The Road: Hope/Hopelessness Quotes Analysis by Sullivan, Jaidan R https://padlet.com/2000135944/7c3zezs9r28zgkb8 Pages 1-64 of The Road, with 3-6 examples of the subject Hope and or Hopelessness in relation to survival. en-us 2020-09-02 21:56:57 UTC 2025-04-24 05:12:28 UTC hello@padlet.com "You forget some things, don't you?Yes. You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget." pg. 6 2000135944 https://padlet.com/2000135944/7c3zezs9r28zgkb8/wish/716430763 This quote is said by the Man, and he is referring to the difference of forgetfulness of events versus the imprint of traumatic events on the human mind. This quote resembles the hopelessness The Man has. In the next paragraph, The Man thinks back to a pre-apocalyptic world bringing him both pleasure and pain as he remembers where he was versus where he is now. ]]> 2020-09-02 22:42:49 UTC https://padlet.com/2000135944/7c3zezs9r28zgkb8/wish/716430763 "Damn you eternally have you a soul? Oh God, he whispered. Oh God." pg. 6 2000135944 https://padlet.com/2000135944/7c3zezs9r28zgkb8/wish/716484786 Religious faith is a part of the text which shows Hope. The Man is speaking to God, blaming him for the apocalyptic event that took place. The text shows hope and not hopelessness because even with all that has happened to The Man, he is still showing his belief.  ]]> 2020-09-02 23:27:40 UTC https://padlet.com/2000135944/7c3zezs9r28zgkb8/wish/716484786 "He pitched the sweat blackened piece of leather into the woods and sat holding the photograph." pg. 26 2000135944 https://padlet.com/2000135944/7c3zezs9r28zgkb8/wish/716526310 In some ways, this quote from the text can be viewed as hope and hopelessness. As for hope, The Man leaving behind the articles that define his past is a way of looking to the future; although he is traveling through an a apocalyptic world, what is to come is not known to him, and there can be hope in not knowing. On the otherhand, the hopelessness is seen as he leaves behind articles of the past that used to be seen as needed and important, his leaving behind of them questions the hope that he may have for a better tomorrow.]]> 2020-09-02 23:59:19 UTC https://padlet.com/2000135944/7c3zezs9r28zgkb8/wish/716526310 " Are we still the good guys? he said. Yes. We're still the good guys. And we always will be." pg. 39 2000135944 https://padlet.com/2000135944/7c3zezs9r28zgkb8/wish/716562496 The Man is having a conversation with the boy giving him hope. The Man is the protector for this boy and acts as a father figure towards him. The Boy is gaining hope from what the Man tells him about survival and the world.]]> 2020-09-03 00:21:49 UTC https://padlet.com/2000135944/7c3zezs9r28zgkb8/wish/716562496