Rachael

The Road

Connection Master 1-50 1. The Giver- the end of the Giver is very similar to the beginning of The Road 2. Father/Son- a father will always protect his son 3. Camping- Camping is dark and cold and kind of scary

Discussion Questions 51-102 1. There is no past. What would it be like? 2. The man is restless. He never really sleeps and when he does his dreams are more like flashbacks. Why? 3. Pros and Cons of self destruction? (page 58) 4. Why won't he face the truth? 5. Why do they still not have names? 6. The body papa killed was gone in the morning and appeared to be burned. Why would the other men do this? 7. How did he get a flute? Is it going to be important? 8. Did the boy really see another boy? Yes or No?

Quotes 102-154

"it was desperation that had led him to such carelessness and he knew that he could not do that again" (page 117)

"Maybe you should always be on the lookout. If trouble comes when you least expect it then maybe the thing to do is to always expect it." (page 151)

"Maybe he understood for the first time that to the boy he was himself an alien." (page 154)

"He could not construct for the child's pleasure the world he'd lost without constructing the loss as well and he thought perhaps the child had known this better than he." (page 154)

Vocab 155-230

Gait- to walk, or run.

Corrugate- to draw or bend into folds or alternate furrows and ridges.

bivouacked-a military encampment made with tents or improvisedshelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemyfire.