The Long Walk question

I was cheering for Garraty, but while reading the book it was kinda obvious that he was going to be the last one walking. People would be enraged otherwise,and Stephen King didn't really emphasize that much on the other characters for us to really have a connection with them, but that's just my opinion.

Hmm, Garraty, I guess? I also liked McVries (I hope I wrote that one right) but well, I already knew the ending since a friend told me about this book years before and, well, hinted how it ends.

McVries is my fav. I've just finished reading the book and all I can think is: he's dead, why is he dead? why Garraty? McVries had to be the one.
But our King tricked us once again.
And we always love him for this.

I knew it was going to be Garraty and that was fine. But I really liked McVries. Stebbins was fine too, the guy was a little crazy though.

I wish the riot would have been successful and the Garraty and all o his friends had lived. Still I praise King's masterful talent in making us care so deeply and mourn for characters that we knew were going die almost right from the start.

I've read this at least 4 times and it still has me engrossed every time.

To be honest, I have never thought about who should win. I was too busy enjoying the story.

I think it should have been Stebbins. Not because I liked him (if I were to base my decision on that then I definitely would have chosen McVries as the winner), but because he seemed stronger than Garraty and he had such a sudden death.

I loved the book, but making the main character the winner is very predictable. The ending would have been even better if King described Garraty's last moments, in which he falls down, sees Stebbins win The Walk and the dark figure beckons him all the same.

Based on the perspective it was written in, I knew if a single person was going to be alive at the end it was going to be Garrety. I was actually hoping for a small revolution. That they would realize if they all died, there would be no winner, and that would piss off all the spectators. I read this long before i even heard of the Hunger Games, but her realization at the end of the first games that they needed a Victor is what I wanted the boys to get. That said this is IMHO, the best of the Bachman books, and one of my favorites of all time.

I liked that it was Garraty but I also would have liked to have McVries win. Who won wasn't really all that important though. What makes this book masterful to me is that King sets up the pieces and he lets them all fall all the way. A great many deal of other authors would have cheated the reader by having more than one person win. That he goes all the way with his story and in the end there is only one person left alive validates the rest of the story. It gives the book meaning.

I really liked McVries and Barkovich and the whole time I was reading I wanted Barkovich to win even though I knew he wouldn't :( at least he was given a dramatic death ripping his own throat out and all