Week 3-The Gunslinger

Roland and Jake have gotten closer and closer to the man in black, and as they climb the mountains before them, they come face to face with him. He laughs at their struggle, urges them to continue, and guarantees that he will meet them on the other side. The duo make their way to a cave in the rock face that they travel through in pursuit of the man in black. There, they find things that seem to come from our Earth (as I believe the setting is a different "universe" or "dimension") such as train tracks, a subway station, and dead bodies in uniforms. When they reach the man in black, they are above a huge, and seemingly bottomless, pit. Jake slips and hangs on for dear life, but the man in black tells Roland that if he saves the boy, the gunslinger will never talk to the man in black again. Jake sacrifices himself, mentioning that there are "more worlds than this" before he drops. Roland finally talks to the man in black, who explains that The Tower, something Roland has been looking for restlessly, is a "pylon" or "conduit" for all multiple universes and worlds. Really, I'm still lost with what is happening, and I'm hoping the next (last) few pages will clear things up.