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1. Explain the significance of the epigraph Stephen King chooses for The Outsider.

Stephen King includes a quote from Colin Wilson's "The Country of the Blind" as an epigraph for his novel The Outsider. The epigraph calls up notions aligned with themes present within the part of the text entitled The Arrest, such as suspension of disbelief and the ignorance inherent in claiming to understand every element of the vast and complex world around us. The quote gets across the idea that only fools refuse to admit the possibility that supernatural phenomena may exist within the seemingly-ordered world we encounter every day.

2. To what event does the part title The Arrest refer?

The part of the text entitled The Arrest consists of 23 different chapters, all devoted to portraying the bizarre and shocking arrest of Terry Maitland, also known within the community as Coach T. At the start of the novel, Frank's mutilated body is found and all evidence, including eyewitness statements, point to Terry's guilt. Therefore, the remainder of the part entitled The Arrest also refers to Terry's arrest and its aftermath.

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