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The Gunslinger • 1982
Go then, there are other worlds than these.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
A child's last words are generous, almost casual, and they cut deeper than a curse: Jake forgives Roland and names the series' central idea, that this world is only one among many. It is also a promise the series keeps, since Jake turns up again in The Waste Lands. Fans use it as a farewell and as a reminder that other stories exist beyond the one in front of you.
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In context
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Jake Chambers is the boy from our world whom Roland meets on his trek through the desert, and who goes with him into the mountains. They ride a railway handcar through twisting tunnels, fight off creatures called Slow Mutants, then continue on foot along a track that begins to break. Roland has to choose between catching the man in black and saving the boy, and lets Jake fall into an abyss. The line is Jake's farewell, spoken as the track gives way. Roland then goes down the mountain to speak with the man in black.
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- Wikiquote: The Dark Tower (series)Vol. I, The GunslingerReference checked
- Wikipedia: The Dark Tower: The Gunslingerplot summaryReference checked
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