The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger, By Stephen King

In The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger by Stephen King, the gunslinger tries to catch the man in black. The novel is 305 pages long. The book is set in a dystopian parallel universe. The world is similar to our own, having the song “Hey Jude” and its own versions of modern technology. The gunslinger crosses the desert with his mule and he encounters Brown. He tells Brown about what happened in Tull. He asked the townspeople about a man in black, where he discovers that he brought a man back to life. While in Tull, he spends his time with the barmaid, Alice. She gives him information about the man in black’s visit in town. The gunslinger and the religious leader have an altercation, leading to the whole town to turn against him. He kills every resident. The gunslinger finds a way station and Jake, a nine year old boy that’s not from their world, saves …show more content…
The gunslinger takes supplies from the cellar and encounters a demon, afterwards he takes the jawbone. They eventually make their way out the desert. The gunslinger saves Jake from a succubus and an oracle. He goes back to the oracle to learn about his fate and the path to the Dark Tower. As they make their way to the mountain, Jake begins to fear what will happen to him. The gunslinger tells Jake about his coming of age, where he reveals his name is Roland. They make their way down the tunnels below mountain and are attacked by Slow Mutants. While Roland is fighting the Slow Mutants, Jake is hanging from the tracks. The man in black gives Roland a choice, go after him or save Jake. Roland chooses to go after the man in black. The man in black tells Roland his fate from a pack of cards. The man in black tells Roland that he is merely a pawn of Roland’s true enemy and shows him the universe. Roland falls asleep and when he wakes up, ten years have passed. The man in black is now just a skeleton, which he takes the jawbone of. He sits and dreams of the Dark Tower and his upcoming final