Simi+Aderibigbe

9/9/13
 * __#|Job__: Discussion Director **
 * Pages 1-30 **

1. What were your first impressions when you read the first page of the __#|book__ involving the dream of the man? 2. In your opinion how do you think the setting of this __#|book__ came to be? 3. Do you believe that his dreams have a relation to what might happen in the future? If so, what do they foreshadow? 4. Do you agree with the man’s statement? “ You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget.”

9/10/13
 * __#|Job__: Connection Master **
 * Pages 31- **** 82 **

1. In The Road the man is a father who cares deeply for his son and wants the best for him. It seems that the ideal father is a man who lovingly bonds with his children and wants them to live good lives, even better than his own; therefore, the father is willing to make sacrifices for his children. I can relate to this because I also have a Dad who cares, loves, and guides me, so I can __#|prosper__ and have a successful life. 2. The relation between the man and the son is similar to the __#|book__ //Night.// Like in //The Road, Night// is about the trails and anguish of a father and son in an evil world except during the Holocaust. In both __#|books__ the Fathers fight and survive to keep their sons alive and have a strong bond with their son. 3. In the Road, dreams have been pretty prevalent. The man had a couple of dreams and and the boy had one. I can relate to this because I have had may dreams and most of them were just silly dreams or dreams that are of no relevance but their still dreams. However, there are some dreams that people have that are revelations of what its to come. I have not had any but, I know a friend who had a dream that revealed to him where his TV remote was.

9/13/13
 * __#|Job__: Literary Luminary **
 * Pages 83-135 **

Quote #1: A conversation between the Boy and the Man- "'That's right.' 'Because we're caring the fire'. 'Yes.' 'Because we're caring the fire.'" (83)

Question#1: What do you think the Man means by "we're caring the fire?"

Quote#2: "Can you do it?...Could you crush that beloved skull with a rock? Is there such a being within you of which you know nothing? Can there be? Hold him in your arms. Just so. The soul is quick. Pull toward you. Kiss him. Quickly."(114) Question #2 : What were your thoughts when you read this? Do you believe the man was ready to kill the boy if the time came, or would he have sacrificed himself for the boys survival? What does the man mean by "the soul is quick.?"

Quote #3: A conversation between the Boy and the Man- "'We wouldn't ever eat anybody would we?' 'No of course not.' ...'No matter what.' 'No. no matter what.' 'Because we're the good guys.' 'Yes.'" (129) Question #3: What do you you is the reason why they wouldn't to eat anyone though food is scarce? What does this say about them?

Vocab # 1: "They ate a __sumptuous__ meal by candlelight."(153), Sumptuous- luxurious. Vocab # 2: "In the long gray dusk they crossed a river and stopped and looked down from the concrete __balustrade__."(159), Balustrade: Railing supported by bars. Vocab 3 #: " They __bivouacked__ in the woods much nearer to the road than he would have liked." (168), Bivouacked: to encamp in an area.
 * __#|Job__: Vocabulary Miser **
 * Pages 136- 235 **
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 * __#|Job__: Discussion Director **
 * Pages 186-235 **

1. In your opinion, what animals do you think that have survived (taking into account the snakes)?

2. "When your dreams are of some world that never was or never will be and you are happy again then you will have given up. Do you understand? And you cant give up I wont let you." What is significance of this statement ?

3. Based on what the man and boy have found (the coin, the boat, the books in the boat) can you make an assumption of where they are are? Why do you think McCarthy put things that are Spanish in the novel?

4.Do you think the characters in this book are dynamic or static? Why?


 * __#|Job__: Connection Master **


 * Pages 236- End **

The ending of the novel was like the ending of the //Book of Eli//. In the movie there is a a man and a girl and the man mentors the girls and cares for her. In the end the man in the //Book of Eli// dies and he trusts in God that the girl will be fine as she walks the roads of life. In //The Road// the man also trusts that goodness will find the boy and he will be safe as he also continues the roads of life without him.

The father reminds of the father from the movie //Taken//. This movie is about the love and determination a father has to save his daughter from the sick and cruel prostitution monopolies. Both fathers are willing to do whatever they can and endanger themselves to save their child. They both have true love for their child and would die to protect them.

The situation of when they man and the boy encountered the thief reminded me of a circumstance in my life where someone had done an injustice to me and I was in the position to do harm back them for what they did to me. At first, I wanted to just make that person suffer or feel what I did, but I decided to be more forgiving. It was that little angel on my shoulder / The Holy Spirit who inspired me to do that. The boy is similar to that, he his like a little angel on the man's shoulder trying convince him to be kind and do the right thing.