The Dark Tower/The Wind Through the Keyhole: Difference between revisions

 

The eighth novel in [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[The Dark Tower]]''. ''The Wind Through the Keyhole'' is an [[Interquel]] that takes place between ''[[The Dark Tower/Wizard and Glass|Wizard and Glass]]'' and ''[[The Dark Tower/Wolves of the Calla|Wolves of the Calla]]''.

Roland tells his ka-tet a story about his past; months after his mother's death, his father sent him and Jamie DeCurry to the small town of Debaria to investigate a "skin-man", a shapeshifter who has been terrorizing the villagers. Also told is a legend of Mid-World about a young boy named Tim who goes on a dangerous quest through the Endless Forest to save his mother.

 

* [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished]] - Subverted twice with Tim's teacher and one of the women at Serenity; both were once beautiful but now suffer from hideous disfigurements.

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]] - The various monsters and creatures that Tim encounters in the Endless Forest either spare his life or help him on his journey.

* [[For the Evulz]] - Pretty much the only reason the Covenant Man sends poor old Tim on his quest.

* [[Framing Device]] - Roland tells the ka-tet about his encounter with the "skin-man". In his flashback, we get another story within a story about the legend of 'The Wind through the Keyhole' with Tim. So it's a story within a story within a story within a story, basically.

* [[The Lost Woods]] - The Endless Forest

* [[Kid Hero]] - Tim

 

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