The End - I LOVED IT!!! ***SPOILERS***

[moonhoney2]

Am I right in thinking that the Horn was the true sigul meant to be brought to the tower, not the guns of his father? That bringing the guns meant he chose death when, bringing the horn would have meant otherwise? Seems pretty obvious but these things can be tricky, as is the whole story.

This is where my line of thinking is. Typically, the most obvious thing is NOT the answer. instead some obscure thing spoken about for only a moment or two is the key. LOL

I'm about halfway thru Wolves...my 3rd time thru the series. not quite to the conclusion of the horn story. But I remember my thoughts the last time I read the series, was that his mistake was leaving the horn. That the horn was the key to it all. (the first time I thought it was about him dropping Jake, but that would have been too easy and if he hadn't dropped jake, then no palavar with walter, no tarot cards, no doors to bring in eddie and susannah, etc. his journey would have ended there. And he wasn't just going on a field trip. the tower was DYING and needed to be saved)

My theory originally was that there were also other mistakes that he made and it was kinda like groundhog day. he had to keep doing it until it was done right.

But now I wonder. If the horn was the key turning point, then that's over. he can't go back to it. He keeps returning to crossing the dessert after walter. So maybe this is his hell. To repeat this journey over and over for all of eternity. Events may change during each journey. But in the end, he, at least, always gets to the tower...only to start over again. And again. And again. Forever.

Why return to this journey rather than something extremely painful like susan dying or his friends dying? Because this is harder. He gets to relive all his wrongs over and over thru his stories he tells. And the journey is very hard. nad it could be more playful for whoever set this upon him. It's not the same thing happening over and over because there could be some changes. Different choices/decisions that Roland makes that changes the story some, KWIM?

[moonhoney2]

I just thought of something...

Could it be possible that had he chosen to go thru one of the doors, he could have fixed his mistakes? Like the door for Jericho...he could have started his journey over there and grabbed the horn this time. Or Susan's door. He could have gone thru that door and fixed some of the mistakes he made there. Maybe if he fixed enough mistakes/picked the right door/mistake his purgatory would end?

But instead, he impatiently goes to the top because he just HAS to see. And therefore is sent back to the desert to start over.

[Mia Deschain]

I just thought of something...

Could it be possible that had he chosen to go thru one of the doors, he could have fixed his mistakes? Like the door for Jericho...he could have started his journey over there and grabbed the horn this time. Or Susan's door. He could have gone thru that door and fixed some of the mistakes he made there. Maybe if he fixed enough mistakes/picked the right door/mistake his purgatory would end?

But instead, he impatiently goes to the top because he just HAS to see. And therefore is sent back to the desert to start over.

Wow. entering one of the other tower doors. Never thought of that... I wonder what would happen for him.