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Stephen KingThe Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
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Resurrection and sacrifice are constant themes throughout the novel. These themes are explicitly linked to the Biblical stories of Jesus’s resurrection and Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice Isaac. What is the purpose and overall effect of these two Biblical allusions? What would be lost if these allusions were omitted?
2.
Explain Jake’s role in the novel.
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What do the gunslinger and the Man in Black symbolize? Is it simply a tale of good versus evil, or is there something more complicated at work?
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