This was an incredibial book. I read it after hearing it was alote like the stand by stephen king. I'll admit they had alote in commen, but had completely different messages. The evil was much more human in this book, yet at the same time much more evil and strange. His reaching out for the apple near the end showed his human flaw. It's good he showed him the way he did. It shows how week the dark is under the light. Theirs no such thing as dark, theirs just without light.