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Originally Posted by The Dark Wolf
Maybe.
But then again, maybe the top of the tower is really Roland's Prison of Ka. Just because he's doomed to repeat his actions doesn't mean they have the same impact, or consequences.
Ultimately, Roland failed Ka, in a sense.
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Maybe. The novels don't really let us know whether time is actually reset each time he fails ka or whether he is only in a closed off prison of his own. However, if that were the case, he really doesn't even need to prevent the beams from breaking because time hasn't really reset (I think it has, though. That's why I think Susannah will not be able to live out her fantasy life until Roland does things right).
I think Roland will eventually get things right. Each time he goes through, he does it somewhat better. I have to imagine that maybe in his try 15 times ago, he was a ruthless killer who never learned to love any of his ka-tet and treated them like pawns. Maybe he killed Jake and felt no remorse over it, thus not killing the Mort guy who had killed Jake and Jake not becoming a member of his tet.
This is all speculation, I guess...