He also begins expanding the ranks of the Chester's Mill Police with questionable candidates, including his son, Junior Rennie, and his friends.

Big Jim exerts significant influence within Chester's Mill, and seizes the opportunity to use the barrier as part of a power play to take over the town.īig Jim appoints one of his cronies, the incompetent Peter Randolph, as the new police chief. This removes the last significant opposition to James 'Big Jim' Rennie, used car salesman and the town's Second Selectman. Police Chief Howard 'Duke' Perkins is soon killed when his pacemaker explodes when he gets too close to the dome. The immediate appearance of the barrier causes a number of injuries and fatalities, and traps former Army Captain Dale 'Barbie' Barbara -who is trying to leave Chester's Mill because of a local dispute-inside the town. Part 2 For in-depth chapter by chapter breakdown see the chapters section below.Īt 11:44 AM on Saturday October 21 of an unspecified year after 2012 (evident by mention of a faded bumper sticker for Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign possibly 2017, as this is the soonest October 21 falls on a Saturday after 2012), the small Maine town of Chester's Mill is abruptly and gruesomely separated from the outside world by an invisible, semipermeable barrier of unknown origin at this point.

2.2 Environmental and political undertones.

Stephen king in under the dome