Brandon

Pages 1-40 Fear is something that i can relate to. The boy is shown as being afraid of death, and being by himself. But the father reassures that he wont die by himself. I can relate to this because i never want to die by myself.

The strong relationship between the father and the son is very dependent on each other. They both need each other to survive. I can relate this to the Harry Potter movies because of the strong friendship between Harry, Ron and Hermione and how they needed to rely on each other to survive, just like the father and the son.

Pages 41-89 Cannonading-47- In the night a storm broke in the mountains above them and came cannonading down country cracking and booming and the stark gray world would appeared again and again out of the night in the shrouded flare of lightning. To assault with heavy artillery fire.

Mastic-48- The hot black mastic sucking at their shows and stretching in thin bands as they stepped. An aromatic gum or resin exuded from the bark of a Mediterranean tree, used in making varnish and chewing gum and as a flavoring

Page 90-135 What do you think the red symbolizes, in the “ones that are dressed in red scarves”?

On page 92 it says that they have slaves trailing the wagon, how long do you think these people have been in bondage?

Where do you think the “bad guys” are headed? Are they trying to go south as well? Or do they have alterior motives?

Do you think that the because the boy shows signs of hypothermia, the father will stop moving south for while, or keep trudging along?

When the boy says on page 103, “they could be the good guys. Couldn’t they?”, do you think that the father has lost hopes for other good ones?

Pages 136-185 “They were the good guys? Yes. They were. Like us. Yes. So it’s okay. Yes. Its Okay”(140)

“One more. I don’t want you to get sick. I wont get sick. You haven’t eaten in a long time. I know. Okay.” (141)

“What if they tried and they just got half way or something and then they were too tired. Would they fall back down? Well. They really couldn’t get halfway because theyd be in space and theres not any air in space so they wouldn’t be able to fly and besides it would be too cold and theyd freeze to death”(157)

“What’s your name? Ely. Ely what? What’s wrong with Ely? Nothing, lets go.”(167)