For this project, we were able to choose a dystopian book to read. I chose to read The Road by Cormac McCarthy. So far in the book there is a father and his son who are moving south. It has gotten too cold to stay north so they have to travel south. They have a shopping cart with all their things, and knapsacks on their back in case they have to run. The world is full of gray ash and they are in what used to be the United States. They have to pass over mountains, and the father thinks they could die soon. He has strange dreams frequently but he tries to forget them. I have read multiple dystopian novels before but this one is very different from other ones. There have been no other people so far except for the main two characters. In other books, there are many people but they are all suffering. In other dystopian books, there is usually one person who is different or can save the rest of humanity. In this book there is really no hope yet, except for making it south and maybe finding other people there. A similarity is that there are two people who rely on each other two survive. In this book it is the boy and his father who take care of each other and protect one another. This book takes place on earth but I am not sure what time period it is in. I am guessing in the future, since the US no longer exists. It is a good book so far, but kind of slow. I am guessing it picks up after this. I will comment on Nia's and Jazmin's blogs.
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Jazmin Calvario
6/7/2018 10:31:06 am
What do you think will happen in the book? Do you think they will get to their destination? Will they encounter other people? Will they experience colder weather?
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Matias Barraza
6/13/2018 09:24:41 am
I think that they will get to the South and they will be very disappointed. The boy and his father have all these expectations of what life will be like in the South. They think there will be good people and a civilization like in the past. That is unrealistic because the world has changed and civilizations aren't the same anymore. I think they will get there, and then the dad will kill the boy and himself to stop the suffering.
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Nia Asbill
6/7/2018 10:33:28 am
I agree with your statement that it's different from other dystopian novels. Another thing that is different is the smaller details in the text that make the book more morbid, or settings that are described casually. An example is how there were dead bodies everywhere, but the book spent more time describing the snow and ash everywhere. I disagree with your idea that the book will speed up, so far it has maintained it's pace and I'm ahead of you by a few chapters. If there was a sequel would you want to read it?
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Matias Barraza
6/13/2018 09:05:49 am
If there was a sequel I would read it because I would want to see how the little boy continues his life. I would want to know if there is actually people in the South, and if he survives.
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