The Long Walk: Difference between revisions

* [[Death Seeker]]:

** {{spoiler|1=Pete McVries.}} He once had a romantic relationship with a girl that fell apart due to financial differences between the two and this is the reason he signed up for the Walk in the first place. Pearson even wonders how badly {{spoiler|1=McVries}} wants to die.

** {{spoiler|Garraty}} becomes one by the very end. He's so mentally and physically worn-down by that point that he only wants to keep walking, and thinks his prize will be his own death. A dark figure then appears to guide him on, who may or may not be [[The Grim Reaper]].

* [[Determinator]]: What you have to be to even make it to the halfway point, let alone win. A particularly gruesome example is {{spoiler|Hank Olson, who makes it just past the halfway point ''entirely'' on sheer force of will as both his body ''and'' his mind had completely broken down by then. He even gets shot through the gut and ''that'' doesn't immediately faze him.}}

* [[Nobody Poops]]: Averted. Much is made about how the Walkers [[Squick|unzip to pee right as they are Walking]]. As well, one Walker dies because he stopped to squat due to a case of diarrhea and incurred three Warnings as well as buying his ticket before he could even finish up his business. Also, a big deal is made about Baker [[Squick|squatting to pass a turd on the road]] and surviving, incurring only two Warnings in the process.

* [[Punctuated for Emphasis]]: Olson gives two examples as [[Determinator|he is trying to hang on for just a little longer]].

'''Olson''': I don't. Want. To die. }}

* [[Pyrrhic Victory]]: {{spoiler|Garraty is the Pyrrhic Victor of the eponymous Long Walk by virtue of having outwalked 99 other male teenagers. However, he's also watched most of them die, including those he had established a rapport with, and is at the point where his physical and mental health have greatly deteriorated and he welcomes the prospect of his own death.}}