She relates this to forgetfulness about "the one thing needful"&colon; remembrance of God. Shanti dissuades him from doing so saying that she will do the needful. This social constructionist theory thus allows for a needful evolutionary adjustment. This story, according to King, serves as an epilogue to "Needful Things". The companions give the answers "the beneficial," "the needful," "the useful," "the profitable" (409c1-c3). He convinces the father to do the needful. The first novel he wrote after becoming sober was "Needful Things". "Needful Things" received generally negative reviews from critics. According to the book cover, "Needful Things" was "The Last Castle Rock Story". In 1660 he published "A Needful Corrective or Balance in Popular Government". Needful Things is a 1991 horror novel by American author Stephen King. It was Denis who initiated the needful reforms. On May 22, 1996, Needful Things was aired in a 4-hour timeslot on TBS. In "Needful Things", Castle Rock is placed 18 miles southwest of South Paris. The population of Castle Rock was 1,280 by 1959 and around 1,500 in "Needful Things".