Cupcake Recipe
Hero,
why have you chosen this character?
Hero is a sweet and innocent young girl. A cupcake is sweet like Hero many ingredients will represent her characteristics.
what is your first impression of this character?
Hero is a young naive girl who everyone seems to appreciate . They mainly appreciate Hero's beauty and innocence.
-Butter cream icing... - Gentle, innocence
-Small sliced strawberry's... - Beauty, elegance
-White ready made icing that
can be moulded into a flower, with a yellow centre... -Purity
Butter cream icing is light and delicate this reflects Hero's naive and gentle personality. Like Hero the icing is soft and soothing on the taste buds leaving a lightly sweet taste behind.Her gentle personality is shown as Benedick tells Claudio 'you killed a sweet lady', this tells the audience how much everybody loves Hero and her kind personality and how even when most thinks she is dead she will never be forgotten.
The white iced flower shows Hero's innocent purity as a young girl. As the audience we know Hero is innocent and loyal to Claudio, 'i say thou hast belied mine innocent child' the white of the flower shows her purity.
By adding the sliced strawberry's to the cupcake i have represented her sweet beauty. As a fruit the strawberry is seen as a luxuriously natural fruit.The luxury of the strawberry represent the elegance of Hero's personality, she never falls from grace and always holds her head high even when being accused of being disloyal, 'i talked to no man at that hour' she handles the situation with with a gentle reaction. The strawberry could also link to Hero's natural beauty, as the audience we see that Hero is meant to be a immaculate young lady in the eyes of a man,'in mine eye, she is the sweetest lady that ever i looked on'.
Tuesday, 5 March 2013
Sunday, 3 March 2013
Act IV Sc 1
- This scene contains no comedic elements
-In terms of tragedy there is pathos, bathos and peripetia.
-Deception presents once more.
-The friar lies through verse, Benedict vows to lie, Hero 'dies' because of a lie, Benedict and Beatrice finally confess their love to each other but once again it is because of a lie.
-more comic relief -malapropisms -misunderstanding -farce
Dramatic irony occurs in this scene as the audience already knows what is going to happen, (Hero's shaming)
- They decide to publicly humiliate Hero at the wedding to have revenge over Hero. They choose to wait till the wedding so it is in public and everyone can know of her unfaithfulness. They know that doing it in public will ruin her life as no other man will ever want her after knowing she is a 'disloyal' woman.
-As Leonato first finds out of Hero's infidelity he begins to denie that Hero would even attempt a thing like that, not his perfectly pure child? He goes on to question Claudio and Don Pedro, 'what do you mean'. He then seem confused and questions if Claudio took her purity away from her before they were married.
He begins to believe Claudio, this shows patriarchy as he believes a man over his own daughter as she is a woman. He is angry with his daughter and ashamed of her. He tells Hero 'do not live' showing how angry and ashamed he is and telling the audience he wants her dead.
-Benedick's allegiance has shifted as he is now loyal to Beatrice. It is showed that he is know loyal to Beatrice instead of the men when he tell Leonato 'i know not what to say'. He wants everybody to re-think the situation so that he does not have to be separated from his friends for the woman he loves. He tries to uncover the Truth in front of everyone so he can resolve the situation this is show when he says 'were you her bedfellow last night'.
-Leaonato of course believes the men still so he interprets Hero's facial expressions to show that she is guilty leading him to defiantly believe she is guilty. The friar believes Hero's facial expression means something else, he tells Hero 'in her eye there hath appeared fires' this shows he thinks her facial expression shows anger and how innocent she may be.
-Of course Benedict is first to name Don John as the villain 'whose spirits toil in frame of villainies'
-Friar Francis plot is to deceive Claudio and make him feel sympathy for Hero.He then believes it will make Claudio feel guilty and realise his love for Hero once again and reconsider his accusations.
-The back up plan if Hero's reputation cannot be salvaged is to send her away to a nunnery, 'in some reclusive and religious life'.
-Once Benedict and Beatrice are alone together the language begins to become sharper and more accurate. Beatrice says ' i was about to protest i loved you', this shows how the language becomes bawdy. The sentences are shorter but it shows how they are slowly coming closer.
-Benedick is the first to declare his love to Beatrice, 'i do love nothing in the world so well as you'. Benedick may declare this as he wants to cease his opportunity of the two being alone. He could also want to cheer her up and make her believe in love again after she has just witnessed two people fall out of love.
Beatrice goes on to make their happiness faultier as she gives Benedict an ultimatum, 'kill Claudio'. However Benedict like any other person will not want to murder his best friend therefore he replies with 'not for the world'. Beatrice takes this as Benedict would not do anything in the world for her therefore he must not love her?
-The lecture shows how furoscious Beatrice can be,She begins to take her fury out on Benedict. It shows within her language when she uses words like 'scorned'. Beatrice shows how angry she is by telling the audience 'i would eat his heart', this shows she is angry enough to kill Claudio for what he did to her cousin.
-Benedick's statement to challenge Claudio shows how he had changed to make Beatrice happier. It shows that his slow transformation has now come to an end and he is the man he wants to be now to make Beatrice happy. He first changed his clothes and shaved his beard for her but now he has gone to the full extent by changing his personality for her.
Act 3 scene 4-
-The audience begin to notice a change in Beatrice's behaviour.
Her bawdy wit seems to be put aside. The girls make sexual jokes within the play as well as the men this may be surprising to the audience as most of the women were quiet and only had intentions of pleasing men.
Margret says to Hero, 'is there any harm in the heavier, for a husband'?, this is a sexual joke she also makes another sexual reference when she says 'twill be heavier soon, by the weight of a man'.
-'cardus Benedictus' is a thistle plant that grows in the wild.It can be used as a medical herbal remedy. Although Beatrice takes this as an insult to Benedict assuming it was made to be a double meaning to Benedict's name.
-The audience may be a little deceived by Margret's behaviour. Her character is bawdy which shows us that Shakespeare has used comic relief within her character to distract us from the tragedy of the wedding that is later foreshadowed.
-The audience begin to notice a change in Beatrice's behaviour.
Her bawdy wit seems to be put aside. The girls make sexual jokes within the play as well as the men this may be surprising to the audience as most of the women were quiet and only had intentions of pleasing men.
Margret says to Hero, 'is there any harm in the heavier, for a husband'?, this is a sexual joke she also makes another sexual reference when she says 'twill be heavier soon, by the weight of a man'.
-'cardus Benedictus' is a thistle plant that grows in the wild.It can be used as a medical herbal remedy. Although Beatrice takes this as an insult to Benedict assuming it was made to be a double meaning to Benedict's name.
-The audience may be a little deceived by Margret's behaviour. Her character is bawdy which shows us that Shakespeare has used comic relief within her character to distract us from the tragedy of the wedding that is later foreshadowed.
Sunday, 24 February 2013
Act 3 scene 5....
Dogberry's character - comic relief - A part in the play where you are distracted from the seriousness within the scene. His character distracts the auidience from the confrentation that is about to arise at the wedding. His character is now dicieving the audience and not just each other.
"marry sir, i would have some confidence with you that decerns you nearly"
"marry sir, i would have some concerns with you that decerns you nearly"
"Goodman verges, sir, speaks a little off the matter: an old man, sir, and his wits are not so sharp as, god help, i would desire they were;"
-Trying to say he is thick however he is actually calling him smart
"Comaparisons are odorous; palabras, neighbor verges"
"Comparisons are ardurous; palabras, neighbor verges"
What does Dogeberry want above all to communicate to Leonato in this scene? why? How does this impede the discovery of the crime against Hero?
Dogeberry attempts to communicate to Leonato that he has caught two 'suspicious people' , he does this as he wants to better himself and prove to Leonato he is a good constable.While attempting to impress Leonato, Dogbery uses many malapropisms, in doing this Leonato can see that he is talking to the village idiot.
This impedes the discovery of the crime Claudio is planning as because he has arrested the two men they cannot tell him of the crime thats is later going to come to light.
What is the great honor which Leonato bestows upon Dogberry and Verges?
The great honor he bestows upon the two is he allows them to examine the two 'suspicious people' alone without him being there.
Dogberry's character - comic relief - A part in the play where you are distracted from the seriousness within the scene. His character distracts the auidience from the confrentation that is about to arise at the wedding. His character is now dicieving the audience and not just each other.
"marry sir, i would have some confidence with you that decerns you nearly"
"marry sir, i would have some concerns with you that decerns you nearly"
"Goodman verges, sir, speaks a little off the matter: an old man, sir, and his wits are not so sharp as, god help, i would desire they were;"
-Trying to say he is thick however he is actually calling him smart
"Comaparisons are odorous; palabras, neighbor verges"
"Comparisons are ardurous; palabras, neighbor verges"
What does Dogeberry want above all to communicate to Leonato in this scene? why? How does this impede the discovery of the crime against Hero?
Dogeberry attempts to communicate to Leonato that he has caught two 'suspicious people' , he does this as he wants to better himself and prove to Leonato he is a good constable.While attempting to impress Leonato, Dogbery uses many malapropisms, in doing this Leonato can see that he is talking to the village idiot.
This impedes the discovery of the crime Claudio is planning as because he has arrested the two men they cannot tell him of the crime thats is later going to come to light.
What is the great honor which Leonato bestows upon Dogberry and Verges?
The great honor he bestows upon the two is he allows them to examine the two 'suspicious people' alone without him being there.
Sunday, 3 February 2013
How does the form of the language in this gulling scene differ from that used in the scene with Benedick? Why the difference?
What are three elements found in common in the gulling of both Benedick and Beatrice? What is unusual about the form of the language of last ten lines in this scene? Why does Shakespeare have Beatrice speak like this?
'Our talk must only be of Benedick'
'To wish him wrestly with affection and never to let Beatrice know it'
The girls blame Beatrice for the two not being together like the men do also.
'As she is prized to have ,as to refuse so rare a gentlemen as signor Benedick' - they think Benedick is to good for Beatrice, as if she doesn't deserve him.
Benedick thought Beatrice didn't love him -'Misprising what they look on'
We learn the truth about Benedick and Beatrice in the women's scene - 'she cannot love, nor take no shape nor project of affection. - She hurt him in the past , as she was constantly witty therefore she confused him, he didn't know whether to believe she loved him or hated him.
-They are scared of loving each other
-Fear of rejection
-Afraid of what the other may think
-Incapable
Beatrice's final monologue (last 10 lines) is a sonnet. -Showing her true love for Benedick?
What are three elements found in common in the gulling of both Benedick and Beatrice? What is unusual about the form of the language of last ten lines in this scene? Why does Shakespeare have Beatrice speak like this?
'Our talk must only be of Benedick'
'To wish him wrestly with affection and never to let Beatrice know it'
The girls blame Beatrice for the two not being together like the men do also.
'As she is prized to have ,as to refuse so rare a gentlemen as signor Benedick' - they think Benedick is to good for Beatrice, as if she doesn't deserve him.
Benedick thought Beatrice didn't love him -'Misprising what they look on'
We learn the truth about Benedick and Beatrice in the women's scene - 'she cannot love, nor take no shape nor project of affection. - She hurt him in the past , as she was constantly witty therefore she confused him, he didn't know whether to believe she loved him or hated him.
-They are scared of loving each other
-Fear of rejection
-Afraid of what the other may think
-Incapable
Beatrice's final monologue (last 10 lines) is a sonnet. -Showing her true love for Benedick?
Act 2 Sc3
Is “Come hither, Leonato” meant for Benedick’s ears, or is it meant as a signal to begin the gulling?
I think 'come hither Leonato' is meant to represent the signal that the gulling of Beatrice is about to begin . As the others Don Pedro, Leaonato, Claudio and Balthasar are meant to believe that Benedick is not around to listen to their conversation even though the audience know he is there.
'What was it you told me of to-day, that your niece Beatrice is in love with signor Benedick?'
Does Benedick react to this? if so how, and how large is his reaction?
Benedick seems shocked at the statement. He has a slight reaction, 'is't possible. Sits the wind in the corner?'. Benedick does not react too much as he does not want the others to hear him, however as he says 'Is't possible' he seems to be surprised by the information and happy. Although his reaction is dulled down this also may have been done to show that eventhough he is happy about the information he still wants to remain within the persona that he dislikes Beatrice.
Benedick Is't possible? Sits the wind in that corner? Is this a moment for audience contact? If so, where does Benedick need to be in order to make that contact? Does he need to move during the previous lines, from one hiding space to another?
Benedick would most likely be sitting at the front of the stage in the corner so he is visible to the audience however it looks as though he is in a different place to the other men as they could be upper stage to the opposite side as him. As he says 'Is't possible? Sits the wind in that corner?' he would look out towards the audience and question them.
As he moves on to his next line in the play i imagine he would have got down from the stage and be weaving within the audience member's looking as though he is sneaking. As he says 'I should think this a gull, but that the white bearded fellow speaks it', he could be questioning an audience member as if he was having a conversation with them.
He then [emerges] on top the stage. When the others leave i imagine him to slowly make his way back to the stage and as they leave he would enter back on to the stage for his monologue.
What are eight “graces” which Benedick believes a hypothetical woman must have before he would consider marrying her? What one quality is he flexible upon?
She should be 'wise', 'Virtuous' , 'Fair , 'Mild' , 'Noble' , 'Angel' , 'Musician'.
He is flexible on the colour of her hair, ' Her hair shall be of what colour it please God.
What one element of the “gulling scene” seems to convince Benedick that it is no trick?
He seems to change his mind on the affection of Beatrice when he See's the 'white-bearded fellow speaks it'. This seems to change his mind and he becomes more interested in their conversation.
What effect does the news of Beatrice’s possible suicide have on Benedick?
What is Beatrice’s meaning in the message she delivers to Benedick between lines 243 – 252? What does Benedick think she means?
Benedick thinks that Beatrice is excited to come to dinner as earlier Claudio tells the men to let Beatrice 'wear it out with good counsel, This leads Benedick to believe Beatrice is nasty to him because she likes him and cannot admit to her feelings.
Is “Come hither, Leonato” meant for Benedick’s ears, or is it meant as a signal to begin the gulling?
I think 'come hither Leonato' is meant to represent the signal that the gulling of Beatrice is about to begin . As the others Don Pedro, Leaonato, Claudio and Balthasar are meant to believe that Benedick is not around to listen to their conversation even though the audience know he is there.
'What was it you told me of to-day, that your niece Beatrice is in love with signor Benedick?'
Does Benedick react to this? if so how, and how large is his reaction?
Benedick seems shocked at the statement. He has a slight reaction, 'is't possible. Sits the wind in the corner?'. Benedick does not react too much as he does not want the others to hear him, however as he says 'Is't possible' he seems to be surprised by the information and happy. Although his reaction is dulled down this also may have been done to show that eventhough he is happy about the information he still wants to remain within the persona that he dislikes Beatrice.
Benedick Is't possible? Sits the wind in that corner? Is this a moment for audience contact? If so, where does Benedick need to be in order to make that contact? Does he need to move during the previous lines, from one hiding space to another?
Benedick would most likely be sitting at the front of the stage in the corner so he is visible to the audience however it looks as though he is in a different place to the other men as they could be upper stage to the opposite side as him. As he says 'Is't possible? Sits the wind in that corner?' he would look out towards the audience and question them.
As he moves on to his next line in the play i imagine he would have got down from the stage and be weaving within the audience member's looking as though he is sneaking. As he says 'I should think this a gull, but that the white bearded fellow speaks it', he could be questioning an audience member as if he was having a conversation with them.
He then [emerges] on top the stage. When the others leave i imagine him to slowly make his way back to the stage and as they leave he would enter back on to the stage for his monologue.
What are eight “graces” which Benedick believes a hypothetical woman must have before he would consider marrying her? What one quality is he flexible upon?
She should be 'wise', 'Virtuous' , 'Fair , 'Mild' , 'Noble' , 'Angel' , 'Musician'.
He is flexible on the colour of her hair, ' Her hair shall be of what colour it please God.
What one element of the “gulling scene” seems to convince Benedick that it is no trick?
He seems to change his mind on the affection of Beatrice when he See's the 'white-bearded fellow speaks it'. This seems to change his mind and he becomes more interested in their conversation.
What effect does the news of Beatrice’s possible suicide have on Benedick?
What is Beatrice’s meaning in the message she delivers to Benedick between lines 243 – 252? What does Benedick think she means?
Benedick thinks that Beatrice is excited to come to dinner as earlier Claudio tells the men to let Beatrice 'wear it out with good counsel, This leads Benedick to believe Beatrice is nasty to him because she likes him and cannot admit to her feelings.
Thursday, 31 January 2013
Deborched behaviour- Behaved in a sexual nature.
To lead- To have sexual intercourse with.
MASKED BALL.
The theatre audience is denied direct access to the pivotal moments in Don Pedro and Claudio's courtship of Hero.
Line 26- 'Lord i could not endure a husband with a beard on his face' -Benidick may have a beard? -making reference to his looks, once again telling us how she despises him and could never imagine being with him. - Trying to fool the audience.
Line 56- Purposely misunderstanding the bible
150- 'I heard him swear his affection' -Don John deceiving Claudio as as he tells him that Don Pedro is woowing Hero for himself.
Hero's maid (Margret) - kind hearted prostitute
Yet more nothing
Noting- paying attention to something or someone.
Nothing
Noting- musicality and tunes.
Don John- 'you, are both sure and will assist me?' - Rhetorical question? , he expects the others to help him. This shows his power, as everybody will just do exactly what he wants. (176)
'I am trusted with a muzzle' -Lack of power as the 'muzzle' shows his inability to not be able to be loud and sing. He can also not give commands as he is silenced. (174)
'Therefore i have a decreed not to sing'
-Noting in a musical way as he cant sing.
-Denied power? This could turn him into a villain. (174)
'Can you make no use of your discontent'
-Noting
-Conrade, trying to understand Don John. (174)
'I cannot hide what i am'
-He cannot speak properly, make him individual, he likes being different. He is proud and accept his difference which shows his confidence. This is why he, himself doesn't doubt his power.
'If i had my mouth i would bite'
- If he could speak properly he would be vicious and cruel.
-His confidence within himself, shows that he is powerful as he looks down on others as if he is better than everyone. (174)
Noting- paying attention to something or someone.
Nothing
Noting- musicality and tunes.
Don John- 'you, are both sure and will assist me?' - Rhetorical question? , he expects the others to help him. This shows his power, as everybody will just do exactly what he wants. (176)
'I am trusted with a muzzle' -Lack of power as the 'muzzle' shows his inability to not be able to be loud and sing. He can also not give commands as he is silenced. (174)
'Therefore i have a decreed not to sing'
-Noting in a musical way as he cant sing.
-Denied power? This could turn him into a villain. (174)
'Can you make no use of your discontent'
-Noting
-Conrade, trying to understand Don John. (174)
'I cannot hide what i am'
-He cannot speak properly, make him individual, he likes being different. He is proud and accept his difference which shows his confidence. This is why he, himself doesn't doubt his power.
'If i had my mouth i would bite'
- If he could speak properly he would be vicious and cruel.
-His confidence within himself, shows that he is powerful as he looks down on others as if he is better than everyone. (174)
Sunday, 20 January 2013
COMEDY
Comedy was first recognised during the old BC time period.
This style of comedy was called old comedy.
During comedy BC, the humour was bawdy. This means it was seen
as a rude or a dark humour that some didn’t understand. The first types of
comedy also included scatological humour. This means the humour could be seen
as not sophisticated as it mostly revolved around genitals and bodily
functions.
A new style of comedy was founded again in BC however it
wasn’t as old as the last style. This type of comedy was called new style.
A typical play that involved new style comedy would be witty,
this means each character would be quick to reply and with a rude comment.
The comedy would be commonly fast paced with a classic Greek
style. A comedy play would not typically be funny for the audience. The comedy is
always romantic and end with characters reuniting with either each other of
maybe an object or a place. The comedies do not only end with a happy ending
they also have a straight forward set out plot.
New comedy style always has classic characters set out within
the play. For example there is always a love struck young man, a cunning yet
cowardly slave who is always scheming. This could be so he is recognised as
having more power, or just so he is noticed. There is an angry father, he is
mostly angry as he doesn’t want to give away his daughter; A bragging soldier and
finally a kind hearted prostitute, who most would fall for within the play.
Shakespeare then created his own comedy from 1580 onwards.
Shakespeare’s comedies showed that comedies don’t have to be funny. He used the
ideas that marriage solved everything and young lovers could conquer all. He
used bawdy peasants within his plays, these characters used slapstick to create
humour with the more serious and educated characters in the plays. Shakespeare
used suspension of disbelief this tells the audience that the play isn’t real.
To create humour comedy uses aspects like sexual undertones,
foolish characters, stereotypes and stock characters and domestic or everyday
life.
There are many common themes throughout comedies as a genre.
For example class, comedies revolving around class could be upper class and
lower class interacting maybe a poor son (love struck young man) from a lower
class family falling for an upper class young lady (kind hearted young
prostitute). Another classic example could be a theme of love, courtship,
marriage, this theme relates to plays like much ‘ado about nothing’. It also
involves all of the characters that would be in a classic comedy. A few other
common themes are status and power, sexual politics, comedy itself and
religion.
A typical plot within a comedy could be a kind hearted young
man falling in love with a kind hearted young prostitute. Her father then may
struggle with accepting their love and become angry about giving up his
daughter to another man. There is normally then a bragging young soldier maybe
he would be in love with the kind hearted young prostitute and he would be
jealous of the kind hearted young man. Also there is a cunning slave who could
be plotting against the family. This kind of classic comedy could link to the
play Romeo and Juliet.
Thursday, 20 December 2012
Pages 29-49;
"Ate cold beans they'd cooked days ago"-(page 29) Telescoping through time.
"Late in the year"-(page 29) Telescoping through time.
"Where once he'd watched trout swaying in the current"- (page 30) References to time before (flashbacks)
"They set out again in the morning"-(page 30) Passage of time.
"He woke towards the morning"- (page 31) Passage of time.
"A few miles each day" (page 32) Telescoping through time.
"Dark of the invisible moon"-(page 32) Time expands.
"Within a year"- (page 33) Telescoping through time.
"Tomorrow came and went" (page 33) Telescoping through time.
"And then one evening he stopped and looked all about..."- (page 33) Time expands.
"Where he stood once with his own father in a winter long ago"-(page 34) References to a time before (flashbacks).
"In the morning they pressed on" -(page 34) Passage of time.
"They slogged all day..."- (page 35) Telescoping through time.
"It took four more days to come down from the snow..."-(page 37) Telescoping through time.
"Then it returned" -(page 38) Time expanding/a more abstract reference to time.
"They were all day reaching the river"-(page 38) Telescoping through time.
"It's getting colder every day"-(page 42) Time expanding.
"The tree had been there for years"-(page 45). More abstract reference to time.
Passage of the days:
"In the evening" pg 92
"In the morning" pg 93
"He woke in the morning" pg 95
"In the afternoon" pg 98
"Eternal blackness" pg 101
"Blackness... darkness..." pg 102
"When day broke" pg 103
"Within the hour" pg 110
Markers in the year:
"It could be November" pg 93
"Snow" - winter - pg 100
Telescoped time:
"In the evening... tomorrow... dark of night" pg 92 - all in one paragraph
"They might have covered three miles" pg 107
"They'd had no food and little sleep in five days" pg 111
Time expands:
Before (flash backs):
"He'd had this feeling before" pg 93
"He'd seen it all before" pg 94
Suspended time:
"The snow fell nor did it cease to fall" pg 101
abstract references:
Other:
"In time to wink out forever" pg 93
"It takes a long time" pg 106
"In the early dawn at latest. Running the road in the night" pg 108
"We probably don't have much time" pg 109
Handling of time - Pg 113-133
Passage of days
‘In the night’ – p121
‘it was almost light enough to see’ – 123
‘The boy wouldn’t wake for hours’ – p124
‘He lay there a long time’ – p129
‘They spent the afternoon’ – p131
‘He wondered if it was even midnight’ – 133
‘By evening’ – p133
Telescoped time
‘...rose and set out.
He came across the barn...’ – p124
‘Afternoon... evening...light draw down over the world’ – in one paragraph p131
‘He was gone longer than he’d meant to be’ – gives an indication of time flying p130
Expanded narrative time
‘It was as long night as he could remember out of a great plenty of such nights...dawn was a long time coming...after a while it was day’ – gives a sense of expanded time p132
Before and flashbacks
‘Lingering odour of cows... and he realized they were extinct’ – p127
‘nothing in his memory anywhere of anything so good’ – p130
Abstract references
‘When the time comes? When the time comes there will be no time. Now is the time.’ – p120
‘Phantoms not heard from in a thousand years rousing from their sleep’ – p122
Other
‘He would have ample time later to think about that’ – shows there are no deadlines/rushing p113
‘No time to look’ – contrasts to above quote, shows how we perceive time differs depending on our situation p117
‘stopping to rest each fifty counted steps’ – shows a new way of making references to time; whereas we might say every 5 minutes, the man uses steps as an indication of passing time p123
Pages 155-175
'He followed the man back and forth across the lawn' (Page 155) - Time is being expanded
'It took a long time' (Page 155) - Passage of time
'While the boy slept' (Page 156) - Passage of time
'The town had been abandoned years ago' (Page 157) - References to the past.
'In the night he was wakened by the muted patter of rain' (Page 162) - Passage of time
'They spent the day eating and sleeping' (Page 164) - Telescoping through time
'Impossible to tell what time of the day he was looking at' (Page 164) - Abstract reference to time
'The day was brief, hardly a day at all' (Page 164) - Telescoping through time.
'By dark the rain had ceased' (Page 164) - Passage of time
'They sat for a long time' (Page 167) - Expanding time
'In the long gray dusk' (Page 169) - Passage of time
'They followed him for a while' (Page 171) - Expanding time
Handling of Time (Page 176-196)
‘When did you eat last?’ ‘I don’t know.’ ‘You don’t remember.’
This shows the reader that there is no reason for people on the road to remember when they have eaten as they have no reason to plan meals. We only plan meals today because our day follows a set routine and we eat to keep up with this. On the road however, day and night have almost become one due to the ash and dust that falls, blocking out the sun. They have no concept of time and no reason for it so all they can really distinguish between is day and night so it is easy to imagine how a person could lose track of the days as they are all the same; as long as they are alive, they have no reason to remember when or what they eat.
‘How old are you?’
Similarly to the food, the old man is unable to truthfully recall his age as there is no reason for him to know it and no reminder of the date. Time and day are hypothetical things created by humans to gain a routine in life. However, mankind is dying out and everybody lives in the moment and has no cause to plan ahead, unless people meticulously count each day then it would be impossible to tell precisely when a year has passed and even if someone did work it out, what would be the point? It’s hardly like they’re going to celebrate. McCarthy uses the old man as an example to show that in the novel, the reader can never be certain as to how much time has passed, as the characters have no idea either.
‘How long have you been on the road?’ ‘I’ve always been on the road.’
Once again, in this section, McCarthy uses the dialogue between two characters to make the reader question the necessity of time; the fact that the man can’t actually remember how long he has been on the road for suggests that time is insignificant. The way that the man says he has always been on the road would suggest that time is standing still for these people. McCarthy handles time simply by putting a halt to it to show that it is just another thing on the road which is dying.
‘People were always getting ready for tomorrow. I didn’t believe in that. Tomorrow wasnt getting ready for them.’
This quote is suggesting that for all the care we take over time, it doesn’t care about us. It is telling the reader that all the worry we have over keeping to a schedule is ridiculous because time is a made up thing and isn’t going to alter itself to suit us. All the people who worried and invested plans in the future, ironically, weren’t actually as prepared for the next day as they could have been where as those who take each day as it comes are surviving still as they had no expectations and don’t need time to rule their lives.
‘In the morning the stood in the road’
McCarthy gives the reader absolutely no idea what time in the morning they are talking about to once again highlight the lack of importance time holds for people on the road. All they have to go by is the road; they walk along it when it is light enough and sleep when it isn’t, to them it is completely irrelevant what time it is as they have no goals in life other than to get to the sea as quickly as possible with no real aim when they get there, meaning that they can take as long as they need to.
‘In the early afternoon’McCarthy uses slightly more detail in this section. This could be because this is the first time phrase used since they left the old man alone in the road so the man and they boy are paying more attention to time as they are feeling guilty, wondering where the old man is and how long he has been left on his own for.
‘In the night he woke in the cold dark’
McCarthy uses this phrase to lead onto ‘coughing and he coughed till his chest was raw’ to fit in with the image that cold dark night quite often symbolise death, something that we know is imminent for the man but the way the author associates it with time suggests that his time is running out quickly.
‘You said it would last a few weeks’ ‘I know.’ ‘But it’s just been a few days.’
This back up the previous quote in suggesting that time is speeding up and things are going a lot quicker than the man and the boy expected them to.
‘He’d slept little in weeks.’
This shows McCarthy skipping through time to move the novel on but also showing the rapid declination of the man’s health, he gets several weeks worse in the few seconds it takes the reader to read it, to emphasize the point.
Pages 197-217
References to the passage of the day:
'Early the day following'
Markers in the year:
'Three days. Four.'
Passages in which narrative time is telescoped:
'The following day'
Points at which narrative time expands:
P.g. 197- 'When three men stepped from behind a truck'- time expands because there is suddenly a lot more detail than the narrator usually gives; this is because it's a tense, potentially dangerous situation but also could be because it's a break from their monotonous daily lives, so every moment is taken in.
References to before:
P.g. 199- The man dreams of the past in which he visited a half destoyed library.
Points at which time is suspended:
During the mans dreams on p.g. 199.
Abstract references to time:
'They had not gone far'- The novel's characters use distance instead of time as a way to measure their progress, since time is now meaningless but their journey is vital to their survival.
Handling of time pg 218-238
Page 226: 'They stayed in the house for four days eating and sleeping'. Time is contracted into a short paragraph.
Page 229: 'Long days.' Time has suddenly moved on, we cannot tell whether it is days or weeks.
Page 230: 'An hour later...' Chronological order.
Page 233: 'With dark they built a fire.' Shows the turning of day to night.
Page 235: 'In the morning...' Chronological order.
Page 219-224: Several pages devoted to a short time, less than half an hour. Every little detail is told.
Page 228-229: Time goes very fast, one second they are at the abandoned house and in the next paragraph they are standing in a supermarket. Then it skips to 'Long days' and we cannot tell whether is has been days or weeks or months.
Page 234: Flashback, 'he remembered walking once on such a night...' he is comparing his old beach memories to his experiences on the beach now. He is remembering a better time. This is significant because flashbacks occur throughout the novel as a running theme.
Time- Pages 260-280
References to the passage of Time...
1) "He fixed dinner" could suggest evening time p. 261
2) "He loaded the flarepistol and as soon as it was dark" p.262
3) "In the morning" p.263
4) "He held him all night" p.265
5) "In the evening he opened a can of soup" p. 266
6) "...the fire had died down almost to ash and it was a black night" p.266
7) "The boy slept all day" p.267
8) "He tried to stay awake all night" p.267
9) "It rained briefly in the night" p. 268
10) "When he woke again" "Grey daylight" p.268
11) "In two days time" p.270
12) "They went on. It was already late in the day and it wa another hour and deep into the long dusk" P. 273
13) " ...stood there in the cold and gathering dark" p. 278
14) "In the morning" p.279
15) "he woke that night" p.279
16) "In three days" p.280
Markers in the year...
1) "The wintery dawn was coming" p. 266- This suggests that the months are later in the year. We depend on hints like the weather and how McCarthy describes the sceneary to establish/ estimate what time of the year it is.
2) "The earth itself contracting with the cold" p.279 This tells us that it is winter time or maybe the Earths condidtion is just becoming even worse so it is getting colder. Either suggestion could tell us that the novel has moved to the winter months of the year.
3) "What time of year?" p.279 This contradicts the hints of what time of year it is, because the man and the boy do not even know, so it is impossible to be certain what time of year it is.
Narrative time is telescoped...
1) "In three days they came to a small port town"- This passage of time has no mention of what may have happened within those three days,which creates confusion as the reader wonders why this passage of time has gone quicker than others as McCarthy often describes the days/nights events.
2) "In two days' time they were walking the beach as far as the headland and back"- Again time has passed quickly as we do not get any description of what has happened within those two days.
Points at which Narrative time expands...
The shooting of the Road Rat and the stealing of their possessions is an example of Narrative time expanding. This is too build up the tension of what The man will do to him. Also the narrative time could be expanded to show the true character of The man, and how The boy reacts to his fathers actions. The event goes for seven pages. McCarthy may have done this to show the raw emotions of the boy and how his fathers action have shaped and changed his view of him.
Points at which time seems to be suspended...
When The boy and The man are looking for their stolen cart, time seems to be suspended "They went on. It was already late in the day and it was another hour into the long dusk" the words "Another" and "long" create a sense of time going slowly. This creates tension as the reader wonders if they will find their cart as time seems to be running out for them before it starts to get dark. McCarthy suspends time here to build up tension, "They went on." makes it seem like they have been searching of their cart for a long time. This suspends time because we as the readers want them to get their belongings back, but it appears to be taking a while to find the thief so we start to doubt id they will find it.
When the boy becomes ill, time seems susupended. ""You have to stay near, he said. You have to be quick. So you can be with him. Hold him close. Last day of the earth" Time appears to be suspended becasue the we can sense that the man is worried for the boy, and it seems like he is getting worse so time has slowed down and is hanging on to this tense moment. The mans speech also creates suspended time as it appears like he is trying to prepare himself for the worst, which creates more tension.
Pages 302-307
Reference to before-'Once there were brook trout in the streams in the mountains' page 306
Time seems to be suspended and more abstract view of time- 'On their backs were vermiculate patterns that were maps of the world in its becoming' page 307
Time is telescoped 'He cried for a long time' page 306
Time seems suspended 'You could see them standing in the amber current where the white edges of their fins wimpled softly in the flow' page 307
"Ate cold beans they'd cooked days ago"-(page 29) Telescoping through time.
"Late in the year"-(page 29) Telescoping through time.
"Where once he'd watched trout swaying in the current"- (page 30) References to time before (flashbacks)
"They set out again in the morning"-(page 30) Passage of time.
"He woke towards the morning"- (page 31) Passage of time.
"A few miles each day" (page 32) Telescoping through time.
"Dark of the invisible moon"-(page 32) Time expands.
"Within a year"- (page 33) Telescoping through time.
"Tomorrow came and went" (page 33) Telescoping through time.
"And then one evening he stopped and looked all about..."- (page 33) Time expands.
"Where he stood once with his own father in a winter long ago"-(page 34) References to a time before (flashbacks).
"In the morning they pressed on" -(page 34) Passage of time.
"They slogged all day..."- (page 35) Telescoping through time.
"It took four more days to come down from the snow..."-(page 37) Telescoping through time.
"Then it returned" -(page 38) Time expanding/a more abstract reference to time.
"They were all day reaching the river"-(page 38) Telescoping through time.
"It's getting colder every day"-(page 42) Time expanding.
"The tree had been there for years"-(page 45). More abstract reference to time.
Passage of the days:
"In the evening" pg 92
"In the morning" pg 93
"He woke in the morning" pg 95
"In the afternoon" pg 98
"Eternal blackness" pg 101
"Blackness... darkness..." pg 102
"When day broke" pg 103
"Within the hour" pg 110
Markers in the year:
"It could be November" pg 93
"Snow" - winter - pg 100
Telescoped time:
"In the evening... tomorrow... dark of night" pg 92 - all in one paragraph
"They might have covered three miles" pg 107
"They'd had no food and little sleep in five days" pg 111
Time expands:
Before (flash backs):
"He'd had this feeling before" pg 93
"He'd seen it all before" pg 94
Suspended time:
"The snow fell nor did it cease to fall" pg 101
abstract references:
Other:
"In time to wink out forever" pg 93
"It takes a long time" pg 106
"In the early dawn at latest. Running the road in the night" pg 108
"We probably don't have much time" pg 109
Handling of time - Pg 113-133
Passage of days
‘In the night’ – p121
‘it was almost light enough to see’ – 123
‘The boy wouldn’t wake for hours’ – p124
‘He lay there a long time’ – p129
‘They spent the afternoon’ – p131
‘He wondered if it was even midnight’ – 133
‘By evening’ – p133
Telescoped time
‘...rose and set out.
He came across the barn...’ – p124
‘Afternoon... evening...light draw down over the world’ – in one paragraph p131
‘He was gone longer than he’d meant to be’ – gives an indication of time flying p130
Expanded narrative time
‘It was as long night as he could remember out of a great plenty of such nights...dawn was a long time coming...after a while it was day’ – gives a sense of expanded time p132
Before and flashbacks
‘Lingering odour of cows... and he realized they were extinct’ – p127
‘nothing in his memory anywhere of anything so good’ – p130
Abstract references
‘When the time comes? When the time comes there will be no time. Now is the time.’ – p120
‘Phantoms not heard from in a thousand years rousing from their sleep’ – p122
Other
‘He would have ample time later to think about that’ – shows there are no deadlines/rushing p113
‘No time to look’ – contrasts to above quote, shows how we perceive time differs depending on our situation p117
‘stopping to rest each fifty counted steps’ – shows a new way of making references to time; whereas we might say every 5 minutes, the man uses steps as an indication of passing time p123
Pages 155-175
'He followed the man back and forth across the lawn' (Page 155) - Time is being expanded
'It took a long time' (Page 155) - Passage of time
'While the boy slept' (Page 156) - Passage of time
'The town had been abandoned years ago' (Page 157) - References to the past.
'In the night he was wakened by the muted patter of rain' (Page 162) - Passage of time
'They spent the day eating and sleeping' (Page 164) - Telescoping through time
'Impossible to tell what time of the day he was looking at' (Page 164) - Abstract reference to time
'The day was brief, hardly a day at all' (Page 164) - Telescoping through time.
'By dark the rain had ceased' (Page 164) - Passage of time
'They sat for a long time' (Page 167) - Expanding time
'In the long gray dusk' (Page 169) - Passage of time
'They followed him for a while' (Page 171) - Expanding time
Handling of Time (Page 176-196)
‘When did you eat last?’ ‘I don’t know.’ ‘You don’t remember.’
This shows the reader that there is no reason for people on the road to remember when they have eaten as they have no reason to plan meals. We only plan meals today because our day follows a set routine and we eat to keep up with this. On the road however, day and night have almost become one due to the ash and dust that falls, blocking out the sun. They have no concept of time and no reason for it so all they can really distinguish between is day and night so it is easy to imagine how a person could lose track of the days as they are all the same; as long as they are alive, they have no reason to remember when or what they eat.
‘How old are you?’
Similarly to the food, the old man is unable to truthfully recall his age as there is no reason for him to know it and no reminder of the date. Time and day are hypothetical things created by humans to gain a routine in life. However, mankind is dying out and everybody lives in the moment and has no cause to plan ahead, unless people meticulously count each day then it would be impossible to tell precisely when a year has passed and even if someone did work it out, what would be the point? It’s hardly like they’re going to celebrate. McCarthy uses the old man as an example to show that in the novel, the reader can never be certain as to how much time has passed, as the characters have no idea either.
‘How long have you been on the road?’ ‘I’ve always been on the road.’
Once again, in this section, McCarthy uses the dialogue between two characters to make the reader question the necessity of time; the fact that the man can’t actually remember how long he has been on the road for suggests that time is insignificant. The way that the man says he has always been on the road would suggest that time is standing still for these people. McCarthy handles time simply by putting a halt to it to show that it is just another thing on the road which is dying.
‘People were always getting ready for tomorrow. I didn’t believe in that. Tomorrow wasnt getting ready for them.’
This quote is suggesting that for all the care we take over time, it doesn’t care about us. It is telling the reader that all the worry we have over keeping to a schedule is ridiculous because time is a made up thing and isn’t going to alter itself to suit us. All the people who worried and invested plans in the future, ironically, weren’t actually as prepared for the next day as they could have been where as those who take each day as it comes are surviving still as they had no expectations and don’t need time to rule their lives.
‘In the morning the stood in the road’
McCarthy gives the reader absolutely no idea what time in the morning they are talking about to once again highlight the lack of importance time holds for people on the road. All they have to go by is the road; they walk along it when it is light enough and sleep when it isn’t, to them it is completely irrelevant what time it is as they have no goals in life other than to get to the sea as quickly as possible with no real aim when they get there, meaning that they can take as long as they need to.
‘In the early afternoon’McCarthy uses slightly more detail in this section. This could be because this is the first time phrase used since they left the old man alone in the road so the man and they boy are paying more attention to time as they are feeling guilty, wondering where the old man is and how long he has been left on his own for.
‘In the night he woke in the cold dark’
McCarthy uses this phrase to lead onto ‘coughing and he coughed till his chest was raw’ to fit in with the image that cold dark night quite often symbolise death, something that we know is imminent for the man but the way the author associates it with time suggests that his time is running out quickly.
‘You said it would last a few weeks’ ‘I know.’ ‘But it’s just been a few days.’
This back up the previous quote in suggesting that time is speeding up and things are going a lot quicker than the man and the boy expected them to.
‘He’d slept little in weeks.’
This shows McCarthy skipping through time to move the novel on but also showing the rapid declination of the man’s health, he gets several weeks worse in the few seconds it takes the reader to read it, to emphasize the point.
Pages 197-217
References to the passage of the day:
'Early the day following'
Markers in the year:
'Three days. Four.'
Passages in which narrative time is telescoped:
'The following day'
Points at which narrative time expands:
P.g. 197- 'When three men stepped from behind a truck'- time expands because there is suddenly a lot more detail than the narrator usually gives; this is because it's a tense, potentially dangerous situation but also could be because it's a break from their monotonous daily lives, so every moment is taken in.
References to before:
P.g. 199- The man dreams of the past in which he visited a half destoyed library.
Points at which time is suspended:
During the mans dreams on p.g. 199.
Abstract references to time:
'They had not gone far'- The novel's characters use distance instead of time as a way to measure their progress, since time is now meaningless but their journey is vital to their survival.
Handling of time pg 218-238
Page 226: 'They stayed in the house for four days eating and sleeping'. Time is contracted into a short paragraph.
Page 229: 'Long days.' Time has suddenly moved on, we cannot tell whether it is days or weeks.
Page 230: 'An hour later...' Chronological order.
Page 233: 'With dark they built a fire.' Shows the turning of day to night.
Page 235: 'In the morning...' Chronological order.
Page 219-224: Several pages devoted to a short time, less than half an hour. Every little detail is told.
Page 228-229: Time goes very fast, one second they are at the abandoned house and in the next paragraph they are standing in a supermarket. Then it skips to 'Long days' and we cannot tell whether is has been days or weeks or months.
Page 234: Flashback, 'he remembered walking once on such a night...' he is comparing his old beach memories to his experiences on the beach now. He is remembering a better time. This is significant because flashbacks occur throughout the novel as a running theme.
Time- Pages 260-280
References to the passage of Time...
1) "He fixed dinner" could suggest evening time p. 261
2) "He loaded the flarepistol and as soon as it was dark" p.262
3) "In the morning" p.263
4) "He held him all night" p.265
5) "In the evening he opened a can of soup" p. 266
6) "...the fire had died down almost to ash and it was a black night" p.266
7) "The boy slept all day" p.267
8) "He tried to stay awake all night" p.267
9) "It rained briefly in the night" p. 268
10) "When he woke again" "Grey daylight" p.268
11) "In two days time" p.270
12) "They went on. It was already late in the day and it wa another hour and deep into the long dusk" P. 273
13) " ...stood there in the cold and gathering dark" p. 278
14) "In the morning" p.279
15) "he woke that night" p.279
16) "In three days" p.280
Markers in the year...
1) "The wintery dawn was coming" p. 266- This suggests that the months are later in the year. We depend on hints like the weather and how McCarthy describes the sceneary to establish/ estimate what time of the year it is.
2) "The earth itself contracting with the cold" p.279 This tells us that it is winter time or maybe the Earths condidtion is just becoming even worse so it is getting colder. Either suggestion could tell us that the novel has moved to the winter months of the year.
3) "What time of year?" p.279 This contradicts the hints of what time of year it is, because the man and the boy do not even know, so it is impossible to be certain what time of year it is.
Narrative time is telescoped...
1) "In three days they came to a small port town"- This passage of time has no mention of what may have happened within those three days,which creates confusion as the reader wonders why this passage of time has gone quicker than others as McCarthy often describes the days/nights events.
2) "In two days' time they were walking the beach as far as the headland and back"- Again time has passed quickly as we do not get any description of what has happened within those two days.
Points at which Narrative time expands...
The shooting of the Road Rat and the stealing of their possessions is an example of Narrative time expanding. This is too build up the tension of what The man will do to him. Also the narrative time could be expanded to show the true character of The man, and how The boy reacts to his fathers actions. The event goes for seven pages. McCarthy may have done this to show the raw emotions of the boy and how his fathers action have shaped and changed his view of him.
Points at which time seems to be suspended...
When The boy and The man are looking for their stolen cart, time seems to be suspended "They went on. It was already late in the day and it was another hour into the long dusk" the words "Another" and "long" create a sense of time going slowly. This creates tension as the reader wonders if they will find their cart as time seems to be running out for them before it starts to get dark. McCarthy suspends time here to build up tension, "They went on." makes it seem like they have been searching of their cart for a long time. This suspends time because we as the readers want them to get their belongings back, but it appears to be taking a while to find the thief so we start to doubt id they will find it.
When the boy becomes ill, time seems susupended. ""You have to stay near, he said. You have to be quick. So you can be with him. Hold him close. Last day of the earth" Time appears to be suspended becasue the we can sense that the man is worried for the boy, and it seems like he is getting worse so time has slowed down and is hanging on to this tense moment. The mans speech also creates suspended time as it appears like he is trying to prepare himself for the worst, which creates more tension.
Pages 302-307
Reference to before-'Once there were brook trout in the streams in the mountains' page 306
Time seems to be suspended and more abstract view of time- 'On their backs were vermiculate patterns that were maps of the world in its becoming' page 307
Time is telescoped 'He cried for a long time' page 306
Time seems suspended 'You could see them standing in the amber current where the white edges of their fins wimpled softly in the flow' page 307
Monday, 10 December 2012
Question 27.
McCarthy tells the story between pages 56-81 of the road using an omniscient third person narrator, he uses a free indirect style in novel form.The first paragraph introduces the post apocalyptic style through the phrase 'birth in grief and ashes' this implies death, destruction and tragedy.McCarthy then goes on to talk about time within this section, he says 'there is no later. this is later' which implies ideas that time posses no significance now. As the reader could have implied that it is non-existent within the two character's lives. Time has effectively disappeared in the same way the world did.McCarthy opens with a reference to the mans wife, 'will you tell him goodbye' this let the reader know there is a flashback and a corrupt sense of time. We know it's a flashback as his wife is mentioned and as the section goes on further she isn't in their lives anymore. When the woman is gone the boy simply says 'she's gone isn't she?', it's as if he never cared for her much in the first place, he doesn't seem hurt by the news. Therefore the novel is known as being non-oedipal as the boy has no desire to still be with his mother when she leaves them. As the mother is not in the present we get the impression McCarthy used her death to symbolise the loss of hope within the world. McCarthy uses non-linear flashback's for example when the boy is born, this flashback is important as it is one of the only times McCarthy state's the boy as the man's 'son'.
Throughout the section McCarthy writes in a post modern effect, 'Her cries meant nothing to him. Beyond the window just the gathering cold, the fires on the horizon'. McCarthy deliberately uses short, simple sentences, by doing this he elevates the post modern style.The lack of punctuation gives an unsettling read, it is as if the lack of punctuation represents the lack of order within the world, everything is corrupt. McCarthy proceeds into a conversation between the man and the boy, 'did you have friends?' yes. i did.' He again uses the post modern style as the reader has to infer who is talking, we don't know for sure.He also has a low cultured style and makes references to the seventies zombie horror with 'were the walking dead in a horror film' this links to the classic horror film dawn of the dead.
As the road rat is introduced McCarthy expands their conversations and describing him to the reader. This shows the tension within the section as McCarthy uses long sentences and short sentences within different orders for example , 'he let go of the belt and it fell in the roadway with the gear hanging from it. A canteen'.. This may introduce a theme of horror and tension. The road rat is a key part within the novel as we see the man go up against him and he becomes the hero within the novel. However we now see the man in a different way. We see a contrast within the mans character he becomes violent and dangerous, which could make the reader wonder how different the man is to the 'bad men'.We question his intentions does he just kill and hurt others to protect the boy or does he do it because now, he can?
At the end of this section there is a mention of 'the good guys' this shows a social divide even though there is no existence of society as we know it. However as we are still under the impression that there is 'good guys' and bad guys' it gives the reader the impression that there is still a society within the world, maybe it is not totally destroyed.
McCarthy tells the story between pages 56-81 of the road using an omniscient third person narrator, he uses a free indirect style in novel form.The first paragraph introduces the post apocalyptic style through the phrase 'birth in grief and ashes' this implies death, destruction and tragedy.McCarthy then goes on to talk about time within this section, he says 'there is no later. this is later' which implies ideas that time posses no significance now. As the reader could have implied that it is non-existent within the two character's lives. Time has effectively disappeared in the same way the world did.McCarthy opens with a reference to the mans wife, 'will you tell him goodbye' this let the reader know there is a flashback and a corrupt sense of time. We know it's a flashback as his wife is mentioned and as the section goes on further she isn't in their lives anymore. When the woman is gone the boy simply says 'she's gone isn't she?', it's as if he never cared for her much in the first place, he doesn't seem hurt by the news. Therefore the novel is known as being non-oedipal as the boy has no desire to still be with his mother when she leaves them. As the mother is not in the present we get the impression McCarthy used her death to symbolise the loss of hope within the world. McCarthy uses non-linear flashback's for example when the boy is born, this flashback is important as it is one of the only times McCarthy state's the boy as the man's 'son'.
Throughout the section McCarthy writes in a post modern effect, 'Her cries meant nothing to him. Beyond the window just the gathering cold, the fires on the horizon'. McCarthy deliberately uses short, simple sentences, by doing this he elevates the post modern style.The lack of punctuation gives an unsettling read, it is as if the lack of punctuation represents the lack of order within the world, everything is corrupt. McCarthy proceeds into a conversation between the man and the boy, 'did you have friends?' yes. i did.' He again uses the post modern style as the reader has to infer who is talking, we don't know for sure.He also has a low cultured style and makes references to the seventies zombie horror with 'were the walking dead in a horror film' this links to the classic horror film dawn of the dead.
As the road rat is introduced McCarthy expands their conversations and describing him to the reader. This shows the tension within the section as McCarthy uses long sentences and short sentences within different orders for example , 'he let go of the belt and it fell in the roadway with the gear hanging from it. A canteen'.. This may introduce a theme of horror and tension. The road rat is a key part within the novel as we see the man go up against him and he becomes the hero within the novel. However we now see the man in a different way. We see a contrast within the mans character he becomes violent and dangerous, which could make the reader wonder how different the man is to the 'bad men'.We question his intentions does he just kill and hurt others to protect the boy or does he do it because now, he can?
At the end of this section there is a mention of 'the good guys' this shows a social divide even though there is no existence of society as we know it. However as we are still under the impression that there is 'good guys' and bad guys' it gives the reader the impression that there is still a society within the world, maybe it is not totally destroyed.
Sunday, 2 December 2012
Other Symbols and Metaphors in the Novel Monday's starter.
-Water, cleaning and washing - This is a luxury to the man and the boy not an necessity, They only wash when they can. During the novel their journey begins to get more dangerous. They can stop less and wash. Therefore when they can wash they appreciate it alot more. The two only really wash when it is really needed, 'i wash dead man's brains out of his hair' . This is when it is a necessity as he cant keep a murdered man's brains in his sons hair. Water becomes more important during the novel as they need it to survive. There is irony used at the end of the novel as they are on the setting of a beach with a water surrounding them however they cant drink it as it is grey and salty. They want it but they cant have it. The meaning of water stays the same throughout the novel as there is a constant struggle to find the water and keep themselves hydrated.
-The mountain - In my opinion the meaning stays the same.
-The sea - At the start of the novel the sea symbolises hope and serenity. It represents their happiness. Although when they reach the beach it shows disappointment and symbolises their journey being over and pointless. The beach was meant to be their saviour however it was just another disappointment.
-The colour grey Ash- The grey colour represents the dull days. The meaning of the grey ash stays the same throughout the novel. Hopelessness and an unforgettable destroyed world.
-Fire - 'we carry the fire' In a way i think the fire represents a hope for a new world, they are carrying the fire to the new world. If they ever find it. I personally think the man came up with this rouse to make the boy believe that they will be happy eventually again and they wont have to run anymore. The fire is like a childish way for the man and the boy to forgot about the horrid world outside of their bleak life. 'you have to carry the fire' - this gives the boy hope for his life without the man.
-Sight/sightlessness - Sight could symbolises sadness. Why would anybody want to see the horror's of the dark damp world.
-Seeds - Seeds show hope for new life.
-Music/musical instruments - The music within the novel could show happiness, remind them of the old life when there was joy like music.
-Animal imagery -
-The coca-cola can - Sharing the coca-cola can that the two find is a big moment for the man and the boy. It shows their bond between each other. This is the boys first fizzy drink. The can shows how deprived the world is now. We take coke for granted however now this could be the last coke left in the world for all we know?
Symbolism in the Novel.
- The road or journey has often been used as a metaphor for life itself – the journey from birth to death.
The road may represent life as the man lives and dies on the road. It could be argued that the man is walking to his death. The two grow on the road, they change and mold into the people they are.The boy grows in to a positive and moral character. All the boy has ever know is the road, he has been brought up travelling along in the dark of night and the foggy days, his life began on the journey and may possibly finish on the same path however we don't find out as the boy is left walking along the road with the mysterious new family. Although the man is close to death we still see how he has changed throughout the novel and his journey along the dreary road, 'you have my whole heart. You always did' as the man is dieing we finally see the emotion between the man and the boy. It is as if the dark and long journey down the road has changed the man, he has grown to show the boy that it is okay to love something or someone. The man hid his emotion for so long i think this could be because his wife wanted him to hate her before her death. She hurt him. The man has never got over her death so he is never really open to his son until now. This shows the change throughout his life. The journey along the road represents the change within the mans life and how he dies happier now he has let out all of his feelings. I agree with this metaphor as many people live and die on that same road.
2. In American culture, the road is an important symbol. America is a large country and crossing the continent has been seen symbolically as representing a pioneering spirit – striking out into the unknown – or searching for oneself. Many classic American novels (and films) make a journey by road the focus for the narrative, for instance John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, Jack Kerouac’s On The Road or the film Thelma and Louise.
2. In American culture, the road is an important symbol. America is a large country and crossing the continent has been seen symbolically as representing a pioneering spirit – striking out into the unknown – or searching for oneself. Many classic American novels (and films) make a journey by road the focus for the narrative, for instance John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, Jack Kerouac’s On The Road or the film Thelma and Louise.
I agree that it could be argued that the man has a pioneering spirit. He is symbolised as a head- strong character that knows what he needs. This could be because of his past life? Maybe he was a soldier? Or a spy. He understand the world now, its as if he was trained for the end of the world, this is why he has a leading spirit. In my opinion McCarthy uses the road to present an adventurous narrative within the novel. It is a journey that represents hope. Where will it lead? Happiness or just more sadness? The reader follows the road as if they were there with the man and the boy. Although the man and the boy could be presented as having a pioneering personality, they have this kind of pioneering spirit because they have to. They have to keep following the road to survive. They don't want to give up because they don't want to die.The two are determined, they are determined to make it to the south to be safe. Therefore the road shows determination within the book, it shows hope. The road is an endless path. The road is symbolised as a endless path of sorrow, that no one knows if it will lead to happiness.
3. The epic journey has a much longer literary and cultural history. Going back to Greek literature, in Homer’s The Odyssey, Ulysses goes on a long journey and encounters many tests and trials, both physical and mental, before returning to his homeland. The epic work The Divine Comedy by the Italian medieval poet Dante shows the poet on a journey in the afterlife, to Hell, Purgatory and Heaven. John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress, shows the pilgrim Christian leaving his home in this world and travelling to the ‘Celestial City’. Gulliver’s Travels is a fantastical journey to other worlds, in which the main character discovers more about his own world by contrast with the societies he encounters.
I agree the journey shows tests for the man and the boy. The man is tested, 'just help him papa, help him' the boy is testing his father. Will he show morals and help a man who has wronged? Will he give a man a second chance in life, or will he take no pitty on the weak.
There are mental challenges for the man, challenges he can not overcome, 'i cant hold my son dead in my arms. i thought i could but i cant'. This is the constant challenge presented to the man throughout the whole of the novel however in the end we understand this challenge is just to hard for the man. He is distraught at the thought of this mental and physical challenge. The man is shown as a strong character and nothing can knock him down although towards the end of the novel we see his character deteriorate, we see he is not as unyielding as we once thought. In my opinion the road finally cracks the man's hard exterior. It gradually breaks his spirits, once he See's there is no hope left at the beach, he cannot keep going down the dark and gloomy road that never seems to end.
4. The journey as a structure for a novel implies a particular kind of pattern, where there are episodes along the way. The journey involves meeting new challenges and dangers, the chance of luck to bring fortune or difficulties, and is often structured around a struggle for survival, away from the routine and security of a home environment.
The journey along the road is split up into sections as if they were chapters. The road has so many challenges along the way that it could be presented and symbolised as hopelessness. Eventually everyone along the road will have to give up as there will always be a new challenge around every dingy corner. One day it will be a challenge that they can not defeat. There is a on-going struggle for survival as the man and the boy are always searching for food. They are always hiding from the 'bad men'. The only routine the man and the boy have is the constant mention of breakfast and dinner. This shows the man wants to keep an inch of routine in the boys life, this will show the boy some normality.
3. The epic journey has a much longer literary and cultural history. Going back to Greek literature, in Homer’s The Odyssey, Ulysses goes on a long journey and encounters many tests and trials, both physical and mental, before returning to his homeland. The epic work The Divine Comedy by the Italian medieval poet Dante shows the poet on a journey in the afterlife, to Hell, Purgatory and Heaven. John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress, shows the pilgrim Christian leaving his home in this world and travelling to the ‘Celestial City’. Gulliver’s Travels is a fantastical journey to other worlds, in which the main character discovers more about his own world by contrast with the societies he encounters.
I agree the journey shows tests for the man and the boy. The man is tested, 'just help him papa, help him' the boy is testing his father. Will he show morals and help a man who has wronged? Will he give a man a second chance in life, or will he take no pitty on the weak.
There are mental challenges for the man, challenges he can not overcome, 'i cant hold my son dead in my arms. i thought i could but i cant'. This is the constant challenge presented to the man throughout the whole of the novel however in the end we understand this challenge is just to hard for the man. He is distraught at the thought of this mental and physical challenge. The man is shown as a strong character and nothing can knock him down although towards the end of the novel we see his character deteriorate, we see he is not as unyielding as we once thought. In my opinion the road finally cracks the man's hard exterior. It gradually breaks his spirits, once he See's there is no hope left at the beach, he cannot keep going down the dark and gloomy road that never seems to end.
4. The journey as a structure for a novel implies a particular kind of pattern, where there are episodes along the way. The journey involves meeting new challenges and dangers, the chance of luck to bring fortune or difficulties, and is often structured around a struggle for survival, away from the routine and security of a home environment.
The journey along the road is split up into sections as if they were chapters. The road has so many challenges along the way that it could be presented and symbolised as hopelessness. Eventually everyone along the road will have to give up as there will always be a new challenge around every dingy corner. One day it will be a challenge that they can not defeat. There is a on-going struggle for survival as the man and the boy are always searching for food. They are always hiding from the 'bad men'. The only routine the man and the boy have is the constant mention of breakfast and dinner. This shows the man wants to keep an inch of routine in the boys life, this will show the boy some normality.
- I was a little un-sure on this task.
Sunday, 25 November 2012
The end.
Part 2- more reading homework.
- hope can be found
-will the boy find happiness eventually?
-will the world be saved whilst he is alive?
It shows that the ending of the book, could be construed as happiness and hope for the boys life and the world being re-built.
- I disagree with this response as Ii personally think the ending should be taken on a positive note so that the reader may believe that their still good in the world and their will be happiness for the boy in his life with the strangers.
Part 2- more reading homework.
'knowing that some hope can be found for humanity in the form of the harmless young boy provides a glimpse of optimism in an otherwise completely depressing setting'
amazon reader view.- hope can be found
-will the boy find happiness eventually?
-will the world be saved whilst he is alive?
It shows that the ending of the book, could be construed as happiness and hope for the boys life and the world being re-built.
'uplifting ending for about 5 minutes and then i thought 'hang on a bit , why do we think this guy is good guy when we haven't come across any good guys in the whole book!'
-Makes the reader question the ending and re consider what they have read.- I disagree with this response as Ii personally think the ending should be taken on a positive note so that the reader may believe that their still good in the world and their will be happiness for the boy in his life with the strangers.
- How feminist critics would look at the novel.
- Death symbolises hope for the boy as he would join his mother and father.
- He is attracted to female personalities as at the end of the book he wants to spend everyday with the woman. (the boy)
- When the man dies the mood alters it is more relaxed and hopeful.
- McCarthy uses 3rd person free indirect style, where the reader feels that they are feeling the events from the characters prospective.
- >critical
- >symbolism
- >hope
- >relaxed -Protection.
McCarthy in his own words.
-McCarthy doesn't plot his stories, he expects the ideas to come to him naturally.
-wrote it in a few weeks - like it came natural to him.
-McCarthy took a trip to his son and imagined the town they were staying in 100 years down the line, 'fires up on the hill and everything being laid to waste' -The ideas for the actual book came from that night in the hotel when he wrote 2 pages and realised that the ideas were good enough to become a book. He realised that the book was 'about the man and the boy'.
- 'I had no idea where it was going to end' - This could be the reason he added deus ex machina. Why people may think the ending is a little plain. Maybe McCarthy didn't finish it the way he should.
-'simple straight forward story' - why he uses simple sentences and punctuation. He hides the devices he uses within the sentences so the reader doesn't notice them until they properly Analise the novel.
-Alot of thing that the kid says are things that john said' - The boys character was based on his son, his son gave him inspiration for the boys character. 'papa, what would you do if i died'. Their conversations are like the man and the boys.
-Its more important to be good than it is to be smart'. This links to the boy as he is the good one in the book. He shows morals, it could be suggested he is a good omen in the book.
He received the same letter from a few people around the world that said the same thing, 'i got up and went upstairs and got my kids up and i just sat there in the bed and just held them' -Its as if he wrote the novel to be sad and heartbreaking because he wants to make the reader appreciate what they have.
-'If you write properly you shouldn't have to punctuate' -Thins he is good enough writer to make the book simple and hardly punctuate.He wants to prove you don't have to use alot of punctuation to make a great story.
- [is this a love story to your son?] -'in a way i suppose it is' -Having a son affected his life dramatically and gave him the inspiration to write the novel.- The novel is about the man and the boys relationship and how it is affected by the dangers on the road. It could be argued that it is a love story to his son as although there are bumps along the road in their life they will always love each other unconditionally.
-McCarthy doesn't plot his stories, he expects the ideas to come to him naturally.
-wrote it in a few weeks - like it came natural to him.
-McCarthy took a trip to his son and imagined the town they were staying in 100 years down the line, 'fires up on the hill and everything being laid to waste' -The ideas for the actual book came from that night in the hotel when he wrote 2 pages and realised that the ideas were good enough to become a book. He realised that the book was 'about the man and the boy'.
- 'I had no idea where it was going to end' - This could be the reason he added deus ex machina. Why people may think the ending is a little plain. Maybe McCarthy didn't finish it the way he should.
-'simple straight forward story' - why he uses simple sentences and punctuation. He hides the devices he uses within the sentences so the reader doesn't notice them until they properly Analise the novel.
-Alot of thing that the kid says are things that john said' - The boys character was based on his son, his son gave him inspiration for the boys character. 'papa, what would you do if i died'. Their conversations are like the man and the boys.
-Its more important to be good than it is to be smart'. This links to the boy as he is the good one in the book. He shows morals, it could be suggested he is a good omen in the book.
He received the same letter from a few people around the world that said the same thing, 'i got up and went upstairs and got my kids up and i just sat there in the bed and just held them' -Its as if he wrote the novel to be sad and heartbreaking because he wants to make the reader appreciate what they have.
-'If you write properly you shouldn't have to punctuate' -Thins he is good enough writer to make the book simple and hardly punctuate.He wants to prove you don't have to use alot of punctuation to make a great story.
- [is this a love story to your son?] -'in a way i suppose it is' -Having a son affected his life dramatically and gave him the inspiration to write the novel.- The novel is about the man and the boys relationship and how it is affected by the dangers on the road. It could be argued that it is a love story to his son as although there are bumps along the road in their life they will always love each other unconditionally.
Friday, 23 November 2012
Voice and Point of view.
122...
Had no idea...he slept.
-Begins with the narrator.
-The man begins - 'in what direction did lost men veer?'
He questions himself, (rhetorical question)
-They've been following a map.
-Just escaped the house of cannibals now the mood is panicked and disorientated.
At the begining of the paragraph on page 122 it starts with the voice of the omniscient narrator. However it then changes to 3rd person point of veiw of the man as he asks himself a rhetorical question, 'in what direction did lost men veer?' , The voice only changes to the man for this one question this gives us a disorientated feeling. The man doesnt know where he is going and he is questioning his life as he know's it. He does not understand his life anymore and if it even has a purpose.
It is not signalled when the narrative ends and the dialogue begins. -Leaves the reader confused and lead to make up their own assumptions.
McCarthy uses 3rd person free indirect style -'he woke in the dark woods in the leaves shivering violently' The reader fells the mans feelings at this point they feel involved. As the readers we want the man and the boy to make it out alive. We want them to survive so we become emotionally attatched to their characters and their life throughout the novel.
'phantoms not heard from in a thousand years' - dream sequences related.
We enter a luminal state. The mood is dark and weary.
Confusing, is it the mans thought or is it his dream.
unattributed thoughts?
'thousand years' - he's bringing up the past. The man rembers what he wants to forget. His feelings haunt him.They control the way he acts and his personality now. - Makes the reader wonder what the 'phantoms' could be? has he done something in his past life that he regrets?
Is it his wife he is thinking of? - Controling him even in death.
His past life has destroyed his future, he cannot conrtol his feelings. He cant imagine the happy thought as the bad out weighs the good. He may struggle with certain things now, Like the bad memories have cursed him and that is why his life is pointless. He cant imagine a happy ending for himself.
122...
Had no idea...he slept.
-Begins with the narrator.
-The man begins - 'in what direction did lost men veer?'
He questions himself, (rhetorical question)
-They've been following a map.
-Just escaped the house of cannibals now the mood is panicked and disorientated.
At the begining of the paragraph on page 122 it starts with the voice of the omniscient narrator. However it then changes to 3rd person point of veiw of the man as he asks himself a rhetorical question, 'in what direction did lost men veer?' , The voice only changes to the man for this one question this gives us a disorientated feeling. The man doesnt know where he is going and he is questioning his life as he know's it. He does not understand his life anymore and if it even has a purpose.
It is not signalled when the narrative ends and the dialogue begins. -Leaves the reader confused and lead to make up their own assumptions.
McCarthy uses 3rd person free indirect style -'he woke in the dark woods in the leaves shivering violently' The reader fells the mans feelings at this point they feel involved. As the readers we want the man and the boy to make it out alive. We want them to survive so we become emotionally attatched to their characters and their life throughout the novel.
'phantoms not heard from in a thousand years' - dream sequences related.
We enter a luminal state. The mood is dark and weary.
Confusing, is it the mans thought or is it his dream.
unattributed thoughts?
'thousand years' - he's bringing up the past. The man rembers what he wants to forget. His feelings haunt him.They control the way he acts and his personality now. - Makes the reader wonder what the 'phantoms' could be? has he done something in his past life that he regrets?
Is it his wife he is thinking of? - Controling him even in death.
His past life has destroyed his future, he cannot conrtol his feelings. He cant imagine the happy thought as the bad out weighs the good. He may struggle with certain things now, Like the bad memories have cursed him and that is why his life is pointless. He cant imagine a happy ending for himself.
Thursday, 22 November 2012
Exploratory analysis of the woman,
5,8,2,1,7,4,3,6.
Five 'The woman has a powerful and ambiguous symbolic function in the novel: she represents both the giving of life and the temptation of death'
-symbol of hope.
-She kills herself - symbolicof hope for the young boy? 'just take me with you, please'
He wants to die so he can be with his mother and father. -Happiness
-Peace.
Could she be seen as selfish for killing herself?
-She killed herself slowly, painfully.
-Maybe to punish herself for leaving her son and husband alone.
-She had the option to take the bullet but she chose to let them have the bullets to save themselves eventually
'Wake himself from just such siren worlds'
-symbolis that the woman can control him even in death.
'Cradling her belly in one hand'
- symbolises hope, she is giving life.
- woman represent a light at the end of the tunnle?
Could be misread as selfishnes, she is bringing a new life into a world that is over.
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
BfG
She woke in the bleak night.She crept along the dark wooden floor boards of the orphanage.
The night was dark beyond darkness as she starred out of her open window.
The sky became bright for a second and there was a loud crash of thunder outside.
She looked out of her window once more, only this time she noticed a giant dark outline at the end of the road.
She froze still, trying not to be heard, she took a deep breath and watched the figure's grey shadow.
The giant pulled a rusty gold pipe from his satchel and then from an already opened jar he took a handful of sparkling dust and he blew the dust through the pipe and into an open window.
She was astonished. Her face was empty, she didn't know how to react to her discovery and then she made a slight shriek.
The giant starred right at her.
He was wearing a long cape and his feet were huge and on his feet he wore leather brown sandals.
His face wasn't very visible although from what could be seen he looked quite old. After seeing his face she ran back to her bed. The old floor boards began to creak, yet still nobody woke.
She leaped onto her bed and pulled her greyish cover tight over her head to hide herself away from all the nightmares outside, she felt invisible when hiding under that ugly quilt.
She peaked through the cover and a light from the street lamp shined onto her face.
Again she buried her head in her hands and returned to the sanctuary of her covers. Whimpering, she tried to stop breathing so heavily.
Once more she lifted just her eyes over the covers to see if he was still there. A dark shadow reflected into the room and a hand twice the size of her came rushing towards her. The hand grabbed hold of the covers she was wrapped up inside. She was too scared to scream.The hand pulled her out of the window and then carried her into the dismal night.
He ran across fields. He ran across bridges. He ran through towns and villages.
He eventually made it to a cliff, he ran straight up and leaped off the edge, part of the cliff broke off as he huge feet pushed off of the ground. He floated into the vague night sky and up toward the illuminated moon.
The giant landed back down on the other side of the moon. Only here the world was bumpy and everywhere was full of mountainous rocks, all dull and murky. The giant hopped from rock to rock, he did it with ease.
The giant eventually landed on solid ground.He began to creep like someone was following him and kept checking behind himself looking from left to right.
He heard groans so he hid for a minute behind one of the rocks but he quickly began to run again down the long, thin valley.
He finally arrived at a cave, you couldn't see the end of the cave as it went down for miles. All that could be seen was blackness.
The giant began walking into the misty cave, his hood was still over his head and covering most of his face, the girl was hidden in his pocket.
When they had made it deep into the cave they reached a dead end. The giant took the girl from his pocket and placed her down on a bumpy rock beside him, He then lunged and opened a big stone door. It slowly creaked open.
The dust cleared.
He picked her up and carried her inside and then layed her on his kitchen table.
She quickly pulled the cover away from her face and the giant did the same with his cape.
The giants ear's were bigger than his head and he had fluffy white hair and bushy eyebrows. His skin was pale like a porcelain doll and she could tell he was old as his skin was wrinkly . His eye's were like piercing crystal's, a deep blue colour.
The giant peered right down into her face and sniggered and said what has us got here?
He spoke again, i is hungry.
oh please don't eat me!
I spots what you is thinking, he said as he tapped his big nose and then chuckled.
Because i is a giant, you thinks i is going to gobbles you up and crunch your bones!
oh please, she cried out.
There's ingredient book's wheres giants is eating up little girls for supper and snacks!
yes don't they?
oh yes, this is what giants is doing, all the giants in giant country. They is guzzling up human beings every night.
Human beings?
yes. Human beings like you is.
Bone crunching giant he likes turkey best.
Oh turkey, that's not human beings, its a bird. She was reassured.She smiled and looking innocent she let out a slight giggle.
The giant smiled back.
He shook his head and sighed.
Me? Eating peoples? Oh all the others yes. But not me, oh no i is a nice giant, theres not another giant like me in all the giants country. I is the big friendly giant.
He opened his arms out as if he was offering her a hug, he had a huge smile on his face as he announced, the BFG. He let out a chuckle and pointed to himself , thats me!
The giant stood up with a grin on his face,
well now is you liking some supper? She stuttered ,You're really not going to eat me?
Ha of course i is not eating you, he laughed as he took a few steps to a tub in the corner of his dreary cave.
The giant pulled a dusty lid off the tub and pulled out a long oval shaped object with circular bumps all over it. The shape was black and it had dark red stripes all the way around it.
She had never seen anything like it before.
Still holding the strange object he placed the lid back on the jar and turned around and said i eats snozzcumbers.
Thursday, 15 November 2012
The Opening
- we learn the characters are a man and a boy.'he'd reach out to touch the childsleeping beside him'
- he fears losing the child.
-he fears losing him so we get the imporession it could be his child.
-he cares for him alot wants him to be safe.
-emotionally attatched.
Dramatic opening, we understand the post-apocalyptic style.
'night dark beyond darkness.'McCarthy uses a limited linguistic pallete -
'more gray each one'
Uses dark colours like grey and black to describe what the world is like now. So we get the impression something has defiantly happened to it.
It could represent a loss of hope. As the days get darker more hope dissapears.
'tollinmg in the silence the minutes of the earth' - time stands still. There is nothing to hope for nothing to look forward to. -emptyness -lost -desolate -post-apocalyptic.
'there'd be no survivng another winter here' , the reality of their life.
-panic -desperation -empty souls, wandering on without a cause now everything is lost.
'this was not a safe place' - we get the impression no where is safe now. There life is a constant struggle.
fear of the unknown? They dont know what they fear but they do know that nothing is safe now.
'barren, silent, godless' there life is empty. What is there to live for? each other?
'glaucoma' -dull.
Change of mood..
-'when he got back the boy was still asleep' . There is a relief the boy is still there.
Doesnt trust anything or anyone.
Never rest's as he is always alert and ready to protect the boy.
'we have to go back' -intense, raises questions. why? Builds tension.
As the man talks about his dream..
'and on the far shore a creature' 'crouching there pale and naked translucent' 'pulsed in a dull glass bell'
-luminal state.
-supernatural
-dull
-gloomy
-meaningless
- His dreams are empty and bleak exactly the same as his life now. Could be like a nightmare? He is living in a nightmare?
Back on the road. Desperatly searching for food. Their days are always the same.-constant struggle.
-slowly giving up throughout the novel.
Always looking back in his mirrors.Always looking through the binoculars 'he got the binoculars'
-Somebody watching them?
-Can't protect themselves anymore?
-Always on edge.
-Doesnt trust anyone.
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