Matt+Vance

Vocab pgs. 1-30

Languor: the state or feeling, often pleasant “He said the right dreams fir a man in peril and all else was the call of languor and of death,” (pg. 18)

Ever: At all times always “Ever’s a long time” (pg. 24)

Glaucoma: a condition of increased pressure within the eyeball, causing gradual loss of sight. “Like the onset of some cold glaucoma dimming away the world ,” (pg. 1)

Discussion Leader pages 31-86

1.) What would have you done in the situation between the father and the stranger in the woods? Would you have gone with him? 2.) Do you think that the son actually saw a little boy? 3.) What would you do as the papa? Would you continue south even though the strangers are heading that direction as well and they can be dangerous? 4.) Why do you think the mother left them? Why did she give up?

Literary Luminary pages 84-133

1.) "He walked out in the gray light and stood and he saw for a brief moment the absolute truth of the world. The cold relentless circling of the intestate earth," (Pg. 130) 2.) "He looked like something out of a deathcamp. Starved, exhausted, wick with fear," (pg. 117) 3.) "You put it in your mouth and point it up. Do it quick and hard. Do you understand? Stop crying. Do you understand?" (pg. 113)

Relationship Pg.133-185

The cannibalism is like in time machine, they are eating their own kind.

Vocabulary pages 185-235

Corroded: destroy or damage (metal, stone, or other materials) slowly by chemical action. "Most of them corroded and leaking an acid goo but some of them looked okay,"

miscellaneous: Made up of a variety of parts or ingredients "In the bottom of a big plastic jar of bolts and screws and miscellaneous hardware he found a double handful of gold krugerrands in a cloth sack," (pg.

Krugerrands: a one-ounce gold coin of the Republic of South Africa, equal to 25 first issued in 1967.

"In the bottom of a big plastic jar of bolts and screws and miscellaneous hardware he found a double handful of gold krugerrands in a cloth sack,"

The last Literature Circle Discussion Director

What do you make of the ending of story?

What do you think carrying the fire means?

What do you make of the ending of the story with the death of the father, but the other family finds the boy. Do you see hope in this ending?

What was your overall view in the book?

What was his message?