In the book Insomnia, Ralph's ordinary world is living at his home in Derry with his wife Carolyn. He lives an ordinary life in Derry with his wife and they don't do much interesting. Ralph goes to the extension at the end of his street that leads to the airport and watches planes land and take off a lot of the time. He is comfortable with this life and Derry is filled with people his age, at an age of 70+, so he feels comfortable around them and they all understand each other.
"Ralph Roberts used to be an ordinary guy - until insomnia robbed him of sleep."
(Stephen King, Insomnia 0)
This quote is directly from the back of the book and shows when his ordinary world changed for him. To find his ordinary world and all of the details about it, I just took information out of the story from any time before he had insomnia, which was any time before his wife had passed away.
This picture displays Ralph's ordinary world very well. Not much is going on in his life and for decades he lives the same life. He is happy this way, though and not bored, although his life is very simple and not filled with excitement. When Ralph's wife dies, Ralph develops insomnia as well as he starts seeing strange auras that reflect peoples emotions and moods. This is when his ordinary world changes because many strange events occur. At one point in the story, Ralph sees a little girl skipping but then notices she has no face. The little girl then does a hand signal that meant "Mark For Death". This is one of many things that happen after Ralph's ordinary world changes.
