JANNY CAI PERIOD 7: MODERN MYTHOLOGY 2020 Aim: How does Cormac McCarthy use style and syntax to create setting and develop meaning? Hello, internet, Today in Ms. Fusaro Period 7 class, we started out by reading “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost. After reading we analyzed the poem, making connections between the similarities of the poem and our summer reading book, “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy.In the poem, the woods are seen as an extension for the “house,” and the “house” was depicted as a sanctuary in the middle of the wood for the narrator. The horse, in the poem, is the narrator’s guide. The horse can be comparable to the Boy in “The Road” as the Father’s drive to keep on going despite being in a world with almost nothing. We also discussed about the lack of structure in the book, with no quotation marks, no chapter divisions, and the endless short sentences, representing the loss of time and order in the post-apocalyptic world. The Father’s goal is to keep on going for the Boy and reach the south. We also related a little bit of this to real life about time and purpose, prompting Ms. Fusaro to sharing a little story. I learned how to think outside the box and closely analyze the author’s words to establish their meaning today. This skill is very useful during standardized tests and helps with your reading comprehension. It’s also interesting to break down readings and find different interpretations of it and link them together.
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