Week 4 Post A

Definitions

trellis (75)-a framework of this kind used as a support for growing vines or plants.
parsible (76)- I wasn't able to find a definition for this word. Oddly enough, dictionary.com didn't recognize the word.
idiom (75) -A speech form or an expression of a given language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements

Figurative language

"Stood looking where the last of that ragged horde seemed to hang like an afterimage in the disturbed air" (78). The slaves that McCarthy describes have a large effect on the father and son. To the father, the horde symbolizes what will happen to himself if he should stop fighting against the harsh elements.

"The boy's candle colored skin was all but translucent. With his great staring eyes he'd the look of an alien" (109). McCarthy uses a metephor here to emphasize the desperate situation that the father and son are in. Any modern day person looking at these two main characters must feel that they do look like aliens because of their lack of hygiene and food.

"Steam was coming off of him like smoke" (124). This is another simple simile that reminded me of elementary school in Michigan. The first thing that every kid does when it is cold outside is huff at the air and watch the steam rise from their mouth pretending to smoke a cigarette.

Quote

"The world shrinking down about a raw core of parisble entities... More fragile than he hould have thought. How much was gone already? In time to wink out forever" (75).

Theme

The two main characters haven't had anything to eat in a couple weeks. The underlying themes of family and friendship still endure however, now both the father and the son seem to be counting down the days until they die. Their progress and will haven't faltered but they carry on knowing that they are walking themselves to their death.