Still, I had lots of problem reading and understanding the story line of ‘The Road’, but as Diana teacher had told us, I could understand ‘a little more’ about the story than the first time. Maybe one thing that made me understand more about the story was because of the scene of man and stranger conflicting. That kind of tension makes me pay more attention to the story than usual.
Page 62 ~ 66
Pg.64 Where did you get it?
Found it.
That’s a lie.
Pg.65 Why are you looking at him?
I can look where I want to.
No you can’t. If you look at him again, I’ll shoot you.
Those five pages were main pages that I paid most attention to, while reading from page 51 to 100. It can be seemed as a normal fighting scene between the man and the stranger, but it somewhat came to me differently. To me, it seemed like a scene that showed heartless world, which was a main atmosphere of ‘The Road’. And that made this story look more tragic. In the story, the man is being very careful not to trust others or to be seen by others. As I could see from the quotes on page 64, the man does not believe what stranger says since he noticed danger. Also, he is trying his best to keep the boy from the danger. He doesn’t even allow the stranger looking at the boy (pg.65). In the end, when the stranger snatches the boy, the man shot him.
Page 70
Take me with you.
No. I want you to wait here.
Please, Papa.
Stop it. I want you to do what I say. Take the gun.
I don’t want the gun.
I didn’t ask you if you wanted it. Take it.
These pages can also be said as an example of showing heartless world, but I could feel another one rather than the one I felt on pages 62 to 66. The boy doesn’t want to be left. Well, it is very common reaction that people can expect from all the boys at that age. Most of the children don’t want to be left alone. However, unlike many children these days, the boy in the story was born after apocalyptic disaster. (It is mentioned somewhere from page 3 to 50) But he’s not still adapted to the disastrous environment, and he’s feeling bad and worried about being left alone. That means that he already saw and experienced many cruel and brutal events which occurred after apocalypse that he couldn’t bear at that age.
Page 77
Are we still the good guys?
Yes. We’re still the good guys.
And we always will be.
Yes. We always will be.
Okay.
The last quote is from page 77. Well, I want to add the dialogue which is on pages 100 and 101. I think that these parts show that the boy is starting to get suspicious about his own values and identity. He repeats asking his father about if they are doing right thing, and whenever he does so, his father reassures him that they are. But actually, I guess the boy’s trust toward his father (or even himself) is descending, judging by him asking questions a lot or saying ‘I don’t know’ lots of times.
Page 62 ~ 66
Pg.64 Where did you get it?
Found it.
That’s a lie.
Pg.65 Why are you looking at him?
I can look where I want to.
No you can’t. If you look at him again, I’ll shoot you.
Those five pages were main pages that I paid most attention to, while reading from page 51 to 100. It can be seemed as a normal fighting scene between the man and the stranger, but it somewhat came to me differently. To me, it seemed like a scene that showed heartless world, which was a main atmosphere of ‘The Road’. And that made this story look more tragic. In the story, the man is being very careful not to trust others or to be seen by others. As I could see from the quotes on page 64, the man does not believe what stranger says since he noticed danger. Also, he is trying his best to keep the boy from the danger. He doesn’t even allow the stranger looking at the boy (pg.65). In the end, when the stranger snatches the boy, the man shot him.
Page 70
Take me with you.
No. I want you to wait here.
Please, Papa.
Stop it. I want you to do what I say. Take the gun.
I don’t want the gun.
I didn’t ask you if you wanted it. Take it.
These pages can also be said as an example of showing heartless world, but I could feel another one rather than the one I felt on pages 62 to 66. The boy doesn’t want to be left. Well, it is very common reaction that people can expect from all the boys at that age. Most of the children don’t want to be left alone. However, unlike many children these days, the boy in the story was born after apocalyptic disaster. (It is mentioned somewhere from page 3 to 50) But he’s not still adapted to the disastrous environment, and he’s feeling bad and worried about being left alone. That means that he already saw and experienced many cruel and brutal events which occurred after apocalypse that he couldn’t bear at that age.
Page 77
Are we still the good guys?
Yes. We’re still the good guys.
And we always will be.
Yes. We always will be.
Okay.
The last quote is from page 77. Well, I want to add the dialogue which is on pages 100 and 101. I think that these parts show that the boy is starting to get suspicious about his own values and identity. He repeats asking his father about if they are doing right thing, and whenever he does so, his father reassures him that they are. But actually, I guess the boy’s trust toward his father (or even himself) is descending, judging by him asking questions a lot or saying ‘I don’t know’ lots of times.
This story takes time after apocalyptic, so anyone living in this time would become like the man or the boy... yeah, as you said... They are very heartless :( Especially the scene where the man shoots the stranger without any hasitation actually surprised me.
ReplyDeleteJoon, first one to post the assignment~~~
good job! quotes you posted are actually similar to the parts I payed special attention to ~^^
Wow! I guess we have pointed out about the same parts of the story! That's amazing because I can compare/contrast my thoughts to your thoughts :)
ReplyDeleteLike you wrote, we can't really find love anymore in the world in this story except for the one between the man and the boy. And even the way the man expresses his love toward his son is degenerated since the only way he could protect his son was causing another death. Maybe that can be an explanation to the third quote, because that could have been one of the reasons why the boy started to doubt that whether they are the good guys or bad guys. It seems like the boy's having a hard time in both mental and physical ways. Well...Let's see how he gets over it!
Oh and by the way, I could see that your thoughts were well-organized and it was very interesting to compare with mine!
Joon! I did the same assignment as you and we almost have the same points. That's very interesting, don't you think? haha:)
ReplyDeleteI strongly agree with you on the point that the boy is losing his own values and identies while living through this harsh environment. I also liked the idea that you put some of your own assumptions to your paragraphs. It makes readers understand your statements more deeply.
You did a very good job.★
p.s. you always seem to be the first one to post your assignment! you're very diligent:)
Excellent selection of very poignant moments of dialogue, Joon. You are right that there are some trust issues between the man and the boy. Pay attention to these as we continue to read.
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