Since the last blog post, not much has happened. We have this cycle of the father and son running into trouble and hiding in the woods then walking on the open road. A constant cycle of that. We were introduced to another character, he gave himself the name, Ely, a strange almost blind old man they come across. He seems confused and lost, seems like he has been walking forever. But soon Ely and our main charterers depart the next morning. Our characters are still heading south, the father estimated two to three more weeks of walking to make their location. This book somewhat reminds me of a recent horror movie that came out called ¨ A Quiet Place. " The movie centers around a family living in a world where these monsters hunt by sound. The family isn't allowed to make any noise and communicate through sign language. Any noise sets off these hideous beasts into killing anything in their path.Because of this, the movie is mostly silent and nerve wrecking. They show no signs of weakness, so the remaining people in this world remain silent, living normally. They have a connection of eeriness these both have. Also they represent dystopias that seem terrible to live in. Just like last time they are not similarities at all, except they live on earth and they are traveling through the U.S. A regular life of a US citizen is going to a 9-5 job and coming home to a small house/apartment but with The Road. Our characters live polar opposites. Our main charterers sleep in the woods and face danger left to right, stealing food whenever they can. I will comment on Colin's Book Blog and Rickie's Book Blog
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Colin Vail
6/11/2018 02:22:20 pm
A good description of the book so far. I do agree that they are living a ordinary live and not of a regular U.S. citizen. But I think their are more similarities between a citizen have difficulties in living as these characters have such as homelessness, poverty, etc. Did you enjoy reading this book?
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Maxin M
6/11/2018 02:32:13 pm
I understand that you could make a VERY loose connection to A Quiet Place , since they are surviving, and have to keep quiet. But other than that I feel like it doesn't resemble the movie at all. The road is a journey between a Man and his son, and how they have to scavenge for food, rather the quiet place is about fictional creatures who hunt by sound, and a family's farm and how they must band together to survive the consequences of their actions.
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rickie
6/11/2018 02:32:58 pm
I agree that the quite place seems quit similar to the road there both scary and stressful. I also agree that they travel a lot and kinda just a cycle.
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Jeremy
6/12/2018 09:23:50 am
What do you think of Ely's sudden departure? How do you think this will affect the time line and plot of the story? I enjoy how you throughly describe what has happened so far even though not much has happened.
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