Food for Thought. (:

Ironically, I just finished a game of 20 Questions before starting the assignment. (:

Setting

1. Consistantly, there are beautiful passages depicting the scenery around the travelers. What effect do these passages have?

2. Why is the setting of the desert so important?

Characters

3. Based on what we know about John Grady's parents and upbringing, is it a surprise that he turned out the way he did?

4. How are Rawlins and Blevins alike, even though they do not get along?

5. How could John Grady be a Christ figure?

6. Why do Rawlins and Blevins not get along?

7. What is Blevins's real name?

8. Why does a man try and buy Blevins?

9. Mary Catherine Barnett. What's her significance?

10. What's the deal with Blevin's horse?

Action

11. What is the significance of the boys separating from each other?

12. Where are Rawlins and Grady at the end of Part I?

13. What's with the thunderstorm and lightning?

14. Do you think it is odd that their ride has been relatively conflict free? It is the Wild West after all.

Style

15. What's the deal with the lack of quotation marks?

16. How does McCarthy use local color in his novel?

17. What purpose do the longwinded sentences serve?

18. Does this novel follow a quest pattern? If so, how?

19. How is the stereotypical West being depicted?

20. Why do you think McCarthy is being so ambiguous?