(129pg)
Because we're the good guys.
Yes.
And we're carrying the fire .
And we're carrying the fire. Yes.
Okay.
I learned from this page that the man and the boy are calling themselves 'the good guys' because they won't eat people although they starve to death. This means that inspite of the hunger which is killing them, they won't deceive their morality. This is one of the main theme of the story.
However my question is if 'the fire' literally means the fire. But few pages before, I remeber the man telling his boy that he lost the ligter and that he didn't tell him until that point because he didn't want to upset the boy. However, it's unlikely for the boy to forget the chat they had few pages ago. Can 'the fire' in this dialogue mean something like the fire in the bible or something sacred?
Because we're the good guys.
Yes.
And we're carrying the fire .
And we're carrying the fire. Yes.
Okay.
I learned from this page that the man and the boy are calling themselves 'the good guys' because they won't eat people although they starve to death. This means that inspite of the hunger which is killing them, they won't deceive their morality. This is one of the main theme of the story.
However my question is if 'the fire' literally means the fire. But few pages before, I remeber the man telling his boy that he lost the ligter and that he didn't tell him until that point because he didn't want to upset the boy. However, it's unlikely for the boy to forget the chat they had few pages ago. Can 'the fire' in this dialogue mean something like the fire in the bible or something sacred?
(139pg)
There was just headroom for him to stand. He ducked under a lantern with a green metal shade haning from a book. He held the boy by the hand and they went along the rows of stenciled cartons. Chile, corn, sew, soup, spaghetti sauce. The richness of a vanished world. Why is this here? the boy said. Is it real?
This is the part where they find the paradise. The man finds the bunk and they are surprised with the sudden pleasure that they hardly believe that it is real. Just a moment before the boy was asking his father if they were going to die or not. So the shock of sudden wealthyness and the foods he saw was hard to believe and the fact that he is going to survive and not die in that moment at least was hard to accept.
(146pg)
He wouldnt stay in the bunker by himself. He followed the man back adn forth across the lawn while he carried the plastic jugs of water to the bathroom at the rear of the house...
...warm at last.
Warm at last?
Yes.
Where did you get that?
I dont know.
Okay. Warm at last.
From this quote, my first thought was that this might be the discription of the other visitors to the bunker before the man and the boy. But it's mysterious because there's no reason for these visitors to only take the buner of the stove. However, this text really confused me for the moment.
"Can 'the fire' in this dialogue mean something like the fire in the bible or something sacred?" This is a really good question. If it is a symbol, what does it represent?
ReplyDeleteAlso... the man is commenting on the boy's use of the phrase "Warm at last" as it would be something completely outside of his experience. It is odd that he can say something like this.
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