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My Signature Passage

• The Road: "In the dream from which he'd wakened he had wandered in a cave where the child led him by the hand. Their light playing over the wet flow stone walls. Like pilgrims in a fable swallowed up and lost among the inward parts of some granitic beast."
• In this scene in The Road, one of the man's dreams is described in detail. This shows his discourage, hardships, and inner thoughts of the world he's living in. I see this dream as depressing and morbid, it is almost saying that the father and son are the only good people left in a swarm of evil in their world.
• In The Grace of Silence, in many scenes you can see a direct relationship to this quote. Throughout the novel she questions the goodness of people throughout society, which is exactly what this dream relates to.
• This passage and book relates to the other books we've read this semester because of the issue and question between the bad and good people and actions in our world. Whether it's evil actions and isolation, racism, religious discrimination, or concentration camps, all books we've read this semester relate to ones goodness.
•  I will memorize the sentence "Like pilgrims in a fable swallowed up and lost among the inward parts of some granitic beast." I believe it is the most important and moving section of the passage.