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11/11: Week 5 - This is not as bad as it gets
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Nov 11, 2013 08:35AM
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This is indeed not as bad as it gets. I can physically feel the steam and the temperature rising in the domed community: the death of the boy is painful and devastating for his family, but the death of the ONLY doctor in this town can have quite detrimental repercussions. We also witness the formation of the two opposing camps: the Barbie camp and the Rennie camp. It seems like there is nothing in the world that can undermine the position of the Rennie camp;
Stephen King once again relies on children as certain prophets and seers of the impending darkness. The darkness in the form of the dome that might have come within this community.
My prediction is it will get much worse before it gets any better ...
I agree with Zulfiya, and the title of the section. The doctor's sudden death was a shock to me, I did not see that coming. It's certainly going to get worse. Having no propane (when it runs out) is one thing, but not having a knowledgeable doctor is almost worse to a certain degree.
Yes I think in this chapter we can see some very dark things starting to develop that will explode into being much worse later on. We have the building tension between Barbie and the Junior crew and know with them all trapped together in a relatively small space that it is going to lead to some very bad results. A gang of thuds given the power of authority, we can see the way in which they will abuse the power given to them and it does not appear that things are going to bode well for the people of the town particularly not those that get in the way of Junior and company.
And in such a small town it seems that eventually the bodies of Angie and Dodee will be discovered and particularly with Juniors new position I have a prediction of Barbie being accused of the murders because his fight with them revolved around Angie.
Silver, that was my first thought as well when i read what had give down between Barbie and junior's crew... That Barbie will be blamed for the murders. I sort of felt like this chapter was more of a transition chapter. Not too exciting. Should get interesting soon though when Barbie tries to exert some power over Jim...
