Andrew

Section 1 Vocabulary Machine-rolled - Highly consistent in size, thickness and color Columnar - Having the form of a column

Section 2 Connection The Connection i made between our life and the life of the man and the boy in the book was when the man from the truck tried to take the boy from the man and the man shot him. I thought it was interesting that even after all that has happened the man reacted just like any good parent would in our time in our situation.

Section 3 Discussion Questions 1. What do you think of the boys idea of carrying the fire whaat does this fire represent and what is the point of carrrying it are they hoping society will somehow g back to normal, do you consider this naive. 2. During this section the boy expresses many times that he thinks they are going to die or that he wants to die, would you be like the boy or the man do you think life is worth living at this point 3. When they discovered the people in the basement the mans first instinct was to run understandably so but do you think that if the world was in normal conditions before whatever happened to the world happened, do you think he would have tried to help them, i think we all know but just to be safe why are those people there.

Section 4 Quotes "what if some good guys came" "well i dont think we are likely to meet any good guys on the road"

"Is it okay for us to take it?" "Yes. it is. They would want us too, Just like we would want them to."