The valve now remained ajar—the very mouth of Hell!
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Oh! Maybe the Crack of Doom was also a reference to The Lord of the Rings! Because that Crack of Doom was also a very mouth of Hell! A very, very mouth of Hell even! But how does that reference even work thematically?! I'm open to it being a true reference and not just a big dumb joke. But I think I need to know more about the themes and plot of the book to figure it out. Maybe it's just to remind the reader of Gollum and how much Gollum loves riddles which then makes the reader think of this riddle:
When is a valve not a valve? When it's ajar! Ah ha ha ha ha!
Yeah. That's an analytical reading that would totally fly in academia.
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