LOTF Chapter 10 questions

1) Ralph feels guilty about the things that he witnessed and expresses his guilt to Piggy: "Don't you understand, Piggy? The things we did-"(157). He is fully aware and accepts responsibility for what happened to Simon last night. However, Piggy believes it was an "accident". "It was an accident", said Piggy suddenly, "that's what it was. An accident". He is aware of what happened but only wants to forget it. On the other hand, Samneric deny the whole accident even happened and want to forget it all. "-we got lost last night" is what they had to say.

2) Two major differences in Jack and Ralph's explanations for Simon's is that Ralph realizes that what happened was horrible and he feels deep remorse for his actions. "Don't you understand Piggy, the things we did-" (157). Jack on the other hand feels no guilt about his actions and actually feels a little proud of himself for slaying the beast. "I expect the beast disguised himself" (160). Jack believes he did the right thing in killing the disguised beast.

3) We can draw the conclusion that Jack is now the unquestioned leader of the boys. He had Wilfred ordered to be beaten for absolutely no reason at all and now abuses his power as a tyrant. "The chief was sitting there, naked to the waist, his face blocked out in white and red. The newly beaten and untied Wilfred was sniffing noisily in the background" (160). The boys also respect and believe that Jack should be leader. "He's a proper chief, isn't he?" Robert nodded. "He's going to take us hunting". We can tell that Jack is chief now because the boys listen to everyone of his commands and the author now refers to him as chief.

3.5) As the day grew older, the island darkened into a hopeless place that plagued the boys into savagery. Suddenly, out of the forest, Jack and Roger came like insane savages bloodthirsty for more flesh. Eric was afraid that he may feel Jack's wrath so he hid under a tree. Sam couldn't find his brother so he hid in the bush. Seeing that he was in the open, Roger attacked Piggy and began kicking him over and over again. Jack fought with Ralph, but he was losing and realizing this, he went to go help Roger and abandoned his fight with Ralph. There was only rage left in Ralph from the night Simon died.

Latin Roots #9

Roots and Derivatives:

1. grad, gress: (to step, to walk)
2. grat, grac: (pleasing, favor)
3. greg: (flock, herd, group)
4. host, hosp(it) (host, guest)

Word List:

1. Aggregation- separate individuals joined in a group, often for a specific purpose; a mass composed of many parts.

Aggregation often occurs in any working companies.

2. Aggressive- tending to be combative or forceful; filled with initiative or bold enterprise.

She was very aggressive to her siblings, as she wanted the last slice of pizza.

3. Degradation- a major reduction in worth, quality, or standing; a deterioration, as of moral character.

An employer can get degradation once their boss catches them stealing.

4. Digress- to wander off the point or topic

There are times that I digress when I am reading a book because sometimes it gets confusing.

5. Egregious- standing out from others, but in a bad way; conspicuously bad; flagrant.

The egregious man turned out to be a criminal.

6. Gracious- characterized by kindness, courtesy, pleasantness, and charm; merciful and compassionate.

Being gracious is in her nature.

7. Gratuity- a gift (generally money) given beyond the usual payment; a tip.

Johnny Rockets forces you to pay gratuity whenever you eat there.

8. Gregarious- literally, living in flocks or herds; fond of being with other people.

Being gregarious is great, especially when you're having fun with the people you are with.

9. Hospice- a place other than a hospital for the terminally ill to reside; a place of shelter for travelers.

The hospice across the street focuses more on the elderly.

10. Hostel- an inexpensive place of lodging, as an inn or regional hotel.

The hostel that we stayed in doesn't have a comfortable bed.

11. Ingratiate- make oneself appear favorable or necessary to another, to bring into the good graces of.

You need to ingratiate yourself when you have a job interview.

12. Inhospitable- not inclined to be kind or friendly; barren and forbidding.

Her neighbor is very inhospitable. He always hide inside his room.

Ebola Editorial Questions and Answers

1. What does Betsy McCaughey identify as a problem in her commentary?
McCaughey sates a safer strategy would be to expand capacity at the nations four bio-containment hospitals to help Ebola victims be cured without the staff members catching onto the virus.

2. What solutions does she offer?
A solution she offers is for Ebola patients to be sent to bio-containment centers in Georgia, Maryland, Montana, and Nebraska. She offers this idea because two nurses sent to two of these bio-containment centers have been treated for the virus and have survived.

3. How does infection expert Sean Kaufman view the CDC’s guidelines for protective gear in treating Ebola patients?
He views it as something negative, irresponsible, and dead wrong.

4.  What point did Rep. Michael Burgess make about CDC head Thomas Frieden?
His point was to state how doctors and nurses (from the CDC) should wear a full gear on to cover every possible part of their body while treating an Ebola victim. 

5. a) I do agree with this recommendation because it's better to keep our hospitals sanitized and the people in good health conditions because then what if they get the virus and it acts as a domino effect on the community? 

Article Summary

In the CNN article titled "Boston sets record for snowfall in last month" Ed Payne discusses how Boston has set the record for the most recorded snow in the history of the Untied States. First, Payne explains how it has only been 14 days and there has already been a whopping 70 to 80 inches of snow around the commonwealth. Next, he informs readers how one Boston resident used the hasthag #getmeoutofhere to describe his feelings about this snow. Also, Payne reported how schools were out and if the weather didn't let up, the district would soon run out of school days. In addition, Ed Payne mentions that Boston has already eaten up their snow removal budget of $18 million. Finally, the writer concludes by asking people how they felt about the snow. One citizen said "It's kind of depressing sometimes. I'm tired of it. I usually like snow, but this is just a little much."

1 paragraph about knowledge

     Today during class, we were asked to do a gallery walk. Some things I learned included how we can attain knowledge, how we use it, and how different people think. One of the things I said about attaining knowledge was the simple phrase "Trivia Crack". I also learned how ignorance can be bad because of several reasons. Some people choose to be ignorant because they are childish, can't handle the truth, or are just conceited. The experience I had today was great and I will definitely remember some of the things I learned today.

Tablets vs Textbooks

     In many schools today, textbooks are used a lot more than tablets. However, as a new generation is emerging, tablets are becoming much more popular than textbooks. Some schools have started giving out tablets to their students, but others have held on to the textbooks that they have always used. Tablets are extremely more efficient than textbooks and should definitely be used in all schools.

     One thing that you may not know about tablets is how they actually help students performance on standardized tests. Students are more drawn to the idea of learning on technology and find it a lot more enjoyable than working with a textbook. In a study done in California's Riverside Unified School District in 2012, students using a digital version of an Algebra 1 textbook on an Apple iPad scored 20 percent higher than students using print textbooks on standardized tests. This just goes to prove that students learn better digitally than on a textbook.

     Secondly, tablets are much more portable and easier to carry than textbooks are. You can fit all of textbooks for every single one of your classes in a tablet weighing less than 1.5 pounds. Try doing that with your textbooks, and you'd probably be suffering from back pain in a hospital. Literally, you would. During the 2011-12 school year more than 13,700 US children, aged 5 to 18, were treated in hospitals and doctors' offices for backpack-related injuries (5,000 in emergency rooms) such as concussions, sprains, fractures, and strains to the back and shoulders. Do you really want innocent children going to the hospital because of the excruciating back pain they receive form carrying their heavy school books? 

     Finally, some people are completely against tablets in public schools because they are concerned that students would get easily distracted by things like social media and other social apps. Well, this problem can be easily solved. Most school wi-fi networks block social media sites and other inappropriate sites from students. This way, students can focus on their schoolwork and nothing else. 

     Tablets have so many advantages over school textbooks, it's pointless to argue against it. In conclusion, tablets are better than textbooks because they are much more portable and provide a better education to students. Digital education is going to be the new era of education and an age of smarter society that will completely revolutionize the future of humanity.

Literature Analysis #3

All a child ever wants in life is to become successful and make their parents happy. Especially in Asian culture, parents expect their children to become prodigies at their talents and make them proud. All Suyuan ever wanted in life was to visit her long lost twin daughters who were lost in China many years before. Jing-Mei knew about this, and wanted to finish what her mother had started. In the end, Jing Mei did fulfill her mother’s legacy and finds her twin sisters in which her mother has been looking for her entire life.

            In her younger days, Suyuan lived in China happily with her family. There was at the time however, the rising threat of the communists and Japanese invasions that could very well threaten the survival of the family. One day, the Japanese arrived at Suyuan’s town and bombed it until it was destroyed. Suyuan had received a forewarning that the invasion was coming, so she was able to evacuate herself along with her daughters and few possessions. Suyuan traveled down the road, and every step drained little bits of her energy. First she had to leave her trunks behind, because the burden of it was just too much for her to handle. Then she left the bags of food behind. Finally, it had come down to her own daughters. Suyuan was weak, she had tried everything she could in order to get her twin daughters out of there, but she wasn’t strong enough. Suyuan couldn’t bear the idea of her won daughters dying in front of her. They were the only hope she had left I the world. In a final attempt to save them, Suyuan left her daughters on the side of the road in hopes that someone might find them and rescue them from a terrible death. Suyuan continued down the road until all she saw was darkness.

            When Suyuan woke up, it was in a different place. She was in America and wrote letters to China trying to find her daughters. For years Suyuan had searched, but she never had any luck. It wasn’t until before she had died, did Suyuan locate her twin daughters’ address.

            Suyuan’s love for her daughters had proved to be very strong, and although Jing-mei never fully realized it, Suyuan loved her very much too. On page 39 of The Joy Luck Club, Jing-Mei’s Auntie Ying told her, “Your mother was a very strong woman, a good mother. She loved you very much, much more than her own life. And that’s why you can understand why a mother like this could never forget her own daughters. She knew they were alive and before she died she wanted to find her daughters in China”. This quote shows us how Suyuan’s main mission in life was to find her daughters. After Jing-Mei’s aunt tells her this, she then gives her a check for $1,200 to go to China and find her half-sisters.

            Jing-Mei was astonished by the generosity the mahjong club had shown her, but she did not know what to tell her sisters about her other. On page 40 of The Joy luck Club, Auntie Ying tells her, “You must see your sisters and tell them about you mother’s death, but most important, you must tell them about her life. The mother they did not know, they must now know.” This was the beginning of Jing-Mei’s journey.

            Jing-Mei bought her tickets and was on her way to see her sisters in Shanghai, but prior to her arrival, she was very anxious. Jing-Mei’s anxiety was building up, but when she arrived at the airport and spotted her sisters, all of that went away. They immediately recognized her and tan straight up to her with joy. Their father captured the moment on camera and Jing-Mei was able to see the resemblance of her mother in both of her sisters faces. Jing –Mei went a long way and she did eventually fulfill her mother’s legacy. The last words of the novel are, “Together we look like our mother. Her same eyes, her same mouth, open in surprise to see, at last, her long- cherished wish.”

Leopard man questions

9. Tom Leppard is called Leopard man because his body is covered in leopard spot tatoos.

10. The author thinks that people with a lot of piercings and tattoos are desperate attention-seekers and he has these opinions because he sees them in society displaying their freakishness obsessively.

11.Leopard Man is different from other pierced and tattooed people because he doesn't show himself off in society, he lives alone in the wilderness.

12. Leopard man lives in a small cabin isolated in the Scottish wilderness.

13. According to Feys, Society fears loners and non-conformists who do their own thing becuase society is scared of the unknown.

14. The world's most prevalent and pernicious disorder is conformity (which means doing the same things as others in order to fit in) barbecue it has spawned self inflicted disorders such as alcoholism, eating disorders, panic attacks, and depression.

15. Leopard man is so happy because of several reasons. He does his own thing and doesn't conform to society. He lives in the place he wants to be and is independent. He doesn't really have any conflict in his life which probably makes him happy.

Diction handouts

1. The cigar dropped out of my gaping mouth with a tiny plop and a short hiss quite audible in the absolute stillness of all things under heaven.

2. Opaque:(adj.) Impenetrable by light; neither transparent nor translucent.

Phosphorescent:(adj.) Persistent emission of light following exposure to and removal of incident radiation.

Elongated:(adj.) Made longer; extended.

Cadaverous:(adj.) Suggestive of death; corpselike.

Paraphrase: The ship casted a shadow that revealed something on the side of the ship. I saw something by the ladder. At first I thought it was just a reflection of light, but then I saw what looked like a man. I went down and grabbed the ladder. I then saw something that surprised me, a headless body! My cigar fell out onto the ground. I leaned over the railing to look at it, and he hung on the ladder drifting with the water.

3. The use of elevated language in the passage creates a tone that is somewhat eerie and also very descriptive. It definitely does take a very high educated audience to understand this kind of literature. On the other hand, my paraphrased version of the passage creates an easier feel probably especially towards younger audiences.

4. Example 1: But I saw at once something elongated and pale floating very close to the ladder.

Example 2: with a gasp I saw revealed to my stare a pair of feet...

Example 3: the cigar dropped out of my gaping mouth with a tiny plop...

Example 4: I only climbed on the spare spar and leaned over the rail as far as I could...

5. I think that the author would leave the captain, crew, and ship unnamed so he could build up more suspense for when the climax of the story happens. Maybe he also did it in order for the readers to focus more on the dialogue and details rather than the characters themselves.

6. The denotative meaning of The Secret Sharer is an unknown person who gives things without telling who it's from.

Word                               Denotation                         Connotation

Cadaverous                      Suggesting of death                Cold blooded, heartless

Darkling.                                In the dark.                             Blind, unaware

Pale.                                Whitish in complexion.                    Corpselike

Phosphorescence.      Emission of light without heat.         Lies; not truth

Ghastly.                           Paranormal; terrifying.          Sinister; foreshadowing death

Headless.                             Without a head.                  Without feelings or emotions

Fishlike.                                    Like a fish.                   Struggling for life or near death

Latin roots #6

Roots and Derivatives

1.     corp (or) (body)

2.     cred (to believe, to trust)

3.     cur (r), curs, course (to run, to flow)

4.     dic(t) (to speak, to say)

Word List

    

      1. Benediction- the innovation of a divine blessing, as at the close of a religious service; a blessing or state of blessedness;

At the baptism, the baby was given a benediction.

     2.  Concourse- a running or flowing together; a broad public walkway or hallway; a crowd or throng;

My sister got lost in the concourse of people at the concert.

     3. Concurrent- occurring at the same time; meeting or acting together;

The two teachers decided to have concurrent field trips where both their classes went to see the same play.

      4. Corporal- related to the physical body;

Corporal punishment is against the law as teachers are not allowed to physically hit a student.

      5. Corpulent- very stout; fleshy obese; fat;

Contestants of the Biggest Loser begin as corpulent individuals but eventually become really fit.

      6. Credibility- the quality of being believable or trustworthy;

Because the girl returned my phone I admired her credibility.

      7. Credulity- the (naïve) willingness to believe too easily without proof;
       When the jury found the man guilty with so little evidence, it made you question their credulity.

      8. Cursory- done in a superficial or hasty manner;

Because we were short on time, the poster my group created had several cursory drawings and sloppy hand writing.

      9. Dictum- an authoritative saying or maxim;

A famous American dictum states everyone has the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

      10. Incorporate- to form into one body or functioning unit; to combine several different things into a whole;

When my grandma makes her famous chocolate chip cookies, she incorporates her secret ingredient into the cookie dough.

      11. Incredulous- not believing, skeptical, or doubting

I gave my parents an incredulous look when they said we were moving.

      12. Indicative- characteristic of or very much like; suggestive;

Constant sneezing is indicative of having allergies.

Greek Drama Questions

1. What kind of prize is given for dancing choruses of worshippers?

A: A goat or a bull was won by dancing choruses of worshippers.

2.How many spectators would gather in the open air theater of Dionysus?

A: Over 14,000 spectators would gather in the open air theater of Dionysus.

3.How does the mask affect the voices of actors?

A: Mask would amplify the actors voices with exaggerated mouthpieces.

4.Why was Antigone suspenseful to viewing audiences?

A: Due to the fact that the audience knew things that the characters on stage didn't, it would be exhilarating and suspenseful.

5.How is the Shepard to leave the infant on the mountainside?

A:The Shepard had to leave the infant on the mountainside with his knees pinned together.

6.What is the riddle the Sphinx gave to Oedipus?

The riddle the Sphinx gave to Oedipus was,"What creature goes on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?"

7. Who are Oedipus' kids?

A: Oedipus' kids are Ismene, Antigone, Eteocles, and Polyneices.

8. After Oedipus is exiled, who takes over Thebes?

A: Jocastas brother, Creon, takes over Thebes once Oedipus is exiled.

9. What did the family do to the dead body?

A:Creon gave Eteocles a proper burial, but he gave Polyneices no burial since he was a traitor.

Antigone Quick Write

            If I was ever put in the position of Antigone, I would struggle with what to do. I’d be in such a state of panic it’d be hard to function. However, in the end, I would make the right choice.

            I think that if my brother had died with no burial, I would secretly bury him just as Antigone did. Everyone deserves a burial, and if Polyneices died just as Eteocles, then why shouldn’t he be buried? Although King Creon punishment for burring Eteocles was death, it’s more important to bring honor to your family rather than shame. Besides, Eteocles was the one who started the fight, so in any case at all he should be the one to suffer no proper burial rather than Eteocles.

            What I would do is sneak out at night with the quietest footsteps and lightest clothing possible. When I reach Polyneices body, I would then begin to dig and bury him silently. Before burying his body however, I would move it to a different location just to fool guards of where he was actually buried. If I was brought to Creon accused of burying Polyneices, I would deny it and blame it on Ismene because Creon would never expect it. However, while I’m in prison and Ismene is being tried, I would escape with a tool of some sort.

By escaping, I could break Ismene out of prison and runaway to another land like Athens or Troy. In the end we would all win and honor and freedom would be granted to the family.

            

Latin Roots #5

Roots and Derivatives:

1. cent(i): hundred
2. cid(e), cis(e): cut, kill
3. clam, claim: cry out, declare
4. cord, cour: heart

Word List:

1. bicentennial (a): (related to) a celebration of a two hundredth anniversary; happening once in a period of two hundred years or lasting two hundred years

• The bicentennial anniversary of Apple happened just about a week ago. 

2. centenarian (n): a person who has lived to be a hundred years old

• My grandmother was a centenarian for a week until she died. 

3. centurion (n): a Roman Officer commanding over one hundred men; related to the military mind, especially as it favors military solutions for handling social problems

• The United States commanders may not dress as Romans, but they still have the responsibilities of a centurion. 

4. clamorous (a): characterized by continuous loud and complaining voices, noisily complaining, insistent.

• The twinkie protest was very clamorous because they were just being ignored. 

5. concise (a): covering much in few words, brief and to the point

• The essay I wrote for my AP test was very concise because I only had 25 minutes to write it. 

6. concordance (n): a condition of harmony or agreement, an alphabetical index indicating reference passages, as from a writer's works

• The dispute between my teacher and I ended in concordance because we were able to compromise. 

7. cordial (a): of the heart, warm and friendly, amiable

• When volunteering for ASES, I act very cordial in order to prove that I'm a professional.. 

8. discordant (a): (sounding) harsh or inharmonious, clashing

• My avid teacher yells in a very discordant tone when we don't follow directions..

9. genocide (n): the systematic extermination of an ethnic group

• The Holocaust is an example of a genocide since the Germans murdered millions of Jews. 

10. incisive (a): keenly penetrating, cutting into

• The incisive remarks my teacher sais can impact my classmates and I very deeply. 

11. proclamation (n): an official statement or announcement that informs or honors

• Abraham Lincoln's emancipation proclamation stated that all slaves were free.

12. reclaim (v): to claim again, to restore to former importance or usefulness

• When I grow up I'm going to reclaim drug addicts' lost lives.

Latin Roots #4

Roots and Derivatives
1. bon, boun (good): bonus, bounty, bountiful, bonify, boon, bon voyage, bonhomie

2. capit, capt (head, chief, leader): capital, captain, capitalize, decapitate, per capita, capitol

3. carn(i) (flesh): carnal, carnality, carnival, carnify

4 ced(e), ceed, cess (go, yield, surrender): recede, proceed, success, concede, exceed, procession, unprecedented

Word List

1. accession: the attainment of a certain rank or dignity; an increase by means of something added; the act of becoming joined.

Example: The private's accession to Captain was one of the greatest days of his life.

2. bona fide: in good faith; genuine.

Example: The leather wallet is a very bona fide one. 

3. bonanza: a sudden and unexpected source of money or riches; a windfall.

Example: Walmart had a bonanza when they started selling Xboxs.

4. bounteous: inclined to be generous; plentiful and abundant.

Example: This, year, Santa Maria's harvest of strawberries were bounteous.

5. capitulation: surrendering, usually upon prearranged terms or conditions; a final giving-up.

Example: The company had a capitulation when they filed for bankruptcy.

6. carnage: a great slaughter, as in battle.

Example: The war between 300 Spartans and a million Persians was an absolute carnage.

7. carnivorous: flesh-eating, as an animal.

Example: The prehistoric T-Rex was a carnivorous animal.

8. incarnate: literally, in the flesh; in bodily form; personified; flesh-colored

Example: My neighbors cat is an incarnate demon sent from hell. 

9. intercede: to act on another's behalf; to meditate.

Example: When teachers see fights, they will intercede to stop them.

10. precedent: a previous act or decision taken as a valid model; having gone before.

Example: The way Ebola patients are treated medically will be a precedent to future healthcare.

11. recapitulation: a brief repetition; a summary, as of what has already been said.

Example: At the end of each Spanish lesson, our teacher gives us a recapitulation of what we have just learned.  

12. reincarnation: a thing that is reborn, or comes back into being, although perhaps in a different (bodily) form.

Example: Buddhists and Hindus believe in the cycle of reincarnation.

LITERATURE ANALYSIS #1

1. The Book I read was The Road by Cormac McCarthy. This book was set in a post apocalyptic world on a lonely, desolate road. A man and a boy (their names are never given) are traveling together with only a cart containing their supplies and each other. They come across many dangerous people while traveling on the road, including a man who tries to kidnap the boy, cannibals who are keeping people in their basement in order to eat them, and three men & a pregnant women, in which they later find their campsite that has the remains of a baby who was cooked over fire. From all these travels, the two become starved but then miraculously find a house that has an abundance of food that they can eat. They stay there for a couple days and then continue on their journey. Throughout the novel the man's goal has been to make it to the coast and they finally make it to the beach, but then the boy gets very sick. While sidetracked, their cart and everything they own gets stolen from a thief. The two go looking for the thief and later find him and get their stuff back. After this the father and son go into an empty town where a surprise awaits them and drastically changes the boy's life. 

2. The theme of this novel was good versus evil. Whenever the man and boy came upon a stranger on the road, the boy would always ask if they were "good guys" or "bad guys". Along with that, the man would tell the boy to always look for the good guys and never take any risks. I believe that McCarthy chose to write about this topic because he wanted to expose the two types of people in this world, along with the way people need to live, especially teenagers. You need the follow the good, influential people in your life, not the ones who are just up to no good.

3. I chose this book because it won the Pulitzer prize, and seemed unlike anything I've read before. This book first came to my attention when my Avid teacher, Mr. Ilac told me about it. He said it was a dark and depressing book, and that's what appealed to me, because I have never read a depressing book before (I read The Fault in Our Stars but it wasn't even that sad honestly). The book was suspenseful, so that's what kept me reading it constantly.

4. I found the book to be very realistic. I think that this is how a father and son would be in a real post apocalyptic world. This book reminded me of a TV show called "The Walking Dead" because they both they take place in a post apocalyptic world and are about constant travel. Also, there is a father and son in both stories that have a close relationships.

5. In this novel, the author's tone is depressed and hopeless. In one excerpt on page 32, McCarthy writes,"Dark of the invisible moon. The nights now only slightly less black. By day the banished sun circles the earth like a grieving mother with a lamp." Another time he writes on page 99,"The snow lay deep and gray. Already there was a fresh fall of ash on it. He struggled on a few more feet and then turned and looked back. The boy had fallen." and finally McCarthy writes on page 250,"He walked out on the beach to the edge of the light and stood with his clenched fists on top of his skull and fell to his knees sobbing in rage". As you can see the whole book is dark with few good moments in it.

6. Literary elements in this novel would include alliteration as found on page 1, dark beyond darkness and the days. Assonance, also found on page 1, "low moan and turned and lurched away." Similes (page 1) "Like the onset of some cold glaucoma". Metaphors (page 1) "the inward parts of some granitic beast". Imagery (page 1) "black," "dark," "gray," "shadow," "pale". Personification (page 143) "When he woke the gas lamp overhead was hissing softly". Situational Irony when the boy recovers from being sick, it shocked me that he didn't die. Symbolism (page 269) "You said that was okay because good dreams are not a good sign." Hyperbole (page 97) "The whump of falling trees and the low boom of the loads of snow exploding on the ground set the wood to shuddering."
Onomatopoeia (page 97)  "The whump of falling trees and the low boom of the loads of snow exploding on the ground set the wood to shuddering." Allusion (page 172) "What if I said that he's a god?"

CHARACTERIZATION

1. Direct characterization Example #1

“The Boy: Can I ask you something?

The Man: Yes. Of course you can.

The Boy: What would you do if I died?

The Man: If you died I would want to die too.

The Boy: So you could be with me?

The Man: Yes. So I could be with you.

The Boy: Okay.” (pg. 11)

 

This shows that the Man is very caring towards his son because he would want to die if he died.

 

Example #2

The boy lay with his head in the man's lap. After a while he said: They're going to kill those people, aren't they?

The Man: Yes.

The Boy: Why do they have to do that?

The Man: I don’t know.

The Boy: Are they going to eat them?

The Man: I don’t know.

The Boy: They're going to eat them, aren’t they?

The Man: Yes.

The Boy: And we couldn’t help them because then they'd eat us too.

The Man: Yes.

The Boy: And that's why we couldn’t help them.

The Man: Yes.

The Boy: Okay. (pg. 194) 

 

This quote shows that the boy cares for other people but he is also understanding of why thing happen the way they do.

Indirect Characterization Example #1

 

The boy shook his head. Oh Papa, he said. He turned and looked again. What the boy had seen was a charred human infant headless and gutted and blackening on the spit. He bent and picked the boy up and started for the road with him, holding him close. I'm sorry, he whispered. I'm sorry.” (pg. 276)

 

Again this just shows how the boy is compassionate towards other human beings, and seeing a dead baby just crushed the little boy.

 

Example #2

 

 
"When he looked up the road rat was holding the knife in his hand. He'd only taken two steps but he was almost between him and the child.

(The Man) What do you think you're going to do with that?

He didn’t answer. He was a big man but he was quick. He dove and grabbed the boy and rolled and came up holding him against his chest with the knife at his throat. The man had already dropped to the ground and he swung with him and leveled the pistol and fired from a two-handed position balanced on both knees at a distance of six feet. The man fell back instantly and lay with blood bubbling from the hole in his forehead.”

 

The fact that the man would kill someone else in order to protect his son shows how strong the bond between them is and how the man loves him. 

2. When the author focuses on the characters' dialogue, he usually makes them talk in short and choppy conversations. There is a lot of use of words like yes, no, and okay. For example, here is a conversation on page 148:

 

Boy: How long can we stay here papa?

Man: Not long.

Boy: How long is that?

Man: I dont know. Maybe one more day. Two.

Boy: Because it's dangerous.

Man: Yes

Boy: Do you think they'll find us?

Man: No. They won't find us.

Boy: They might find us.

Man: No they won't. They won't find us.

 

3. The protagonist (the man), is a dynamic character. By traveling with the boy so much, he learns how to be caring and compassionate like when he let the old man ,Ely, eat dinner with them. However, the man doesn't doesn't have too many personality traits and he is more of a flat character.

 

4. After reading this story, I felt like I was with the man and the boy through their journey's on the road. The description of everything was just so realistic and it was like I felt the things that the man and boy felt. An example in the story that just had me on the tips of my toes was on page 110 when the two found a bunch of nude people that were going to be eaten. 

 "Huddled against the back wall were naked people, male and female, all trying to hide, shielding their faces with their hands. On the mattress lay a man with his legs gone to the hip and the stumps of them blackened and burnt. The smell was hideous." 

 

ENDURING MEMORY

 

There were a bunch of great ideas that McCarthy wrote about in this novel. However, there is only one that will always be remembered in my mind just because of the intense moments McCarthy delivered it through in the reading. The love between a father and son is strong, but I think that the man in this novel had an extremely strong bond with his son. It was on page 250, where I first realized how much the boy meant to the man. 

"He held the boy and bent to hear the labored suck of air. His hand on the thin and laddered ribs. He walked out on the beach to the edge of the light and stood with his clenched fists on top of his skull and fell to his knees sobbing in rage."

At this point in the story, I had come to the realization of how miserable life was for the man. The boy was his only reason he didn't kill himself already. I just admired how great McCarthy's style of writing was and this book is defenitely one of those ones that gives me the motivation to read more (because I prefer not to read on my spare time). The themes in this book are just so intense and make you think a lot about how lucky you are to be living the life you are living, because not everyone gets to enjoy the happiness of life.