Nathan

pg. 1-50 Literary Luminary, Vocabulary Miser “You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget” (12). “This was not a safe place. They could be seen from the road now it was day” (5).

Gryke - a solution fissure, a vertical crack about 0.5 m wide formed by the dissolving of limestone by water, that divides an exposed limestone surface into sections or clints.

pg. 51-102 Discussion Director, Vocabulary Miser What is the importance of the flashbacks to the mother in relation to them moving forward? How has the situation between the dad and son deteriorated? How long do you think they have been out on the road? Is the dad a good father? How do the son and dad differ in personality?

Cheroot - a cylindrical cigar with both ends clipped during manufacturing.

pg. 102-153 Connections I can personally relate to the part where the dad seems to be saying things that are best for the kid but they are really what is best for him from Breaking Bad. The dad seems to be doing whats right for the family but its just for him actually. The section where they find the place to stay full of food is like this show called Doomsday Preppers that I watch sometimes.

Chattel - an item of tangible movable or immovable property except real estate and things (as buildings) connected with real property.

pg. 154-230 Literary Luminary, Vocabulary Miser "What the boy had seen was a charred human infant headless and gutted and blackening on the spit" (198). "The pistol lying to hand like another dinner implement" (209). "He could not construct for the child's pleasure the world he'd lost without constructing the loss as well and he thought perhaps the child had known this better than he" (154).

Verdigris - a green or bluish patina formed on copper, brass or bronze surfaces exposed to the atmosphere for long periods of time Loggia - a gallery or arcade open to the air on at least one side Promontory - a high point of land or rock projecting into the sea or other water beyond the line of coast

pg. 230-287 Discussion Director, Vocabulary Miser How long do you think that the boy and the dad were being watched by the family? How well did the dad prepare the son for when he would be dead? What is your final opinion on what the man's job was before the event? Is the dad more like God or the boy more like God?

Salliter - the essence of god