ee the actual sameness between the two, but after reading both several times, you will see just how deep King read into his works, and how closely he has followed things that Browning implied.Roland lets his adopted son, who he comes to love, plummet to his death in order to continue his quest by meeting the Man in Black. The Man in Black gives him an option. Renounce the tower or kill the boy. He must make a decision. At this point Roland no longer refers to the boy as Jake. He no longer accepts him and he is just the boy, another pawn to be used in order to get to the tower. The boy's face took on wonder. "You're going to kill me. He killed me the first time and you are going to kill me now."The Gunslinger felt the lie on his lips. He spoke it: "You'll be alright." And a greater lie. "I'll take care."The Gunslinger knew that the boy Jake needed to be killed. He knew this and brought his son along with him in order to sacrifice him to be able to meet with the Man in Black. In the end he does sacrifice the boy. He lets him fall to his death, the boy accepting his role in the scheme of this and the Gunslinger moves on, much like the world he lives in. (The world has moved on is a term used in the novel to signify the coming of a new age in the world. However what it really meant, was that the world was dying.) Roland's universe is the nexus of all space and time itself. The tower, is the nexus of Corkery 5Roland's world. He strives to reach it. All other Gunslinger's of his kind have perished trying to attain it. He is the last of his kind and he will stop at nothing to get it even if it meant killing everyone he holds dear. This sounds a lot like a villain. He hunts down someone regarded as a God for doing good deeds. Kill his family and the women he loves. He allows his son to die in order for him to capture the Man in Black who has done absolutely nothing to him. Roland isn't the hero that people have mis...
