Drew

Vocabulary part 1 Declination: bending, sloping, or moving downward Grimace: a sharp contortion of the face expressive of pain, contempt, or disgust

conversation master part 2

try to piece together what happened, because the book doesn't tell you

quotes 51-101

"you wanted to know what the bad guys looked like. now you know. it may happen again. my job is to take care of you. I was appointed to do that by God." 77

"the names of things slowly following those things into oblivion. colors. the names of birds. things to eat. finally the names of things one believed to be true.more fragile than he would believed to be true. More fragile than he would have thought. how much was already gone? the sacred idiom shorn of its referents and so of its reality. drawing down like something trying to preserve heat. in time to wink out forever

connection master 102- the child does not know any of the things that were good about our lives. when they found the shelter with all of the food in it, he did not know what a lot of it was

the people in the world are kind of like the morlocks in the time machine

discussion questions 154-230 do you think that the cannibalism of the people can be considered a recurring theme through the book?

is the road they are traveling on a metaphor for hope or death?

the father said that the good guys keep on trying no matter what, could the new world order consider themselves good guys?

how would you describe a world without people?

do you think the father is truly lying to his son? if he is, is lying in this situation a good thing?

vocabulary 230-end

pampooties: a rawhide slipper worn by men in Aran islands

tabernacle: A case or box on a church altar containing the consecrated host and wine of the Eucharist.