Hope/Hopelessness in The Road by Khalil Daniels https://padlet.com/khalildaniels03/44vmxmhhkz6tnjdx Pages 1-64 w/ 3-6 Quotes en-us 2020-09-03 12:58:11 UTC 2025-04-24 13:03:13 UTC hello@padlet.com "You forget some things, don't you?You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget" (McCarthy 6). khalildaniels03 https://padlet.com/khalildaniels03/44vmxmhhkz6tnjdx/wish/717748239 In this quote, the man is questioning why he has selective memory when it comes to specific events, and the reasoning behind this might be due to PTSD. Whatever the man saw in the apocalyptic era was traumatic, and for him to still be alive today means he did anything to survive.

Hopelessness]]> 2020-09-03 13:13:06 UTC https://padlet.com/khalildaniels03/44vmxmhhkz6tnjdx/wish/717748239 "He dreamt of walking in a flowering wood where birds flew before them he and the child and the sky was aching blue but he was learning how to wake himself from just such siren worlds" (McCarthy 10). khalildaniels03 https://padlet.com/khalildaniels03/44vmxmhhkz6tnjdx/wish/717779787 In this quote, hope is being shown due to him dreaming of something peaceful like a change will come. He remains hopeful of this world that he is envisioning becoming a reality, but might lose a sense of hope along the way once he "wakes himself."

Hope]]> 2020-09-03 13:21:24 UTC https://padlet.com/khalildaniels03/44vmxmhhkz6tnjdx/wish/717779787 "Are we still the good guys? he said. Yes. We're still the good guys. And we always will be" (McCarthy 39). khalildaniels03 https://padlet.com/khalildaniels03/44vmxmhhkz6tnjdx/wish/717923997 In this quote, a conversation is being held between the boy and the man about their conscious lies. Hope is being shown because even though they did what they needed to survive, they did it out of good faith and still believe they're good people.

Hope]]> 2020-09-03 13:58:55 UTC https://padlet.com/khalildaniels03/44vmxmhhkz6tnjdx/wish/717923997 "Then he just knelt in the ashes. He raised his face to the paling day" (McCarthy 3). khalildaniels03 https://padlet.com/khalildaniels03/44vmxmhhkz6tnjdx/wish/717939817 In this quote, hopelessness is being shown since his day is not going how he intended it. Something occurred that caused him to feel defeated, and it is beginning to leave a drastic impact on him mentally and emotionally.

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