Adam

Discussion Questions (pages 1-40)

1. With the continued shortage of supplies will the boy and father be able to make it throuh the winter on their way to the south?

If they continue to find resources and protection then they will improve their chances of making it to the south before winter. (Finding the ham and the oil, along with their wood suppiles they showed that it is possible.)

2. Should the boy and the father be focused on traveling places season to season or finding a more permanent place, even through the options are limited?

a. They should continue traveling season to season, until they find a quality place to settle.

3. What will happen to the boy and the father if they fail to reach the south? a. If they fail to reach the south then the boy and the father might die due to lack of resources and cold weather.

4. If the boy and father meet other travelers will they help or resit them? a. They will resist them.

5. What does McCarthy want us the readers, to get out of his writing style? a. Think more about plot, is being more indirect by making reader asking questions, writes simply because it allows reader think more about the book and its plot.

Literary Luminary: Pages 41-89

"Did you have any friends? Yes. I did.....What happened to them? They died. All of them? Yes. All of them." (59)

I picked this quote because I thought it would be interesting to discuss about the current situation they are in and how far the crises has gone and if the worst has happened or is yet to come.

"Death is not a lover. Oh yes he is. Please don't do this. I'm sorry. I can't do it alone." (57)

I chose this quote because it shows the thinking of the mother,before she died, and it brings into question will the father chose the same path for him or his son or to to survive as long as he can with his son.

Vocab Miser: Pages 90-135 1. "Standing there with his hands in the pockets of the __**outsized**__ pinstriped suitcoat." (101) a. Outsized meant too big for him

Connection Master: Pages 136-185 1."The boy sat staring at his plate at his plate. He seemed lost." (146) I can connect to this because when the boy saw all food after all the trouble they went through, I can relate to this because like the boy, I get excited when I get something that I was waiting for a while.

2. "How long can we stay here papa? Not long. How long is that? I don't know. Maybe one more day. Two."(148) I can relate to this because like the father, when something is too good to be true, I tend to think it is.

Discussion Questions

1. Do you think that hte boy left the gun in the sand on purpose? No, because he was cryin over it, and while he was t

2. When they find the roasting dead baby, does it symbolize about how severe it has gotten or ist it just a dead baby> it symbolizes the severity of cannibalism, because if people are sacrificing babies then shows that resources are thin, that shows the servity of the situation 3. Is the ooy and the dad's time up? IT seems like it becuase the story is almost completed and the father is getting worse by the day and the boy is still unprepared to take over on his own.

4. Is //The Road based on a true story? (perhaps one that McCarthy witnessed?) While the reality of the story is false, present day homeless people resemble the struggle of survial and living day to day resembles the strugle of the boy and the father.//

//Literaly Luminary// //1."The women when se saw himput her arms around him and held him." (286)// //I picked this quote becuase it shows that while it seemed all over for the boy, McCarthy uses this symbolism to show that the worst has ended and from now on, the boy's life might change for the better. This is shown because this is the first instance where the boy is hugged, and is felling human connection from someone other than his father.//

//2. "he slept close to his father that night and held him but when he woke in the morning his father was cold and stiff." (281)// //I picked this quote because its a cold image, even for the Road. This is a cold image because while we have seen humanity fall apart, and while we saw the boy and the father hang on by a thread, the connection of the boy and the father is abruptly ended. Also this sentence puts you in the shoes of the boy who has now lost everything.//