Jake+Adams

1. Where do you think they are currently?

2. How old do you think the boy is?

3. Do you think the boy was born before the destruction of earth or after

4. Do you think if the Son died the Father would kill himself based off the text

5. Based of the text what do you think was the cause of the destruction of earth

“Then don't. I can't help you. They say that women dream of danger to those in their care and men of danger to themselves. But I don't dream at all. You say you can't? Then don't do it. That's all. Because I am done with my own whorish heart and I have been for a long time. You talk about taking a stand but there is no stand to take. My heart was ripped out of me the night he was born so don't ask for sorrow now. There is none. Maybe you'll be good at this. I doubt it, but who knows. The one thing I can tell you is that you won't survive for yourself. I know because I would have never have come this far. A person who had no one would be well advised to cobble together some passable ghost. Breathe it into being and coax it along with words of love. Offer it each phantom crumb and sheild it from harm with your body. As for me my only hope is for eternal nothingness and I hope it with all my heart” (57). = = “What would you do if I died? If you died I would want to die too. So you could be with me? Yes. So I could be with you. Okay.” (11).  Claggy- Sticky  Wisp- A small amount  Skulked- To keep out of sight but in a creepy or cowardly way  Dwindling- To diminish in size   1Do you think the shelter represents something?

2How much longer do you think the dad has?

3How long do you think the boy would last without the dad?

4How long would you have stayed in the shelter?

5Do you think the trout symbolizes that there is still life on this planet? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #181818; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #181818; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> 1.Why do you think Cormac wrote the book 2. what do you think the coast represents 3.Would anyone here resort to cannibalism 4. What do you think the boy thought when he saw the watter and it wasn’t blue

“Where is the man you were with”(282).

“I can’t. I can’t hold my dead son in my arms. I thought I could but I can’t”(279).

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