Houk 1
Diane Houk
Mrs. Browning
English 10X, Period A
9 August 2017 Entry 1; Topic 3

This novel had very few characters, but it was not hard to pick one and type it’s importance. “The Lord of the Lost,” as Trisha liked to call it, played a significant role in this plot. The entire book, this “thing” is following Trisha. Sometimes she senses it watching her, other times she does not feel its watchful eyes. She even describes what it looks like, “there was no face, only a misshapen head made of wasps” (King 170). Twice she saw some prey it had mutilated and left for her to see. One was a deer, and the other was a fox. Both had their heads ripped off. The significance of this evil thing is to show Trisha’s wavering faith. When she lost faith in God, this thing was her “evil half.” It shows us what happens when our own faith wavers. …show more content…
It is all Trisha has to stay alive. She is lost out in the middle of the Appalachian Trail. Throughout the book, her faith wavers and she claims not to believe in God. However, she still has hope. Hope comes to her in the form of baseball. Almost every night,
Trisha falls asleep “with the sounds of Fenway Park” (King 74). Not only does it help calm her down, but it also connects her to the outside world. It makes her feel not so alone, not like she is the only one out here. It gives her hope that soon she too will be back in the real world.

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