Matt

Litany(31)- a form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations, each followed by an unvarying response -- using this as a way to remember how times once were, maybe when he used to go to church Cauterized (14)- To burn or sear with a cautery. -- talking about the burnt wasteland

2nd HW

"I dont care. It's meaningless. You can think of me as a faithless slut if you like. I've taken a new lover. He can give me what you cannot. (Man) Death is not a lover," (57)

She is trying to justify her decision to kill herself but the man doesn't agree with her.

"There's no one to see. Do you want to die? Is that what you want? I dont care, the boy said, sobbing. I dont care." (85)

This shows that the boy has lost most of his will to live. He just wants to be with his mother in the afterlife.

"I wish I was with my mom...You mean you wish you were dead. Yes."

page 55. The boy come outright that he no longer wants to live in this hell.

Connection Master

1. The man has a monopoly on the boys trust because he is the only one who is willing to help him. The boy is desperate for life, so he has no other option but to believe in the man. (Page 185)

2. On page 154, he wishes that he had never found the refuge because of the hard times he would face later in life because they didn't die. This reminds me of when someone wins the lottery and they are really happy for a little while, but then they face hardships because of winning and they wish that they had never won.

3. On page 171, the old man confesses to using a fake name and says that he didn't want to use his real one because they might do something with it. This shows that even in post apocalyptic times, people still value there names because when they lose everything, its all they have left.

Discussion Director

1. On page 187, why do you think that his dreams had brightened? If he was getting more sick, wouldn't it have the opposite effect on his dreams?

2. Explain what is being said in the second paragraph on page 196.

3. Why is the boy crying on page 218?

4. What do you think the man is talking about at the end of 189?

5. One interesting thing: Talk about 191 and how everything was on fire? what does this tell us about the apocalypse? how could this have effected the man?

Vocab: 1. Torsional (287): the act of twisting or turning 2. Vermiculate (287): Bearing wavy, wormlike lines.