So to sum of this section, I will call it the attempted takeover of Thomas, the next heir to the throne. King has decided to use many metaphors and similes in this section to allow the reader to better understand the point he is trying to make. On page 161, paragraph 5, and 6, metaphors are used to compare Thomas to a scared rabbit. We see rabbits as small, lost little creatures and at this time that is exactly what Thomas is. Not only has he lost his father but his brother is now in prison and Thomas must take over. Thomas does not want to be King and thinks that he will die, not from poison like his father, but from fear, just like a rabbit in a trap. This comparison allows the reader to have sympathy for the small child even though we know he has a past of slight evil, and is a direct comparison which does not use like or as, like a simile does. Flagg then makes a comment to himself, "You're not dying of fear as you think...", this to me is foreshadowing another death in the royal family, but one much slower. This lost boy, who obviously has no one to trust, has put his faith in the worst person possible, Flagg. This is evident in Thomas asking Flagg to hold his arm in case he stumbles on page 162. Thomas is trusting that Flagg will take care of him, and I know that eventually this will come back to haunt, or possibly kill him. Revenge is also seen in this section when Thomas "hoped Peter was looking down and biting his lips in frustration until the blood flowed down his chin as Thomas had often bitten his own lips-bitten them until there was a fine white network of scars there." this need for revenge could possibly explain why Thomas did not speak up when he finally had his epiphany of Flagg being the killer, and not his own brother.
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