How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
As the stranger came closer, Dud understood everything and welcomed it, and when the pain came, it was as sweet as silver, as green as still water at dark fathoms. (6.272)
Dud's hypnotized here. It's suggested that he welcomes being a vampire because that's how he'll get Ruthie Crockett—but how much of a choice does he have? It's also worth noting that the passage here is one of the most lyrical in the book. Maybe it's not Dud who's taken with being a vampire, so much, but King himself?
Quote #5
"I was frightened last night and did nothing and things grew worse. Now I am going upstairs." (9.208)
Matt chooses to confront evil. The funny thing is, it's not clear if he makes things better. Confronting evil gives him a heart attack, after all. He might have been better off taking his free will out of the house and living to fight another day.
Quote #6
Yet if you looked in the eyes, it wasn't so bad. If you looked in the eyes, you weren't so afraid anymore and you saw that all you had to do was open the window and say, "C'mon in, Danny," and then you wouldn't be afraid at all because you'd be at one with Danny and all of them and at one with him. You'd be— (10.398)
Mark resists where Dud gives in. But is that because of a moral choice, or is it just because Barlow is smarter or more powerful than Danny Glick?