Week 2 Post A

Definitions

Primrose(26)- any plant of the genus
Sectarian(28)- narrowly confined or limited in interest, purpose, scope, etc.

Figurative language

"Everything was alight. As if the lost sun were returning at last. The snow orange and guivering. A forest fire was making its way along the tinderbox ridges above them, flaring and shimmering against the overcast like the northern lights"(27). Cormac McCarthy isn't afraid to expres his thoughts and feelings in short and disconnected sentences. In this quote, McCarthy strings together three or four similes that describe the terraine around him. The land he describes is actually very bleak and grey but by using the similies, he is able to draw the reader's attension to the little details that give the father hope.


Quote

"Slogging to the edge of the road with hhis back to the child where he stood bent with his hands on his knees, coughing. He raised up and stood with weeping eyes. On the gray snow a fine mist of blood"(26). Yeah Son! My hat is off to the father for sucking it up and dealing with the pain he is going through. I don't have a clue what is wrong with the father, but he can't show his son that he is sick otherwise both of them will lose moral. Pain=good and Tom=Noob.

Theme

Not much has changed in the last 10 pages that I read. The bond between the father and son seems to be crucial to their survival. The father continues to push on through the baren and snowy land in hopes of finding a better life, and keeping his son alive. His son counts on his dad to get him through the difficult challenges that they face. Together, both of them count on eachother and depend on eachother to survive.