Michael+Cov

Literary Luminary (1-40)

"I have to watch you all the time, the boy said. I know. If you break little promises you'll break big ones. That's what you said. I know, But I won't." (34)

I chose this quote cause I found it cute and just struck me that the boy would say that cause normally it is the other way around but maybe he is getting to the age where he understands what is starting to happen around him.

"What is it, Papa? Morels. It's morels. What's morels? They're kind of mushroom. Can you eat them? Yes. Take a bite. Are they good? Take a bite... ...They are pretty good, he said." (40)

I chose this quote because it was towards the end of our reading and kind of shows their improvement on finding things as they have been getting better and better finding things as they get farther South. Also shows the Guy and Kids knowledge a little bit.

Discussion Questions (40-89)

1. The techniques the guy uses to keep them alive are very smart and make perfect sense, do you think he could have been a boy scout or a marine of some sort? Experience due to the fact that it has been 11 years of disaster but him being a boy scout is not out of the picture.

2. Basing off of what we know about the guy, what kind of stories do you think the guy would tell the kid for him to fall asleep? Nice, careful stories to not scare the little boy.

3. Do you think the guy ever gets irritated with the boy asking so many questions? We think he gets annoyed however he hides it all because he understands how the boy wouldn't know too much about what is going around.

4. The guy says their isn't any more states, why would he consider that? Did the border lines blow up too? We think it is more looking toward the fact that there isn't anymore government. Nothing to keep the states as states as we know them.

5. Why won't the guy help anyone that he sees? Young or Old? The more people they help, the more people he has to help and dish out food for instead of himself and kid.

Connection Master (90-135)

1. "You walk too fast....I'll go slower....They went on...You're not talking again.....I'm talking...You want to stop?....I always want to stop." (93) This reminds me of the time when I was young and would walk with my parents in the mall or grocery store. I hated it because it required a lot of walking and I didn't like walking and to keep my mind off of how boring it is, I would try to get my parents to talk to me or play around with me till it was all over.

2. "Come on. We have to move....What is it?...It's the trees. They're falling down....The boy sat up and looked about wildly...It's all right, the man said. Come on. We need to hurry." (97) This reminds me the time of the Earthquake on August 23rd. I was laying down on my bed and everything started shaking, my friend who was sitting in a chair was telling me that we need to get out of the house because it is an earthquake. All of the trophies and big cars on the wall starting falling down onto us and we rushed out.

3. "Shh. let's just stand here and listen....There was nothing. The wind rustling the dead roadside bracken. A distant creaking. Door or shutter...I think we should take a look....Papa let's not go up there....It's okay....I don't think we should go up there....It's okay. We have to take a look." This reminds me of the time when our cat set off the security system in our house and I thought someone had broken into our house. It scared me because I was a couple years younger than I am now and my dad was heading downstairs and my room is right next to the stairs. I didn't say it but my mind was saying, "Don't go down there Dad."

Vocab Miser (136-185)

Dessicated. (185) - to dry out

Literary Luminary (186-235)

"When your dreams are of some world that never was or of some world that 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." (189)

I loved this quote because I feel like it could be telling us all something. I feel like this quote could be telling us a life lesson to remember, something that may have true effect on us. Also, it makes a lot of sense but the main part to look at is how the father is showing his love for the boy, how he will never let the boy give up.

"Why didnt they leave the road? They couldnt. Everything was on fire." (191)

This quote gives us a great idea of what may have happened to the earth and maybe its main reason to why most of the population is dead. Maybe it wasn't just the town that they are talking about, maybe it was all of the U.S or the World and they got lucky to survive as well as the other few amounts of people roaming around starving, searching for food. This quote can also lead us to the question of, "Could this be why there is very little to nothing left in the areas, roamed by the Father and Son?"

Discussion Questions (236-287)

1. Would you have done what the man did to the guy that stole their stuff? Gain stuff back but not take the guys clothes. No death. Questionable

2. Do you think the person with the crossbow was a cannibal when they shot the man? Why? Not enough information, maybe just trying to rob them.

3. After all the time the boy has considered suicide, why didnt he do it after his dad died? His dad gave him hope that lasted within the boy. Family finds him later.

4. Do you think it was right for the boy to leave his father after all he has done for him? Leave him or sit there in die. With the way the Earth is, it is not worth it.

5. Do you think the family that found the boy was wealthy enough to contain such a large amount of people (Right Choice...5 people) He will be able to carry his own weight and need very little help every once and a while.