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=Moral Wasteland =

//**Quotes:**// "I dont care. It's meaningless. You can think of me as a faithless slut if you like. I've taken a new lover. He can give me what you cannot." pg. 56-57 "What would you do if I died? If you died, I would want to die too. So you could be with me? Yes. So I could be with you. Okay." pg. 11 "Then one by one they turned and blinked in the pitiful light. Help us, they whispered. Please help us. Christ, he said. Oh Christ." pg. 110 "If they find you you are going to have to do it. Do you understand? Shh. No crying. Do you hear me? You know how to do it. You put it in your mouth and point it up. Do it quick and hard. Do you understand? Stop crying. Do you understand?" pg. 113 "Can you do it? When the time comes? When the time comes there will be no time. Now is the time. Curse God and die. What if it doesnt fire? It has to fire. What if it doesn't fire? Could you crust that beloved skull with a rock? Is there such a being within you of which you know nothing? Can there be? Hold him in your arms. Just so. The soul is quick. Pull him toward you. Kiss him. Quickly." pg. 114 Analysis: The theme of Moral Wasteland is very prevalent in __The Road__ because the boy and the man are living in a world of complete despair and poverty. The society that they are living in is one in which all moral consiciousness is gone. However, the man and the boy seem to portray themselves as the most moral characters in the novel. The boy is probably the most moral character, he cares for everyone he comes across and after his dad dies at the end, he prays to "God" or his father. The quotes that were chosen to represent the theme of Moral Wasteland show how morality is lacking in society. Perhaps the most powerful quote is the last one in which the father talks about his son killing himself if he dies. This shows that the man is having an internal struggle with morality and he isn't sure if his son can handle the struggle as well. The pictures that are below the particular quotes represent the question of morality that is presented in the quote. Each of the quotes shows that in the world that is represented in the road, questions of morality present themselves everyday; typically in the form of life or death.

"Suds in The Bucket" -Sara Evans __** She was in the backyard, say it was a little past nine When her prince pulled up, a white pickup truck Her folks should of seen it comin' it was only just a matter of time Plenty old enough, and you can't stop love.
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She stuck a note on the screen door "Sorry but I got to go" That was all she wrote, her mama's heart was broke That was all she wrote, so the story goes

Now her daddy's in the kitchen starin' out the window, scratchin' and a rackin' his brains How could 18 years just up'n and walk away? Our little pony-tail girl grown up to be a woman Now she's gone in the blink of an eye She left the suds in the bucket and the clothes hangin' out on the line

Now don't you wonder what the preacher's gonna preach about sunday mornin' Nothing quite like this has happened here before Well he must have been a looker, a smooth talkin' son of a gun For such a grounded girl to just up and run Course you can't fence time, and you can't stop love

**__"What About Now" -Chris Daughtry __** Shadows fill an empty heart As love is fading, From all the things that we are But are not saying. Can we see beyond the scars And make it to the dawn?

Change the colors of the sky. And open up to The ways you made me feel alive, The ways I loved you. For all the things that never died, To make it through the night, Love will find you.

What about now? What about today? What if you're making me all that I was meant to be? What if our love never went away? What if it's lost behind words we could never find? Baby, before it's too late, What about now?

Discussion Questions: 1. Do you think that in __The Road__ morality is still present? If so, how? 2. Why is it important for a society to have morality? Would you consider our society moral?