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The Stand is a post-apocalyptic novel dealing with the immediate aftermath of a super flu that has killed 99% of the population of the United States. Captain Trips, the super flu, starts off in a military testing center and soon sweeps across the United States infecting nearly everyone in comes into contact with. In this behemoth of a novel you will learn about the lives of many characters who seem to be immune to Captain Trips and how their lives unfold in the aftermath. Originally written in 1978, the book was actually considered too large to print and King was forced to make a lot of cuts. After 12 years King, now with a new publishing company, decided to release the full uncut version of The Stand, complete with over 500 extra pages …show more content…

Larry, Glen, Stu and Ralph all depart on foot carrying nothing. At one point Stu falls down a ravine and breaks his leg and can’t continue on. It was here that I thought Stu was going die and King was going to make Larry the one who stops everything. What ends up happening is Larry, Glen and Ralph leave Stu to die at Stu’s own request. They eventually make it to Vegas, are captured by Flagg, Glen is shot to death in a prison cell, Larry and Ralph are put on display for public execution by Flagg himself. Then one of Flaggs crazy followers, The Trashcan Man, sets off a nuclear bomb he found and kills everyone. Larry, Ralph, and the thousands of others in Las Vegas. Again King writes it matter of fact. There is no happy ending for Larry or Ralph. Flagg actually ends up getting away. Remember how I said he appeared in other King novels? The extended version of The Stand actually includes a new chapter at the end where Flagg wakes up somewhere in a rain forest surrounded by natives who he begins to lead. So no, we definitely do not get a true happy ending. Except for Stu, who is found by the most unlikely of people, is nursed back to health and travels back to Boulder to be with Frannie. The

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