freeport being the hometown of the main character, Ray Garraty. It is noted right in the beginning of the book that Garraty's hometown is Pownal, Maine which Garranty later says is about 7 miles to one side of Freeport.
Phoenixkun (talk) 14:39, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Route 

message: Changed the reason for Joe's death to "?". Joe did not stay behind with his brother. He was walking fine when Garraty and McVries passed him to take the lead and walk off Garraty's three warnings. Later they both heard gun shots behind them and McVries observed that it was Joe.
Phoenixkun (talk) 22:16, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death list 

message: A first person account by Sławomir Rawicz, probably somewhat fictionalized or dramatized for effect, of an escape from a Russian gulag has been long published under many variations of the name "The Long Walk," i.e. "The long walk: A gamble for life" (1955 edition).  As this work predated King's effort, perhaps this article could be renamed The Long Walk (fiction)?  71.219.133.1 (talk) 01:18, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Title confusion

message: There is currently no character description for Garraty himself. Obviously, as the protagonist, this should be present. Perhaps when I have more time, I'll add it. Temple (talk) 10:54, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Section for the Garraty Character 

message: I've just read this again, and I can't actually find any mention of the April 31st date - whereabouts is it?  FWIW the version I read is the omnibus edition that still included Rage.   a_man_alone (talk) 19:49, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  April 31st? 

message: Is it worth someone mentioning the similarities in plot and title to William Styron's The Long March?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.31.32.30 (talk) 15:37, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Long March 

message: Delete this post if it doesn't belong here, but can someone please tell me where in the book is hinted that Germany won WW2? I read that it's very blink-and-miss-it reference. Thank you. 62.240.166.130 (talk) 09:07, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: There are two references that I picked up - one is a mention of air raids over the US east coast in WW2, the other is that the Germans had a nuclear base in Santiago. I think it's overstating things to say that it's hinted that Germany won the war (it's mentioned that a senior government figure lost a leg leading a raid on the German base, so it seems like the US won), but the war certainly went worse for the US in the book than real life, possibly resulting in a military dictatorship. 192.91.191.162 (talk) 11:57, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: As above - there's isn't any mention of the outcome.  Given the lack of Germanic influence in the story it can be assumed that Germany didn't conquer the world outright even if they did seem to fare better than in our reality.  There are just discrepancies mentioned to show that the world The Long Walk takes place in isn't our world.  There's also the 31st April, but that apparently isn't in all impressions of the book.  Chaheel Riens (talk) 13:21, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Germany the winner of WW2 

message: The article title The Long Walk is given to a Stephen King novel -- and not one of his better-known ones. Conversely, the Long Walk of the Navajo is covered by the article titled Long Walk of the Navajo. It seems to me that on the basis of importance, the Navajo walk deserves precedence in article titles. Thus I propose retitling the article about the King novel the The Long Walk (novel) and titling the article about the Navajo Walk as The Long Walk. Comments?  
I'll post this same message on both Long Walk articles to solicit comments. Smallchief (talk) 00:35, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Stephen King novel given priority over a more important subject

message: The previous revision states that a walker will be shot by the soldiers if they get three warnings. This is incorrect, since in the book there are many instances of walkers getting a third warning without being killed. The previous revision also doesn't mention how long a walker must slow down to get a warning.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.220.120.92 (talk) 02:54, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rules of the long walk.