page 88
- shows the motif of the temptation of death
they then go on to meet another boy, this could be foreshadowing the family we meet at the end of the novel, or this could be the family we meet at the end of the novel. However the boy goes close to him due to the act the boy hasn't had any real human friends as he has been born in the pot apocalyptic world.
on page 92 they run out of food they only have water this again shows the idea of death and temptation.
page 94
it is an example of expanding time as a small sequence of events that takes along time to read, its also a horrific imagery of beheading due to possible a battle, maybe a graveyard is there, this could be a warning to everyone who is alive.
'beggars sunlight' = poor sunlight
'Army in tennis shoes' normal people in trainers.
'4 abreast' suggest that this group is very organised..
bludgeon- heavy weight = old world weapon shows the degeneration of earth.
swaying gait, moving side to side, mechanical movement, non human movement as compared with a wind up toy.
forge= blacksmith, links to the idea of danger as they make weapons.
the pregant women could be either food or to bring new life.
Monday, 24 March 2014
Friday, 21 March 2014
Tuesday, 18 March 2014
The Road Rat Lesson
Page 61
Dystopia they normally goes to the east to California which is hope and the sun shine state however in this they go to the equator which is south, due to them needing the warmth for winter, which links to the idea of global warming.
- the boy's little truck foreshadows the real truck which comes later in this section of the book.
- the men that appear with the truck are unusual and slightly scary in 'bio-hazard suits' and 'masks' also the fact they have 'clubs' shows the brutality and violence of this world if you have to carry an old weapon.
- they are coughing as well which could suggest they are weak and dying( which might be why the run away later) or/ as well shows the world dying around them.
- as they appearing the punctuation become more frequent causing the tension to be built as well as it mimicking the man's or the boy's heart beats as the people are appearing in the road.
- Macedon = tarmac, which gets described like cracking paint which is caused either by chemicals or very high heat!
- the truck breaking down, makes you remember what the wife says, as well as building an anti climax to the story as you believe they are going to die.
the breathing of the man creates the tension as you don't know what's going to happen next as well ass making a slightly scary atmosphere.
emaciation = thin, malnutrition.
collared= the black rings, horror theme to it as well as making it scary !
'Like an animal inside a skull looking out the eye holes'
the bird tattoo = incorrect, they don't know what it looks like as they worlds eduction is decaying like the world it's self or they have been extinct for a while and they have no clue what it is.
the description of the men leaves the image of rednecks in the readers head.
the man shooting the road rat is a very quick scene showing that he might have had an unusual job, which may have involved killing people.
Free indirect style which mimics the man, as it sounds like the character.
- the brain is describe in high detail, showing the man's medical knowledge before being shot and after shows the horror of it bubbling.
- there is a father son moment as they run away, as the boy is on his shoulders.
'No of course not' another use of free indirect style.
- the eat the road rat, one he is dead, 'waste not want not,' two it show the cannibalism of the society they live in, three it show the reader the danger the boy and the father really are in.
- then one day on the man still hasn't washed the brain's out of the boy's hair, ass he hasn't though it important, that eating and living where. which they are staying clean for them isn't.
Dystopia they normally goes to the east to California which is hope and the sun shine state however in this they go to the equator which is south, due to them needing the warmth for winter, which links to the idea of global warming.
- the boy's little truck foreshadows the real truck which comes later in this section of the book.
- the men that appear with the truck are unusual and slightly scary in 'bio-hazard suits' and 'masks' also the fact they have 'clubs' shows the brutality and violence of this world if you have to carry an old weapon.
- they are coughing as well which could suggest they are weak and dying( which might be why the run away later) or/ as well shows the world dying around them.
- as they appearing the punctuation become more frequent causing the tension to be built as well as it mimicking the man's or the boy's heart beats as the people are appearing in the road.
- Macedon = tarmac, which gets described like cracking paint which is caused either by chemicals or very high heat!
- the truck breaking down, makes you remember what the wife says, as well as building an anti climax to the story as you believe they are going to die.
the breathing of the man creates the tension as you don't know what's going to happen next as well ass making a slightly scary atmosphere.
emaciation = thin, malnutrition.
collared= the black rings, horror theme to it as well as making it scary !
'Like an animal inside a skull looking out the eye holes'
the bird tattoo = incorrect, they don't know what it looks like as they worlds eduction is decaying like the world it's self or they have been extinct for a while and they have no clue what it is.
the description of the men leaves the image of rednecks in the readers head.
the man shooting the road rat is a very quick scene showing that he might have had an unusual job, which may have involved killing people.
Free indirect style which mimics the man, as it sounds like the character.
- the brain is describe in high detail, showing the man's medical knowledge before being shot and after shows the horror of it bubbling.
- there is a father son moment as they run away, as the boy is on his shoulders.
'No of course not' another use of free indirect style.
- the eat the road rat, one he is dead, 'waste not want not,' two it show the cannibalism of the society they live in, three it show the reader the danger the boy and the father really are in.
- then one day on the man still hasn't washed the brain's out of the boy's hair, ass he hasn't though it important, that eating and living where. which they are staying clean for them isn't.
how is the story told in Browning's 'the laborotory'
Browning story the Laboratory is about and insane, delusional woman, who goes to an apothecary to buy some poison to kill the man she is in love with, lovers.
The setting in 'Lab' is an apothecary 'faint smokes curling' this is a use of imagery as well as the negative picture of a 'devil's smithy' as well as her fantasying her killing these women which shows her psychotic nature. this allows the dramatic monologue to give the dark and negative atmosphere and moves it on to a understanding of her mental state.
The voices in 'Lab' are consistent of one person this is the woman that we hear throughout the dramatic monologue 'is this the poison too poison her prithee?' suggesting the need for her to ill someone, which is what we hear as this is the case building which she does through the language of 'he is with her' and the bitterness of her voice that we hear. the case building allow the story to move forward as it make her want to tell us what has happened, and how she hates these women.
The characters in 'Lab' is a woman who is dark and disturbing, her language makes you think she is psychotic, she is very bitter about her lover, 'pure death' showing how she is in love with death and romanises it. which allows the reader to to move though the dramatic monologue by her fantasying about it whilst she is waiting for him to finish what he is doing, as well at the end her telling him to kiss her '' you may kiss me' this allows us to end the dramatic monologue knowing that she doesn't really are about the man that she supposedly loves. there is also the Browning feature of an implied listener of an apothecary, who is a man, who doesn't like the woman who scares him.
The journey in 'Lab' shows the bitter women who goes in to this apothecary to buy poison for people who have been 'laugh at me,' this helps use to push the dramatic monologue on as it help to build the case study of why she does it. It then goes on to push the story as she wait for the poison and romanticises about how she wants it to turn out, 'Soft phial' which allows to understand her different mind.the journey then shows how she isn't impressed with it 'The colour's so grim.' The journey leaves us with the idea she on her way to kill these women 'next moment I dance at the king's.'
The setting in 'Lab' is an apothecary 'faint smokes curling' this is a use of imagery as well as the negative picture of a 'devil's smithy' as well as her fantasying her killing these women which shows her psychotic nature. this allows the dramatic monologue to give the dark and negative atmosphere and moves it on to a understanding of her mental state.
The voices in 'Lab' are consistent of one person this is the woman that we hear throughout the dramatic monologue 'is this the poison too poison her prithee?' suggesting the need for her to ill someone, which is what we hear as this is the case building which she does through the language of 'he is with her' and the bitterness of her voice that we hear. the case building allow the story to move forward as it make her want to tell us what has happened, and how she hates these women.
The characters in 'Lab' is a woman who is dark and disturbing, her language makes you think she is psychotic, she is very bitter about her lover, 'pure death' showing how she is in love with death and romanises it. which allows the reader to to move though the dramatic monologue by her fantasying about it whilst she is waiting for him to finish what he is doing, as well at the end her telling him to kiss her '' you may kiss me' this allows us to end the dramatic monologue knowing that she doesn't really are about the man that she supposedly loves. there is also the Browning feature of an implied listener of an apothecary, who is a man, who doesn't like the woman who scares him.
The journey in 'Lab' shows the bitter women who goes in to this apothecary to buy poison for people who have been 'laugh at me,' this helps use to push the dramatic monologue on as it help to build the case study of why she does it. It then goes on to push the story as she wait for the poison and romanticises about how she wants it to turn out, 'Soft phial' which allows to understand her different mind.the journey then shows how she isn't impressed with it 'The colour's so grim.' The journey leaves us with the idea she on her way to kill these women 'next moment I dance at the king's.'
the road rat scene
question answers in one paragraph
Mccarthy uses the boy's toy truck to foreshadow the coming of the truck full of the 'bad guy's' , to help us understand the realistic life that the man and the boy now live in. That the description that they use shows a negativity of the world and show the men in 'bio hazard suits' and 'masks' showing some disordered and that the world in dangerous, these men are also consider the 'bad men.' He describe the truck that the men are in as ' lumbering and creaking like a ship' due to it showing the way that the truck is old and worn out, and also refers to Noah's ark and is ironic as they lived when the were on the ark these most likely are going to die. he then goes on to describe the road rat in so much detail as he is trying to slow the time down so that the next bit seems very sudden and sharp, as he goes from this long description to a quicker, snappy bit.we learn a lot about the man as he shows that he has a lot of knowledge as he knows the information about the brain as well as the ability to drop and roll whilst able to shoot the road rat in the head these skill don't just come to people normally these are skills that are taught which implies he had a different job. then the man hears the voice of his wife before she dies. then these men don't chase after them as they don't know how many people are there and the believe they might not be able to fight them or the are weak and hungry to care about fighting them. It takes the man along time to wipe the gore as it isn't that important to them, as living and eating is more important. As the man had been trying to keep them alive by moving around therefore cleaning, they wouldn't have had the time.
Saturday, 8 March 2014
The Woman
The Woman in the road is used to symbolises the idea of life, and the temptation of Death in a post apocalyptic world. Showing her giving up on the trust and belief in human nature showing with her suicide.She is also the reason for most of the behaviour of the character of the man like him showing caring towards the boy 'he'd reach out to touch the child sleeping beside' to prove his wife wrong as she said something she knew would make him work harder to take care of him suggesting he is not a good father.Which also makes him resent her which could have caused him to keep him and the boy alive, as she was tempted by death he doesn't want that for either him or his son.
Page 60 information
The woman is presented is mentioned in the context of two different flashbacks, one start with the woman's suicide, the second is her giving birth to her son. This show a juxtaposition of the temptation of death as well as the hope\ miracle of birth.
The woman is represented as a cold hearted person, with intelligence as she can give an argument, however she doesn't listen to other people, unless it benefits her, as he taught her to kill herself. This also some hints that she doesn't want to die as she doesn't say goodbye to her own son and she didn't really have a relationship to him as he says the next morning he says 'she gone'not my mum has gone, showing that he doesn't have a relationship with her or and attachment to her.
This shows the themes of death as the women dies, and the giving of life.
There are many symbols in the section such as the boy being the symbol of hope for the world, the world dying maybe foreshadowing the man's death. Her final gift symbolising hope for them that maybe everything will be okay.
Page 60 information
The woman is presented is mentioned in the context of two different flashbacks, one start with the woman's suicide, the second is her giving birth to her son. This show a juxtaposition of the temptation of death as well as the hope\ miracle of birth.
The woman is represented as a cold hearted person, with intelligence as she can give an argument, however she doesn't listen to other people, unless it benefits her, as he taught her to kill herself. This also some hints that she doesn't want to die as she doesn't say goodbye to her own son and she didn't really have a relationship to him as he says the next morning he says 'she gone'not my mum has gone, showing that he doesn't have a relationship with her or and attachment to her.
This shows the themes of death as the women dies, and the giving of life.
There are many symbols in the section such as the boy being the symbol of hope for the world, the world dying maybe foreshadowing the man's death. Her final gift symbolising hope for them that maybe everything will be okay.
day three on the road- dystopia and post apocalyptic
Dystopia a vision of the future where society is wrong
Post apocalyptic future
- society is splintered
- New social orders
- Individuals on a quest
- children symbolise the idea of hope , have a father figure.
- the downfall is man-made, Satirical on what happens in society with there worries.
- The road, worried about nuclear war, environmental, global warming.
Task
McCarthy use of language:Repetition of words like 'Shh, tramping and fitted.'
Structural repetition: short sentences, showing the degenerating earth.
Stylistic Repetition: use of some simplistic language then some complex language, also the lack of punctuation= the earth dying along with the knowledge of language and speech.
Post apocalyptic future
- society is splintered
- New social orders
- Individuals on a quest
- children symbolise the idea of hope , have a father figure.
- the downfall is man-made, Satirical on what happens in society with there worries.
- The road, worried about nuclear war, environmental, global warming.
Task
McCarthy use of language:Repetition of words like 'Shh, tramping and fitted.'
Structural repetition: short sentences, showing the degenerating earth.
Stylistic Repetition: use of some simplistic language then some complex language, also the lack of punctuation= the earth dying along with the knowledge of language and speech.
2 Days on The Road
Notes on narrative Ideas
Enigma a question which must be resolved.
Symbolic Signs or signals which represent a larger idea.
Action An event which dictates a self/known response.
Cultural Signs or symbols that are unique to a specific culture.
Semantic What something is.
Pages 1-9
There is not real punctuation and very simple language.
'Glaucoma' where you eyes go cloudy and you cant see = they slowness pain of losing you eyes sight foreshadowing the man loosing his life, and time in this new world passing slowly.
'stinking robes' - royal, lost, decaying. Or the religious idea of a pilgrimage.
'Glaucoma' where you eyes go cloudy and you cant see = they slowness pain of losing you eyes sight foreshadowing the man loosing his life, and time in this new world passing slowly.
'stinking robes' - royal, lost, decaying. Or the religious idea of a pilgrimage.
He then goes to to describe his Nightmare:
- inside a monster
- with the hypnotic beauty
- tolling of the bell, symbolising funeral = foreshadowing the man's death
- Alabaster = brilliant white
- translucent = you can see threw to its bones and organs.
showing the genre of horror, as this monster has appeared as a figment of the imagination of the man.
Second paragraph starts with an enigma, Lots of questions, something is wrong what is it?
'October' is linked to the idea of Halloween, which is a cultural code, which is a horror theme.
'if he is not the word of god, god never spoke' - religion , satirical
lack of speech marks = the decaying of the world, we don't understand who is talking.
'Pistol' the idea of danger/ something is wrong, also mean that he has a different job before the apocalypse.
'And' used many time shows the idea of routine, the norm for them.
'Mask' suggest the air isn't clean- gas, smoke.
'papa' boy is young, class is low.
Most of the time you cant tell where the speech starts and end, also the the language is glum, dull and boring nothing to talk about suggesting a long time has passed.
simple conversation.
'mirror behind' suggest danger
'river,motionless' a contradiction
'river carrying something' burden of dead weeds.
'are you okay?' saying really are you ready to go, not abnormal, routine, everyday the walk long distances.
'Gun metal light' silver, no sun, Gray brooding.
burnt plants, roads, houses.
'odour of gas was only a rumour' faint smell of gas, a lot of time has passed since the apocalypse happened
'Phone' trying to hold on to what was normal about his old life.
'A metal barrel' his scanning around the room, a normal activity,a different job to most.
'Thespian' old world actor black smeared on his face
'smoke' looking for people
enigmas solved: -where ? to the south. why? -warmer
Genres:
- action: pistol, binoculars, survival
- horrors
- science fiction
10-11
'Bed rock' in the man's head.
Friday, 7 March 2014
The start of The Road
This is my
child, he said. I wash a dead man's brains out of his hair. That is my job.
Type of genre is horror due
to the descriptive language of ‘wash a dead man’s brain out of his hair’
What may have happen is that a man has been shot and his brain have been splattered on to the boy.
Themes show the idea of Death, as the man is dead.
Characters and their relationships, shows the characters of the boy and his father and a man. It suggest the relationship between the boy and the father is one where the father doesn't care a he believes that it is his ‘job’, however there is some care as his states it as a possession.
The way the story might be told in sense that this wasn't a bad way, that this is has had a second though.I
What may have happen is that a man has been shot and his brain have been splattered on to the boy.
Themes show the idea of Death, as the man is dead.
Characters and their relationships, shows the characters of the boy and his father and a man. It suggest the relationship between the boy and the father is one where the father doesn't care a he believes that it is his ‘job’, however there is some care as his states it as a possession.
The way the story might be told in sense that this wasn't a bad way, that this is has had a second though.I
Yes I am, he
said. I am the one.
Type of genre this doesn't show any genres
what might of happened that he has been asked a question and he is answering
Themes loneliness as the boy says ‘he’s the one’ even though we know he is with his father it shows a lack of attachment as he would have said ‘we’ not ‘I’, religion as it like to the idea of a god as he 'is the one'.
Character and relationship shows the boy believes that he might be better than everyone else as he is still alive
The way the story might be told with simplistic language and grammar suggesting he is young and the way its wrote is confusing suggesting that he wanted to write as if you are the people when this massive event occurred.
Tomatoes, peaches, beans, apricots. Canned hams. Corned beef.
what might of happened that he has been asked a question and he is answering
Themes loneliness as the boy says ‘he’s the one’ even though we know he is with his father it shows a lack of attachment as he would have said ‘we’ not ‘I’, religion as it like to the idea of a god as he 'is the one'.
Character and relationship shows the boy believes that he might be better than everyone else as he is still alive
The way the story might be told with simplistic language and grammar suggesting he is young and the way its wrote is confusing suggesting that he wanted to write as if you are the people when this massive event occurred.
Tomatoes, peaches, beans, apricots. Canned hams. Corned beef.
Type
of genre, this quote doesn't really show one.
What might of happened, this could be the idea of them listing the food that they have found in a room or a house.
Themes greed as it is the Father listing of things that they have found and in this book people would have been just happy to find one lot of these things but instead they are listing more than anyone would need.
Character and relationships it’s said by the character of the dad,
The way the story might be told in a very childish manner listing very simple and basic showing that the story isn't really about that so it make you block it out.
What might of happened, this could be the idea of them listing the food that they have found in a room or a house.
Themes greed as it is the Father listing of things that they have found and in this book people would have been just happy to find one lot of these things but instead they are listing more than anyone would need.
Character and relationships it’s said by the character of the dad,
The way the story might be told in a very childish manner listing very simple and basic showing that the story isn't really about that so it make you block it out.
Are we still the good guys, he said.
Type of genre i can not see one in this
What might have happened, they did something that may have broken some moral codes or something that is wrong.
Themes morals ‘good guys,’
Characters and relationship, showing the boy’s innocence believing that what they may have done before this is bad and not a good thing to do breaking morals.
The way the story might be told it’s in a innocent, not really understanding what is really happening.
What might have happened, they did something that may have broken some moral codes or something that is wrong.
Themes morals ‘good guys,’
Characters and relationship, showing the boy’s innocence believing that what they may have done before this is bad and not a good thing to do breaking morals.
The way the story might be told it’s in a innocent, not really understanding what is really happening.
We should go, Papa, he said. Yes, the man said. But he didn't.
Type of genre thriller the aspect of suspense because it suggest foreshadowing of something bad by the 'we should go' but they do not leave
What might have happened they return to their old abandoned house where there is the nothingness
Themes
Characters and relationships this suggest the boy is young as he is scared very easily, as for the man it suggest the place is somewhere special to him and he want to be back there before all this problem occurred
The way the story is told with a lack of punctuation showing the worlds knowledge and intelligence decreasing
The snow fell nor did it cease to fall.
What might have happened they return to their old abandoned house where there is the nothingness
Themes
Characters and relationships this suggest the boy is young as he is scared very easily, as for the man it suggest the place is somewhere special to him and he want to be back there before all this problem occurred
The way the story is told with a lack of punctuation showing the worlds knowledge and intelligence decreasing
The snow fell nor did it cease to fall.
Type of genre, I cant see a genre.
What might have happened they found somewhere to hide from the weather.
Themes, Weather showing maybe some pathetic fallacy, that there is a dark sad mood.
Characters and relationships N/A
The way the story is told the lack of punctuation changes the way you read the sentence, as without the punctuation it imitates the snow falling.
Okay? Okay.
What might have happened they found somewhere to hide from the weather.
Themes, Weather showing maybe some pathetic fallacy, that there is a dark sad mood.
Characters and relationships N/A
The way the story is told the lack of punctuation changes the way you read the sentence, as without the punctuation it imitates the snow falling.
Okay? Okay.
Type of genre you can not find one from this quote
What might have happened they were having a conversation
Themes this is to short to find one
Characters and relationships this show that they have a relationship were the boy think that he might be wrong and is questioning what he says. The boy is still young and learning,
The way the story is told that there is no speech marks used.
They sat on the edge of the tub and pulled their shoes on and them he handed the boy the pan and soap and he took the stove and the little bottle of gas and the pistol and wrapped in their blankets and they went back across the yard to the bunker.
What might have happened they were having a conversation
Themes this is to short to find one
Characters and relationships this show that they have a relationship were the boy think that he might be wrong and is questioning what he says. The boy is still young and learning,
The way the story is told that there is no speech marks used.
They sat on the edge of the tub and pulled their shoes on and them he handed the boy the pan and soap and he took the stove and the little bottle of gas and the pistol and wrapped in their blankets and they went back across the yard to the bunker.
Type of genre shows some hints of action as their is a pistol around.
What might have happened they found a place to clean up.
Themes the recurrence of a pistol symbolising hope as this is what he considers to be the way out of a bad situation or their pain and suffering so to the dad this show his hope.
Characters and relationships It shows the Dad/man is afraid of something as he has a pistol.
The way the story is told is very simple, showing that possible the earth has changed for the worse as everything is going back in time not forwards.
Tolling in the silence the minutes of the earth.
What might have happened they found a place to clean up.
Themes the recurrence of a pistol symbolising hope as this is what he considers to be the way out of a bad situation or their pain and suffering so to the dad this show his hope.
Characters and relationships It shows the Dad/man is afraid of something as he has a pistol.
The way the story is told is very simple, showing that possible the earth has changed for the worse as everything is going back in time not forwards.
Tolling in the silence the minutes of the earth.
Type of genre horror 'tolling in the silence' building tension, its also slightly Gothic as tolling link in with the idea of a funeral and death.
What might have happened that they are not talking and slowly time is passing them by
Themes Death the idea that the bell only tolls out of time at a funeral
Characters and relationships this show the Man believes maybe subconsciously that he is going to die as the tolling links to the idea of death how ever this shows nothing about the boy.
The way the story is told use dark depressive language tolling and silence suggest this.
She was gone and the coldness of it was her final gift.
What might have happened that they are not talking and slowly time is passing them by
Themes Death the idea that the bell only tolls out of time at a funeral
Characters and relationships this show the Man believes maybe subconsciously that he is going to die as the tolling links to the idea of death how ever this shows nothing about the boy.
The way the story is told use dark depressive language tolling and silence suggest this.
She was gone and the coldness of it was her final gift.
Themes the temptation of death as the way out of the apocalypse
Characters and relationships it suggest that the Man has a grudge or hates her as she killed herself and he hasn't forgiven her for it.
The way the story is told the juxtaposition of her cold and gift show how he want to portray her as not a bad person but almost fed up of the world that she lives in.
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