C+-+Kirstie

for HW

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 * Temporal**(11)-enduring for a time only, temporary


 * Vestibular** (15)- pertaining to a vestibule, a vestibule is any small body cavity or space at the entrance of a passage or canal

41-89 The Road is a difficult book. One reason people get so into reading is through connections to the characters, the setting or the plot. I don't feel as if I have many connections yet but one thing that I have found I can relate to is the importance of family. The Father loves his son more than he loves himself. He makes sacrifices for the boy and its clear they are each others world. I clearly cannot imagine being in the position to sacrifice my life for my child, but I can imagine the love that must take.

My second connection is to the idea of survival. Being put in a position where you are close to death changes your perspective on life, and the way you live each day. The Father and Son are survivors in the most raw sense of the word. My grandmother is the strongest survivor I know. She married at around 20, and three years later when my uncle was two, and my mother not even a year, my grandfather passed away. She worked as a teacher to provide for them and as a single mom in the 1960s this was not an easy feat. In addition to surviving such a loss, she is a survivor in another sense. She is a cancer survivor. Hearing her stories, and seeing how strong she is helps me understand the drive that pushes the characters

89-135 1)What do you think the man means when he talks about how they're still the good guys and they're "carrying the fire"? 2)What do you think about the man saying, "were not going to die" even when they're not likely going to survive? 3)Discuss the conflict on page 108, what does this say about the boy? 4)what would you say is the most significant event on page 111?

136-185 "But when he bent to see into the boy's face under the hood of the blanket he very much feared that something was gone that could not be put right again"(136). "The richness of a vanished world. Why is this here? the boy said. It is real?"(138). "The boy sat staring at his plate. He seemed lost. The man was about to speak when he said: Dear people, thank you for all this food and stuff. We know that you saved it for yourself and if you were here we wouldn't eat it no matter how hungry we were and we're sorry that you didn't get to eat it and we hope that you're safe in heaven with God. He looked up. Is that okay? he said. Yes. I think that's okay." (146).

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 * promontory**221- a high point of land or rock projecting into the sea or other water
 * sepulchre**222-british, a buriel vault, tomb or grave
 * stanchions**222- an upright post, pole, the framework