Assignment number 1-(4) Three quotes from the chapter
On page 159
What happened to your flute?
Actually, this is not the part that appealed to me, but it was the one that made me very curious. From the pages I read before, I couldn’t remember anything related to the flute. At first, I thought like ‘Maybe, there would be the parts that I read, but didn’t pay much attention to.’ But as I tried hard to remember things related to flute, it just kept driving me fall into the mystery.
On page 158, the man and the boy are talking about whether they are going to die, and whether a crow could fly up high enough to see the sun. When they finish talking about those things, the man suddenly asks the boy what happened to the boy’s flute. And the boy answers “I threw it away.” Maybe it could be a minor, useless thing the boy just says, like the common things we speak to each other : “Hello” or “Hi” etc… However, I just kept paying attention to this sentence since there appeared the object that I knew nothing about. I imagine, in a moment, that the flute to be important object that the boy and the man will need in the later parts of the book.
I don’t know… Maybe my guess will be just a piece of garbage… hahaJ
On page 170
I guess God would know it. Is that it?
There is no God.
This part made me feel that people are being very hopeless in the story. The old man is the first person whom the man and the boy talked to in this story, I guess. This means that they judged him as a ‘good guy’ or at least ‘not a bad guy’ and ‘old, weak guy’. But even the person whom the man and the boy can talk to is saying like “There is no God.” And, in my opinion, this is as same as saying things like “There is no hope.” It can be just because the old man is… well, old and he has no one else to help him. However, what he said just made me feel sad and made me think that almost all the people in this story are losing their hope.
From page 184 to 185
There are other good guys. You said so.
Yes.
So where are they?
They’re hiding.
Who are they hiding from?
From each other.
Are there lots of them?
We don’t know.
But some.
Some. Yes.
Is that true?
Yes. That’s true.
But it might not be true.
I think it’s true.
Okay.
You don’t believe me.
I believe you.
Okay.
I always believe you.
I don’t think so.
Yes I do. I have to.
I also kept paying attention to how the boy’s and the man’s belief toward each other change as the time goes, since I thought the boy is being suspicious about their values. Well, I guess his attitude toward the man changed ‘a bit’, but I can’t explain it exactly. I think that the boy tended not to believe the man sometimes, but right now, I think that the boy is trying to believe him, but not really voluntarily. Or else, he might have felt some necessity of the man, judging by the boy saying “I have to” in the end. I also can’t really decide whether the boy really believes about the fact that they are good guys, or if there is any more good guys left.
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oh the old man... I kind of feel that the old man is closer to somewhat Buddah or something by the way he talks. I wasnt even able to totally understand what the man and the old man was talking about T T
ReplyDeleteThe converstaion of the old man and the man emphasizes the hopeless situation. It's sad to see people giving up..
ReplyDeleteAnyway I totally agree with the third idea. The boy is suspecting his values. They are kind of good guys because they don't eat others, and don't harm others but they don't help others either. I guess as time passes and as the boy grows mentally he knows that he should rely on the man and trust him.
The 3 quotes that you wrote are all of those that I thought were really interesting. I think all of us have similar opinions and thoughts about the parts that we read. I think your writing is very insightful and easy for us to read. You did a good job~
ReplyDeletep. 77 the man carves the flute for the boy (after they lost their first cart).
ReplyDeleteYou've chosen some good scenes to look closely at here. The third quote definitely shows a major shift in the attitudes of both the boy and the man. I think this whole section, especially the scene with Ely, opens up the man's mind about the boy's idea of goodness. I see "have to" as both resignation and an acceptance of the power dynamic of their relationship--and it's kind of critical of his father's actions.