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9/4/12 (1-50) Literary Luminary:
 * "The blackness he woke to on those nights was sightless and impenetrable. A blackness to hurt your ears with listening" (15).
 * This observation describes how desolate the world has become. I think that the last sentence may be an observation that the darkness has the possibility to make you hear noises that do not exist.


 * "He said the right dreams for a man in peril were dreams of peril and all else was the call of languor and of death" (18).
 * This statement says that the man believes that dreams of peril are significant because they prepare you for similar situations in reality. It also states that all other dreams are fallacies and do not help you.
 * Do you agree? Or do you think that the other dreams are helpful as it can be healthy to temporarily escape from reality's perils.


 * "That the boy was all that stood between him and death" (29).
 * This quote says that the man would give up if not for his son. He wants his son to live a full life.
 * Why do you think he wants him to live? If the world is grim, why does he not give up?

9/6/12 (51-102) Vocabulary Miser:


 * Sappers
 * A soldier responsible for tasks such as building and repairing roads and bridges, laying and clearing mines, etc.
 * "They moved through the streets like sappers" (79).
 * Cheroot
 * A cigar with both ends open and untapered.
 * "She sat there smoking a slender length of dried grapevine as if it were some rare cheroot" (56).
 * Tottering
 * To move in a feeble or unsteady way.
 * "The boy sat tottering" (74).
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Connection Master 9/7/12

"In what direction did lost men veer?... Finally he put it out of his mind. The notion that there could be anything to correct for. His mind was betraying him. Phantoms not heard from in a thousand years rousing slowly from their sleep" (116). On occasion, I can connect to this moment of the road very much. During certain math tests when I become confused on a problem, my mind may begin to betray me and mix up formulas. The best way to describe what I am thinking when this happens is definitely "In what direction did lost men veer" (116)?

 "Oh my god, he whispered. Oh my god. Come down" (138).

This one time while I was on vacation in South Carolina, my friends and I were walking around downtown Charleston. It began to rain around. It was soft at first, but then it turned into a downpour from the heavens. While my friends and I were running to our car, stomachs began to grumble one by one. We tried many resturants downtown but were unsuccessful. (Friday is not a good time to be reservation-less.) Once we got closer to home, we found that one of my favorite resturants had a table open. Our food may have taken forever to come out, but we were satasfied like the man and the boy.

Discussion Director: 1. Do you think that the boy and the man will have a greater chance of survival at sea? 2. Do you think they will try to go further with a ship? 3. Why do you think the man let the boy give him food? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4. Why do you think they keep conveniently finding food? (Why do you think McCarthy keeps doing this)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">9/16/12 (230-End) Literary Luminary:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"You'll be alright he said. He was terrified" (247).
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This quote is a fabrication said by the man to the boy. He was unsure of what would happen to the boy, and he became worried that he may outlive his son.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">By now, there was little that the man kept from the boy. Do you think the man's fabrication was just to keep the boy calm?
 * 4) "You said that was okay because good dreams are not a good sign" "Maybe. I don't know" (269).
 * 5) The man seems to be having a more lighthearted approach to living. Knowing that their time may be short, he may want the boy to experience delusions of happiness.
 * 6) Do you agree/disagree with my above statement? Why?
 * 7) "Are you real brave?" "Just medium."... "Getting up this morning" (272),
 * 8) This quote made me chuckle. After all the man has been through, he is still very humble. This is an example of him sticking to his morals.
 * 9) If you knew that you might pass soon, would you maintain your humbleness?