Rocky+Road


 * Kendra**
 * Michael**
 * Sam**
 * Wyatt**


 * Constitution**
 * 1)** do your homework
 * 2)** Read the book
 * 3)** participate in discussions
 * 4)** share all ideas, and ask questions
 * 5)** settle all disputes by votes
 * 6)** PAY ATTENTION IN DISCUSSIONS


 * TEST**


 * Notes pgs 1-50**

father is coughing up blood, old and near death, very unwell. the boy is his anchor --> keeps him sane, keeps him going, only living for son facemask --> keeps the dust and ash out of his face keeping hidden because of the caravans of marauders --> dangerous no quotes is mccarthy's style--> doesn't use them in other books. have to use your own imagination most important things --> food, shoes, tarp, water yes we think they'll get through the mountains and into the south woman the man is dreaming about? --> probably his wife

Leaving his billfold behind: didn't need it anymore, he needs to leave his past behind and move on rather than dwell on what has happened, it is meaningless now and he doesn't have any use for it Man struck by lightening: innocent, doesn't recognize that people can be so bad, doesn't realize what really happened, not thinking long run or big picture Flashbacks: significant memories of the man and the most precious things to him, his wife gave up and he became more admit that he kept on going, shows that the boy was born into this time and never knew what it was like before Suicide: the boy picked up on the mood and he is innocent, he knows but he doesn't understand why, death isn't so bad in this understanding, woman didn't want to drag on the inevitable Truck/Man: trying to trap them to bring them to the truck for food, eat the people Bad people: there have to be other people out there but we don't know until they are introduced, boy is starting to doubt good people Area they are in: ghost town type of thing, it was all cities but now its all dust and gone, crumbled away What is carrying the fire? Reassurance, piece of information, comfort words, on a mission? Death: yes and no, wishes for death? yes and no, wants to be somewhere else and too young to understand that thats not happening, tired of facing the current situation, misses his mom and protection of her Boy understands it all but is confused.
 * Notes pgs 51-102**

"we are the good guys" means: consolation for boy, man does not have to prove to boy; taken as given why haven't comitted suicide: man would rather boy live than not live at all, but rather kill himself than die painfully food bunker: excited, but anxious what the book tells us about despair and freedom: with too much freedom comes despair, but the same with not enough freedom why the man just left the hurt people: overprotective of boy, only really cares about boy's safety is the man more human than the cannibals? are there still germs? yes, just a lot less, because the tomato preserves are there any animals? there was a dog, but why aren't worms and germs still prevalent? what caused this? we don't know why the water is clean and things are dead the boy said he wanted to die earlier, but did not want to kill himself when the man gave him the gun later
 * Notes pgs 103-154**

they now both have masks, why? 156 Do they have any long term goals? 160 Don't want to give him a false assurance. Long term goal is to live Why does the boy try to help people like the old man? 173 He is very innocent and he doesn't fully realize the affects of helping people how does the man know that the train was there after the disaster? 179 Why is everyone traveling south? Might be safer and warmer. trying to get away
 * notes pgs 154 - 230**


 * 1) the boy is naive and in innocent. the man is mistrusting because he has a son and is trying to protect him
 * 2) He doesn't seem threatening . He seemed feeble, not dangerous, and unable to do much.
 * 3) kinda sarcastic. the boy treats the old man as a pet or other animal.
 * 4) the old man feels like god as forsaken him. the boy doesn't seem to know religion that much but does seem to have an idea of right and wrong.
 * 5) it is a simile.

the boy and father start to lose hope The boy has been carrying the fire the whole time. he's had it inside him the whole time --> the dad says that right before he dies the guy who takes the boy in the end is a good guy, because he let the boy said goodbye, and covered the man. the woman and the man acted like parents, talked about religion. The boy made a promise to talk to his father everyday. telling the story from a 3rd person point of view was more neutral than if it had been from the boys or fathers point of view. if it was told from the boys view the reader might be confused because the boy didn't know what was going on really. if the boy wasn't there what would the father do? --> He would not become a cannibal, too moral for that. but might have killed himself with wife. taking the man's cloths was killing him without having to kill him. --> took everything from him, had nothing else, which was why the boy was so upset Did the boy ever really believe they were bad guys? --> yes there were times when the boy really doubted they were good.
 * Notes END**