The Road
Section 3 Page 18-33 q 11
“Not all dying words are true and this blessing is no less real for being shorn
of its ground.” (31) To which dying words to you think he is referring? Who or what is the blessing? How do you know?
“Not all dying words are true and this blessing is no less real for being shorn
of its ground.” (31) To which dying words to you think he is referring? Who or what is the blessing? How do you know?
The father is referring to the blessing of warmth and fire.
God’s own firedrake. The sparks rushed upward and died in the starless dark. Not all dying words are true and this blessing is no less real for being shorn of its ground. McCarthy, Cormac (2007-03-20). The Road (Vintage International) (p. 31). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.The Road