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[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

He simulates being the stereotype i most of the times imagine when thinking about a "typical" or "mean" US-American-citizen extremely well. This is really inspiring.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

In the book/movie, The Stand, Tom Cullen is a retarded man who is too simple to be anything but pure and innocent. Because of his incorruptible nature and simple mind that can't be read, he is sent into the den of evil itself to help save the remaining survivors of the plague from nuclear annihilation.

[–]CreditKnifeMan 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Because of his incorruptible nature and simple mind that can't be read, he is sent into the den of evil itself to help save the remaining survivors of the plague from nuclear annihilation.

Wasn't he hypnotized to carry the message, and to recognize the moon as a trigger for action.

When Flagg tried to read his mind, all he could see was the moon.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, while hypnotized they spoke to "God's Tom," where he was a normal man.