https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv As you listen to the inner circle discussion, you will engage in a thoughtful padlet discussion. You should use this digital forum to respond to questions and comments posed by the inner circle. The title of your comment should be your Name. Post your comment in the text box. When you address a person’s question or comment be sure to include their name and a brief reference to the topic being discussed (Exp. Responding to @Sophia’s question about violence). Be sure to use the forum as a place to engage in thoughtful discussion that deepens your understanding of major themes from The Road! en-us 2018-02-11 19:04:19 UTC 2018-02-13 20:06:57 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Clouds.png https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230632436 2018-02-12 15:21:22 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230632436 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230632442 In response to Collin's question, I think it shows more of how humanity is very persistent no matter what happens. I think it shows humanity in a very dark light as individuals, killing and hurting and breaking each other to stay alive or just because they can. But as a whole, it shows humanity at its worst trying to make the best of things.]]> 2018-02-12 15:21:23 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230632442 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230632535 @paulinas question, God in the book is represented the way it is because of the situation that the book is placed in.]]> 2018-02-12 15:21:35 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230632535 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230632781 @Diegos question about guns/bullets. The boy thinks of them as safety because the man used them to protect themselves.]]> 2018-02-12 15:22:00 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230632781 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230632944 I agree with Lacey that the boy sees the gun as another form as death and not much more]]> 2018-02-12 15:22:17 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230632944 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230633011 I think the man sees GOD as the reason why everything is happening. The reason why every living being is dead, and why his son is starving to death.

]]> 2018-02-12 15:22:22 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230633011 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230633718 l agree with paulinas perspective]]> 2018-02-12 15:23:24 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230633718 jua_gar482 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230634518 Responding to Paulina's comment about the meaning of the weapon.
I agree with her comment that the gun represents safety for the boy, as it was the item with which his father protected him with all along.

]]> 2018-02-12 15:24:26 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230634518 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230634669 2018-02-12 15:24:37 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230634669 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230635487 l believe it could eventually lead back into cannibalism if you were in a desperate time.]]> 2018-02-12 15:25:43 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230635487 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230635776 The gun to the boy is the embodiment of all he fears

]]> 2018-02-12 15:26:08 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230635776 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230636458 I think God is a symbol of hope in The Road]]> 2018-02-12 15:27:08 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230636458 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230636478 God in the book is used as a sort of representation of the world now lost, and the purity lost with it. Also the quote is something to the effect "if the boy wasn't the word of God then God never spoke". Also, as Diego was planning to probably talk about, religion are two different yet connected things. Religion is the thing that lets you think that's it's all gonna be okay after you die, God is our attempt at understanding a force greater than us in the universe.]]> 2018-02-12 15:27:10 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230636478 jua_gar482 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230637336 Responding to the inner circle's comments about the role of "God" in the book.
I can agree with the group's comments that "God" represents their last symbol of hope. Given that if they were to die, they would at the very least like to go to a better place]]> 2018-02-12 15:28:32 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230637336 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230637963 In response to Augustin's question, I don't think cannibalism has sort of 'gone-out-of-style'. I think if humanity, as it were today, got to this point, desperate times will always call for desperate measures. People today still eat other people, and that's not even necessarily for survival. If people can still 🤬 people, then people will still eat other people.]]> 2018-02-12 15:29:35 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230637963 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230638557 I agree with lacey, you do what you need to do to survive.

]]> 2018-02-12 15:30:32 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230638557 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230639130 To answer Augustin´s question, I think people will reach that breaking point since the whole living creatures are dead, and the only creatures that will have meat will be humans.]]> 2018-02-12 15:31:27 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230639130 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230639137 2018-02-12 15:31:27 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230639137 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230639343 Cannibalism is soooooooo out of style, unless human gets considered a super food soon.]]> 2018-02-12 15:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230639343 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230639723 if it comes down to it cannibalism may be needed for survival]]> 2018-02-12 15:32:27 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230639723 jua_gar482 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230640282 Responding to Nick's question about isolation. What isolation reveals about the human nature is that humans are meant to belong to a group, any group. When faced with isolation for long enough, people can suffer visible after-effects such as mental deterioration and insanity.]]> 2018-02-12 15:33:17 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230640282 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230640645 Responding to Nick's question, isolation reveals that humans are inherently afraid of being alone. As humans, we are more likely to survive with companions, we are better off innovating and creating things together. Isolation causes a sort of break and tear in people's minds if they are to go from a community to no one at all that can be incredibly or impossible to fix. Isolation also reveals that humans will do anything once they reach that point.]]> 2018-02-12 15:33:56 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230640645 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230640683 @nick Isolation reveals what humans really are, what we really feel. Humans need a partner in someone no one can be alone and this can be  perceived by the book]]> 2018-02-12 15:34:00 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230640683 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230640953 I agree that everyone has a breaking point and would do anything they need to do to survive even if that means eating people :)]]> 2018-02-12 15:34:28 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230640953 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230641409 I understand what you're saying Diego, but I'm pretty darn sure that animals are able to talk to themselves, even though they may not need it as much

]]> 2018-02-12 15:35:13 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230641409 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230642848 Wilson!!!]]> 2018-02-12 15:37:24 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230642848 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230644946 The thing you have to remember is she did give birth during the apocalypse, so part of her mindset could have been effected by post natal depression. Also, if the choice is a short happyish life or a long cruddy life, choose longer and try to make it not cruddy, subvert your "destiny"]]> 2018-02-12 15:40:21 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230644946 jua_gar482 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230646078 Responding to Laura's comment about 🤬.
I can see why she would rather not try to survive and like she said "it is better to live a good short life, than a long bad one." Although, I still believe that it would be better to try and survive to find some good in the bad.]]> 2018-02-12 15:41:51 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230646078 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230647128 l don't believe that I could ever abandon the family I have in that circumstance.

]]> 2018-02-12 15:43:20 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230647128 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230647535 How do you define most successful species? ]]> 2018-02-12 15:43:52 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230647535 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230648837 The woman and the man are very similar in the sense that they both want the same things. They both want to care for/about the boy, but they are also understanding of the idea that to end your life is to end your own personal suffering. The difference between them is that the man had so much more to live for. He had the boy to live for, he had to help end the boy's own suffering by keeping him alive. The woman never had this option. For the most part, she had no role in the boy's survival, and that's the difference between them. It's why the man won't 🤬 himself and the mother will/did.]]> 2018-02-12 15:45:43 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230648837 jua_gar482 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230649143 Responding to Laycee's comment about the woman's struggle.
I completely agree that we are being bias of the woman because of her leaving the man and her child. But like Laycee said we do not know enough about the woman and the struggles she went through after giving birth to her child.]]> 2018-02-12 15:46:13 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230649143 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230649882 If you have trouble with finding life's purpose, give it one.]]> 2018-02-12 15:47:13 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230649882 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230651720 Morals are what you as an individual live by whereas ethics are standards set by the general society]]> 2018-02-12 15:50:02 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230651720 jua_gar482 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230651810 Responding to @Laura's question about ethics and morals.
I believe that ethics are more universal and that morals are more personal. I believe that the line should be drawn where people can avoid killing or hurting each other. ]]> 2018-02-12 15:50:11 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230651810 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230652583 Morals are personal, ethics are morals shared by groups and/or nations]]> 2018-02-12 15:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230652583 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230652756 Ethics are more of what the mass value and won't do, whereas morals is what the individual values and won't do. Culture plays into our ethics and morals and what really separates masses of people from other masses.]]> 2018-02-12 15:51:52 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230652756 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230654706 I used to be a man walking around with my son in a dead world like you, until I took an arrow to the knee.]]> 2018-02-12 15:55:07 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230654706 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230655041 @paulinas question about the man injuring himself foreshadows the mans death because he eventually dies soon after that]]> 2018-02-12 15:55:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230655041 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230655661 I don't like the idea that humans are born and live to die, but the purpose of life is exactly that. You live for what happens after you die. Also the answer to life, the universe, and everything is 42. C'mon, Diego.]]> 2018-02-12 15:56:33 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230655661 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230655757 Since the question was brought up again, I shall say it again: 
Life's meaning is to give it meaning. A rollie pollie doesn't care that it is insignificant to us in our shiney cars and gigantic planes, it's still gonna do the adorableness that it's going to do]]> 2018-02-12 15:56:42 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230655757 jua_gar482 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230657067 Responding to @Paulina's question about the man's injury.
I believe that the injury foreshadows his demise as he was already very weak.]]> 2018-02-12 15:58:39 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230657067 jua_gar482 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230658414 Responding to Collin's comment about the man's purpose.
I agree with his idea that the man's purpose was to take care of his child and to do everything in his power to ensure the child's safety and survival.]]> 2018-02-12 16:00:24 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230658414 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230660191 Maybe if guys could KEEP IT IN THEIR PANTS (I guess girls are like that too, I just feel like the trend started originally by men)]]> 2018-02-12 16:02:51 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230660191 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230660872 it leads me on a path but idk if its the right one.

]]> 2018-02-12 16:03:53 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230660872 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230664231 Posing a question relating to cannibalism and subconscious, is deciding to eat someone for survival, or in crazier instances just because, a subconscious/gut reaction or is it always a conscious decision to do something like that?]]> 2018-02-12 16:08:14 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230664231 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230664416 The subconscious is your conscious under water. Seriously though, you've got the subconscious all wrong. Subconscious is what you do without actively thinking about it. It's your brain working on its own]]> 2018-02-12 16:08:28 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230664416 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230665563 Is subconsciousness something that isn't unique at all? Is your subconscious something that many people can have/share with other people, like a fight or flight reaction, or is subconscious just how your brain decides to act and react on your conscious decisions?]]> 2018-02-12 16:10:05 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230665563 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230784970 (Responding to kacie's question)I think the dad would help the son not to commit 🤬 because since he went through it with his wife i think he knows some what in helping cope with it also because since they have a stronger bond since he is his child and him being the father having the trait to protect his own. ]]> 2018-02-12 19:23:47 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230784970 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230785064 I think the father would have tried to keep his son from committing 🤬. The reason he showed his son to use the gun if the son was immediate danger. 

I think i would rather fight and keep going to the end. In this situation is hard but at the same time you dont know how long this situation will be. It could take months or even years. Others might think well just put yourself out of the misery situation.

I agree with melanie, to survive this situation you are have to be willing to 🤬 other people and animals to survive. 

(comment added to melanie talking about age of the boy)I think it doesn't rely on the boys age but how mature the boy is. On how he takes everything that is happening around him and how he acts.

i think their goal to keep going was to not be caught by others and to get closer to the warmth. i think the warmth was a symbol to keep them alive





]]> 2018-02-12 19:23:56 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230785064 wil_hut815 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230785442 I originally thought the book would end with the man killing his son and himself after being surrounded by cannibals 

]]> 2018-02-12 19:24:29 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230785442 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230785591 I think that he would rather shot his son himself because he would know how he died. In the book it shows that he won't let the boy commit 🤬 because how the boy wanted to be with his mom and the dad didn't want him to talk like that. That shows that he won't let the boy 🤬 himself. For Happy's question I would rather die because I wouldn't have to worry about looking for survival and food and sickness!!. I would rather be in peace and in a better place. For Mellony's question I think the father would have died or killed himself with out the kid because there wasn't any motivation for him to keep fighting for something. With the boy he wanted him to be in a safe place but not him. For ]]> 2018-02-12 19:24:47 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230785591 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230785928 Why does that will to survive over come your morals?]]> 2018-02-12 19:25:14 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230785928 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230786405 I dont think the man could face killing his son without killing himself too.]]> 2018-02-12 19:26:01 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230786405 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230786459 so killing your child is justified ????]]> 2018-02-12 19:26:05 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230786459 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230786603 I don't think the dad would be okay with either of those options @melanie]]> 2018-02-12 19:26:19 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230786603 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230787479 So killing your child is justified? How? @whit]]> 2018-02-12 19:27:42 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230787479 meg_hen526 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230789404 In response to @Happy, most likely, if it's me versus everyone else id 100% become a cannibal. Other species do it let us do it too.]]> 2018-02-12 19:30:48 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230789404 wil_hut815 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230789480 2018-02-12 19:30:58 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230789480 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230789736 I don't think I'd be able to go cannibalistic even considering the circumstances]]> 2018-02-12 19:31:26 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230789736 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230790056 Even if the person is already dead i think it would be considered disrespectful to the person who´s died.

]]> 2018-02-12 19:31:53 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230790056 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230790114 Hmmmm dying slowly of starvation or cannibalism? Yeah i'd definitely choose cannibalism ]]> 2018-02-12 19:31:59 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230790114 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230791002 Depending on whether you feel as a person that you could survive in that type of environment, me personally would have to be killed in sickness or by another person to die. I couldn't 🤬 myself when I know that it is a possibility that I could live. ]]> 2018-02-12 19:33:47 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230791002 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230791800 Why not just fight till you die?]]> 2018-02-12 19:35:21 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230791800 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230792246 2018-02-12 19:36:19 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230792246 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230794311 So is it wrong that the father pushes his son to stay alive even in this world that has no hope?]]> 2018-02-12 19:40:17 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230794311 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230795092 I think the dad is a brave person because he fights to get for a better place for his son. Specially not knowing where the road ends he just has hope . for happy's question - I don't think it was appropriate for the dad to just take everything away from the guy that stole from them. I think the dad should have known that everyone is looking for a way to survival and just give a small amount because they would keep walking either way and find new resources. for Davion's question i think the fear of death is keeping them alive to see what is in the other side. for melony's question i think the father should of been realistic about the goals they had for themselves. for JW's question they wanted to move because his wife just told him to go south. why not east or west? I think the wife encouraged him to just keep going south for a better life for her son. ]]> 2018-02-12 19:41:45 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230795092 wil_hut815 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230796008 i think it is better for them to die early in their trek, to die full of hope 

]]> 2018-02-12 19:43:28 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230796008 meg_hen526 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230796883 2018-02-12 19:45:03 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230796883 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230797034 Of course he's being brave for his son, as soon as you show a sign of doubt to a child their whole world shuts down and they start doubting everything. No matter how small that sign of doubt is they pick up on it, kids are good at picking up those types of signals]]> 2018-02-12 19:45:19 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230797034 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230797523 Is the man stronger for pretending to be strong for his son]]> 2018-02-12 19:46:11 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230797523 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230797938 The father sets his son an example of how determined he is to ensure both of their survival even if it is in grim circumstances. If the father starts to show signs of weakness then it will probably influence his sons hopelessness ]]> 2018-02-12 19:47:01 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230797938 wil_hut815 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230799868 its not just a dog eat dog world its a people eat people world ]]> 2018-02-12 19:50:46 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230799868 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230800575 It would take  actions such as resources to keep their people from starving. Then maybe they could trust in the government but it would be hard because for a period of time they resorted back to full control over ones own actions, to completely controlled. Anything could happen 
]]> 2018-02-12 19:52:07 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230800575 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230803059 But lets be honest, the world is full of let downs regardless of how life is going at that moment.]]> 2018-02-12 19:56:25 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230803059 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230803200 @Melanie It would be better include both attributes since having optimism would bring motivation to continue your survival however being realistic would draw the line to how far you are willing to go to reach that goal ]]> 2018-02-12 19:56:46 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230803200 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230804014 2018-02-12 19:58:22 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230804014 wil_hut815 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230807543 i could survive because i have no moral qualms a]]> 2018-02-12 20:05:27 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/230807543 col_bum846 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231084881 2018-02-13 15:27:32 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231084881 pau_med045 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231085354 The ocean is a sense of hope and freedom. A chance of an escape from the horrors of the world that is presented upon them. 

]]> 2018-02-13 15:28:12 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231085354 lau_pud440 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231085582 @crystal because the ocean is magical

]]> 2018-02-13 15:28:32 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231085582 zeh_tom184 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231086101 @ Juan I think the ocean represents hope, something that they will hold on to. ]]> 2018-02-13 15:29:22 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231086101 nic_bla820 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231086276 2018-02-13 15:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231086276 lau_mar287 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231086528 the man still tries to connect his past to the boys present even though the goal is pointless the man is too afraid of the current state to let go of the past he knew so well]]> 2018-02-13 15:30:05 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231086528 zeh_tom184 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231087154 @ Geoffrey The houses represents something unknown and since he doesn't know what is in there. ]]> 2018-02-13 15:31:07 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231087154 nic_bla820 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231088751 2018-02-13 15:33:42 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231088751 lau_mar287 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231088973 @Jeremiah the story to me seems to be about the average person in the world, because of this the reader is able to imagine their own story 

]]> 2018-02-13 15:34:03 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231088973 lau_pud440 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231089020 @jeremiah I think they do not have names because names were not important to their survival. It was not necessary for the story line. The characters were fully developed and did not need names.]]> 2018-02-13 15:34:07 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231089020 col_bum846 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231093633 @ Juan. The man is angry at God for putting him in a 
a situation that he (The Man) does not understand.]]> 2018-02-13 15:41:10 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231093633 pau_med045 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231094171 He does not hate God. He simply doubts the figure of God. In order to believe in a higher power, you must hear him "speak". In the book it says, "He knew only that the child was his warrant. He said: If he is not the word of God God never spoke."

]]> 2018-02-13 15:41:56 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231094171 col_bum846 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231095483 @ Josue. The book states that "The Woman" would rather die in "dignity" than be killed, raped, or eaten by cannibals. ]]> 2018-02-13 15:44:01 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231095483 lau_pud440 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231095529 I believe she took her life because there was no reason for her to be alive anymore.]]> 2018-02-13 15:44:04 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231095529 zeh_tom184 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231097740 @Christian I think death represents something the characters can fall back to. It is an escape for them.Some might value death over living just because they don't want to suffer in a post apocalyptic world.]]> 2018-02-13 15:47:39 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231097740 lau_pud440 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231097762 I think surviving is not a good enough reason to live, so in a post apocalyptic situation death is more valuable.]]> 2018-02-13 15:47:42 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231097762 lau_mar287 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231097763 @Juan i disagree, I believe it is dependent on the person rather than the situation. People are all different and so is the way we handle different situations.

]]> 2018-02-13 15:47:42 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231097763 col_bum846 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231097992 2018-02-13 15:48:05 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231097992 col_bum846 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231099650 @Emily. I don't believe humanity would go back to itself due to the fear lingering from the incident. Fear causes humanity to act atypically and often times aggressively. 

]]> 2018-02-13 15:50:36 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231099650 lau_pud440 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231099664 @Emily I think nothing can ever really go back to "the way it used to be" because it is in the past and cannot be completely replicated.]]> 2018-02-13 15:50:38 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231099664 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231099934 i think people would want it to go back to the way it was before but but getting there would be hard because resources are limited and there arent as many people there to bring society back to how it was]]> 2018-02-13 15:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231099934 zeh_tom184 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231100185 @Emily I think the humanity will find a way to form a society, but their morals and ethics might differ from what we currently have, just because they have seen so much destruction.]]> 2018-02-13 15:51:28 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231100185 lau_mar287 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231102545 @Juan Yes, some people are crazy just living in our modern world

]]> 2018-02-13 15:55:06 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231102545 col_bum846 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231102636 @Juan. I wouldn't put it past humanity. ]]> 2018-02-13 15:55:14 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231102636 nic_bla820 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231103014 2018-02-13 15:55:49 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231103014 zeh_tom184 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231104437 If everything is destroyed including plants how do the humans are still alive, where do they get the oxygen from??]]> 2018-02-13 15:57:52 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231104437 lau_mar287 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231107234 @Juan i doubt other countries unaffected would not help us as well as our own country like jeremiah said]]> 2018-02-13 16:01:43 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231107234 lau_pud440 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231111176 @geoffrey no]]> 2018-02-13 16:06:53 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231111176 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231248036 She clearly wanted to commit 🤬, I think she did it]]> 2018-02-13 19:27:26 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231248036 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231248954 Interesting question. I feel like there is no need for a name because it is only them two. Names are needed to identify one person from another, and they don’t have many to differentiate from]]> 2018-02-13 19:28:48 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231248954 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231249179 I'm sure that they did have names and called each other by their names when having conversations. But I agree with Jeremiah - I think in such a degenerate society, names are irrelevant.The omission of names is more of a writing technique than a true characteristic of the world in The Road.]]> 2018-02-13 19:29:13 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231249179 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231249883 There was almost no need for names. They aren't talking to anyone but each other]]> 2018-02-13 19:30:22 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231249883 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231250898 It does’t matter how it happened, it only matters what the world is like. It also lets the reader develop their own perspective]]> 2018-02-13 19:32:04 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231250898 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231251488 The super volcano ]]> 2018-02-13 19:33:03 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231251488 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231251513 It would make for a very cool story if it was caused by the Yosemite super-volcano!

]]> 2018-02-13 19:33:05 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231251513 hap_dav801 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231251844 The fall of capitalism]]> 2018-02-13 19:33:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231251844 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231252092 It would make sense if it was the super volcano with the ash and stuff ]]> 2018-02-13 19:34:00 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231252092 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231252331 A portal to the past ]]> 2018-02-13 19:34:23 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231252331 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231253269 Why does the father turn on the bath tub when he is first sees the power outages ]]> 2018-02-13 19:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231253269 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231253390 I definitely agree with Alice and Noah. I think it is natural for humans to band together, and society will arise from that]]> 2018-02-13 19:36:15 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231253390 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231253422 Society could start but it would have to be small]]> 2018-02-13 19:36:18 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231253422 kae_ste956 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231253610 I think since there is no new life coming out of the world, there is no hope for a new society. Eventually everything living will die and that will be the end of the world mentioned in the Road.]]> 2018-02-13 19:36:36 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231253610 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231254484 @Will I think it's love or the metaphorical fire :-----)]]> 2018-02-13 19:38:12 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231254484 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231255609 I think morality is relative to one’s circumstancws]]> 2018-02-13 19:40:13 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231255609 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231256306 This book isn’t basically the last of us]]> 2018-02-13 19:41:30 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231256306 hap_dav801 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231256313 2018-02-13 19:41:30 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231256313 hap_dav801 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231257554 Why are we against eating dogs]]> 2018-02-13 19:43:46 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231257554 kae_ste956 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231258285 I think it's unethical and unreasonable in The Road because if people continue eating one another, there will eventually be no one left. Then what?]]> 2018-02-13 19:45:00 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231258285 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231259249 I think it is the emotional connection that prevents us from eating both humans and dogs]]> 2018-02-13 19:46:03 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231259249 edi_all425 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231259379 theres an emotional attachment to dogs]]> 2018-02-13 19:46:19 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231259379 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231259408 It’s only because they are pets

]]> 2018-02-13 19:46:22 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231259408 hap_dav801 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231260188 Does the intelligence of an animal affect how we value their lives?]]> 2018-02-13 19:47:48 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231260188 edi_all425 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231260320 if you have to respect people when theyre alive why do you get to disrespect them when they die]]> 2018-02-13 19:48:07 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231260320 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231261390 Trout reference location that they arrive at]]> 2018-02-13 19:50:01 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231261390 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231261850 Gulf of MExico???? Or West coast?]]> 2018-02-13 19:50:53 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231261850 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231262998 I feel like Father used his son’s belief in him and credibility to motivate his son (i.e.: saying the water would be blue)]]> 2018-02-13 19:53:05 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231262998 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231263016 @ Samantha- that promis of the water being blue was something he told him to keep him going and motivated. ]]> 2018-02-13 19:53:06 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231263016 hap_dav801 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231264051 Without hope I dont think anything would drive the story.]]> 2018-02-13 19:55:01 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231264051 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231264839 What if this was all a figure of the boy’s imagination (dream) and wo]]> 2018-02-13 19:56:33 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231264839 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231265892 What if that was part of his family]]> 2018-02-13 19:58:30 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231265892 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231266275 2018-02-13 19:59:10 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231266275 hap_dav801 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231266293 If there are other survivors not trying to eat people why not follow them]]> 2018-02-13 19:59:12 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231266293 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231266383 @ JD- a good guy would have to not eat people and have some compassion to help. ]]> 2018-02-13 19:59:21 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231266383 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231266397 On page 53 why does the. Dad turnbuckle in the bathtub ]]> 2018-02-13 19:59:23 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231266397 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231266953 Found this on a website and thought it was interesting...
"The death of the Man was also the death of the narrator, and up until that point we'd only seen the world through his eyes; the story had been about him (and his boy, but from his angle), but when the narrator died, another one had to take his place. The Boy isn't as jaded as the Man was, though they'd seen some pretty hardcore shite on their travels. Could it be the world never was AS gnarly as the Man let us understand? That the so called good guys aren't that hard to find? I'm just throwing it out there, but they likely met some pretty damn good guys on the road but because The Man had lost so much it was better to stay away from everyone. The Boy had the Fire, his childlike innocence, and he was lonely, and desperate, and he let someone come close, and it turned out fine. Like it probably would've turned out a hundred times over, had they not been so careful."]]> 2018-02-13 20:00:27 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231266953 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231267121 Keep in mind, the faher never seays he carries the fire. he says the sos reven reni]]> 2018-02-13 20:00:42 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231267121 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231267377 If that family was cannibles then would they still be good? ]]> 2018-02-13 20:01:19 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231267377 https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231269604 2018-02-13 20:05:57 UTC https://padlet.com/cassie_polasek/aeu0nv2fejyv/wish/231269604