The Road #4

Questions: 

1. Where did that guy on truck come from? Why those "bad" people didn't notice him?

2. Why is boy not afraid of death? 

Parallel:

"The boy was exhausted." (pg 68, 1st paragraph)

"The boy was stumbling he was so tired and the man picked him up and swung him onto his shoulders and they went on." (pg 60, 1st paragraph)

Contrast:

"When he woke again the snow had stopped and the grainy dawn was shaping out the naked woodlands beyond the bridge, the trees black against the snow." (pg 64)

"Then he wrapped him in the blanket and carried him to the fire." (pg 63)

Explenation: The trees all over are almost dead, they have no leaves, are naked. But Father never lets is son to feel cold so he always covers him with clothes.

                                         The Road #3

Questions: 

1. Where are all dead bodies?

2. Is it only America wiped out or all world?

Parallel:

"I wish I was with my mom."  (pg 46, last paragraph)

"I’ve taken a new lover." (pg 48, 1st paragraph)

Eplenation: It's very interesting that boy that basically didn't know his mother talks almost the same way as her. He wants to die.

Contrast:

"God, he whispered." (pg 51, 1st paragraph)

"Death is not a lover." (pg 48, 1st paragraph)

Explenation: God is many times described as a "love". In this paragraph mother talks about death as a lover.