In “One for the Road” by Stephen King, Tookey is an example of the wise elder stereotype because he knows all the facts about ‘The Lot’. This story is about two old men who are working in Tookey’s bar one night, when a man walks into the bar saying that he needs help. The man, Gerald Lumley, told the two men that him and his family were traveling and his car got stuck in the blizzard at Jerusalem's Lot. Lumley left his family in the car while he would go look for help, but what Lumley and his family didn’t know is that Jerusalem's Lot is known for having vampires. In the beginning of the story, when Gerald Lumley comes into the bar, is when Tookey starts to be recognized as the wise elder stereotype. First, he asks the man what happened that
