Srinithi Raj Week 3 "hobble"

 Hobble, a verb, is described by the Merriam Webster online dictionary as: "“to move along unsteadily or with difficulty” 

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hobble


As I made more progress in a novel I'm currently reading called The Long Walk, two minor characters in the novel, Stebbins and Olson, struggle to keep up with the walking requirements of the competition. The narrator describes the plight of these straggling walkers: “they were hobbling along, both of them. Like they had been crucified and then taken down and made to walk with the nails still through their feet.”

When I first saw this word, its rather playful and soothing cadence made me think this word would have a positive definition. But to my surprise, the word was used in Stephen King's novel in quite the opposite manner. The narrator vividly describes the fact that the young men in the competition were nothing but walking corpses at this point in time, which I found to be an extremely powerful portrayal. I picked this word this week especially due to the fact that its usage in the novel contrary to the word's seemingly happy cadence will help me remember this word for a long time.

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