familial love theme Flashcards
two main characters
father and son- the principal relationship is one of paternal love
“each other’s world entire”
the man’s love for his son gives him the will the persevere. “The child was his warrant”
stark love
their love is generally the stark, silent kind, as the pairs whole existence consists of surviving one day to the next
never in the book do they say I love you but they show their love in different ways- for example, giving the boy the coca-cola
looks up to his father
for reassurance, safety and some kind of order in this chaotic world. “my job is to take care of you”
“he’d reached out to touch the child sleeping beside him”
paternal and maternal love
the woman elected to kill herself rather than be raped and eaten, and she suggested that the man kill the boy too, as death would be better than the hellish world they now occupy
“he knelt and smoothed her hair as she slept”
woman’s love
she tries to offer love by trying to “save” the boy by protecting him from pain, rather than helping him survive
