Task One- Part Two

We should go, Papa, he said. Yes, the man said. But he didn't.
'Papa' suggests the child is still young and vulnerable, the story appears to be one in which a young child is put in frightening situations, the quote suggests that the father is trying to comfort the boy by telling him they can go, what he really meant was we're going to stay here for a bit but don't worry we'll leave eventually. The father oesn't want to leave the house he grew up in, he could be trying to hang on to a time where he didn't have to think about surviving and had no responsibilities.

The snow fell nor did it cease to fall.
This suggests that the cold and misery is endless, it is pathetic fallasy, McCarthy is using the snow to highlight the characters suffering and endless journey.It could also suggest that perhaps the relationship between the pair is suffering due to their situation or that their realtionshipwill not 'cease' to exist no matter what happens, the snow is still falling even though their has been an apocalypse, the weather carries on and so does their bond.

Okay? Okay.
The father needs reassurance that the child believes it is 'okay' that he isn't just agreeing with him because it's easy it is also the fathers way of asking the child if he is in fact 'okay' the quote suggests their father son realtionship is one in which the father doesn't ask outright how the son is but he still cares.


They sat on the edge of the tub and pulled their shoes on and then he handed the boy the pan and soap and he took the stove and the little bottle of gas and the pistol and wrapped in their blankets and they went back across the yard to the bunker.
This routine of survival and using wherever they can to wash etc. has become something they have done over and over it is as though they are performing something they have practised and practised even thought their stage changes. The relationship between the characters is strong, the child helps his father to carry and do what he can.