Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Part one of ATPH questions

1. What can be inferred through Blevins leaving the dinner table of the Mexican family? 2. Who is Louisa and Arturo? 3. Why does Blevins panic when the thunderstorm rolls in? 4. Why does John Grady Cole want to run the ranch? 4. What kind of a mother id John Grady Coles's? 5. What can be inferred through the scene of John and his mother's about their relationship? 6. What kind of a relationship does John have with his father? 7. What does John want to leave the town with Rawlins? 8. What is significant about the scenery of sunsets in the west in the novel? 9. How does the setting of the novel compare to traditional westerns? 10. Why do Rawlins and John want to be cowboys? 11. Why does McCarthy not translate the Spanish into English? 12. What is significant, if anything, about the formatting of the novel? 13. Why do John and Rawlins treat Blevins like an immature kid when they are kids themselves? 14. How is the setting involved in the plot line? 15. What does the money from Rawlins pocket look like when he hands it to the lady to buy cider in Mexico? 16. How did John learn to speak Spanish? 17. Where is John's dad now? 18. Why did John's grandfather die? 19. What do the boys plan to do in Mexico? 20. Where are the boys originally from?

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