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The Long Walk Summary & Study Guide Description
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The Long Walk Plot Summary
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Raymond Davis Garraty arrives in a guarded parking lot with his mother in a blue Ford that looks like "a small tired dog after a hard run." The guard retrieves Garraty's information and permits them to enter. Garraty's mother asks why the guard doesn't return the card and - not for the first time - says she doesn't like it. Garraty is wearing a fatigue jacket against the spring chill. Garraty, watching a guard eat c-rations, thinks again that it's real, that he's really here, and that he's actually among the field of walkers, but for the first time, the thought carries weight.
He's one of a hundred boys, none older than eighteen, who are walking for the Prize - everything his heart desires. The walk is completed when only one walker remains. There is no second prize. All must walk at least four miles per hour. When a...
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