7/7/2023 0 Comments Roadwork stephen kingThe city council is undertaking a highway extension project and the new road once built will go right through both Bart’s house and workplace. We later find out the details of what was going on in the prologue. Bart has an internal duologue between characters George and Fred they are presented in the story as if they were real external characters, I thought this was a brilliant device to attempt to present what it might be like for a schizophrenic. I have to be honest, when I was first introduced to George and Fred in the gun shop, it wasn’t immediately obvious to me who they were and perhaps they’re not supposed to be. We find out this is a lie – we don’t know why he is lying but it immediately creates an unsettling atmosphere. After the prologue, the story jumps three months ahead and we find Bart buying a heavy-caliber pistol and rifle supposedly a gift for his cousin so he says to the shopkeeper. We find out in the prologue that Barton George Dawes (“Bart”) thinks that what’s going on is a piece of shit but we don’t know exactly what is going on.
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