Stephen King The Gunslinger Theme

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The book I read was called “The Gunslinger” by Stephen King. The central Idea was about a group of people called the Gunslingers who were all mascaraed by a man they refer to as “The Man in Black”. Only one gunslinger has survived the massacre but, is running from the MIB (man in black). From page 12-24 in the “Gunslinger” he talks to a farmer about the MIB and who he is. The gunslinger is traveling through a desert at the start of the story-the world is a post-apocalyptic setting- and runs into a farmer that grows corn in the desert where it rains very little but just enough. Also he doesn’t trust anyone because he doesn’t know who the MIB is. As the gunslinger moves through the desert he runs into many people and places, which he runs into

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