quotations

'THIS IS MY CHILD, HE SAID. I WASH A DEAD MAN'S BRAINS OUT OF HIS HAIR. THAT IS MY JOB.'
In this quote it suggests the genre of the novel is going to be horror, with the imagery of washing the boys hair of 'dead man's brains'. It tells us that the characters are in danger of others and possibly each other. From this quote we also know their must be a lot of death and violence throughout the novel as the man doesn't act as though it's a major issue and that he can saw what happened but there is nothing he can do to change it but 'wash a dead man's brains out of his hair.' When the man says 'that is my job.' he is suggesting that he only knows to look after the boy and feels he has no choice but to. It could also imply that the boy is quite young and is reliant on the man to survive and couldn't if something happened to him. There are two main themes in this quote death maybe murder and relationships. The main relationship is between the man and his we presume son but he may not be his biological father. They have quite a strong relationships has they are both reliant on each other but in different ways, the man because he has a reason to live which is the boy and the boy because he couldn't live without them. 

'YES I AM, HE SAID. I AM THE ONE.'
This quote could suggest that he may be of great power or the chosen one for a journey. It could also be seen that he is being very blunt and isn't happy about being 'the one'. The boy comes across as though he feels he has a task to do in the future of some point. It also shows his immaturity because he comes across as stubborn and as though he will feel no other answer. From this quote we also know that what happens throughout is from the mans point of view and not the boys. Another thing that can be noticed from this quote is that the language is very simple much the same as the rest of the novel this may show the unintelligent of the characters, however could also be an indication that they are fed up of talking to each other and have nothing else to say. The themes in this quote suggest a journey of some sort. The relationship could be seen as a difference in opinions, meaning they don't always see eye to eye with each other. It also comes across that the boy feels he has had a worse time than the man throughout his life.   

'TOMATOES, PEACHES, BEANS, APRICOTS. CANNED HAMS. CORNED BEEF.'
In this quote it comes across that the novel is a story of survival. We know this from the foods being named, because to us these things don't seem very special however to them they are a sign of hope. It also shows how the characters can be easily pleased because they are so happy to find these basic foods, that we take advantage for today and could also be an indication that they are starving. The story could be about characters trying to survive alone without the use of technological and essentials that we rely on so much today. The themes that come across in this quote are of starvation and living without. The only thing it tells us about the character is that they are hungry and grateful to see all this food. The story may be told by giving detail on the little things that don't really matter to us in day to day life.

'ARE WE STILL THE GOOD GUYS, HE SAID.'
This suggests that it could be a novel about crime and punishment, this could be seen by the indication of the  'good guys'. The boy is questioning his papa at this point which shows he has doubts in him from some hidden reason. Meaning them as 'the good guys' must have done something wrong in his eyes and he doesn't know whether the man did the right thing. The themes of doubt and punishment come through because he could be scared of the consequences of his actions. The relationship between the two characters comes out more as it shows that the boy although reliant and depend on the man still questions some of his choices and thinks he does wrong. It could also indicate that the boy is young and easily confused and needs someone to comfort him and tell him he's done or doing the correct thing. The story might go on to show the vulnerability of the boy and how dependent he is on the man, and final what he is going to do if something forbids him from being safe with the man. 

'WE SHOULD GO, PAPA, HE SAID. YES, THE MAN SAID. BUT HE DIDN'T.'
The word 'Papa' suggests that the boy is still young and dependant on the man. From this quote it suggests that the novel could be a type of horror where a child is being put in circumstances they dont feel comfortable in. It suggests that the man wants to comfort him although also feels that they are doing the correct thing by not moving or that he wants to connect to the place that they are. From this point it might go on to show when they leave the place that he obviously connected to. Something horrific could also happen to them. The themes in this quote are relationships, it shows how although the boy wants something the man doesn't think that the boy is right, so he makes the boy stay in this uncomfortable place. The story might be a man and his son in an abandoned house and the boy feels like they could be under danger so they should leave though the man is too interested in the place they are.

'THE SNOW FELL NOR DID IT CEASE TO FALL.'
This quote is pathetic fallasy, as it uses the snow to suggest the cold and never ending misery that they are going through. The snow also highlights their suffering and endless journey, it could also be an idication that someone is going to die and be left alone in the cold snow and the other may have to carry on. The themes in this quote could be of feeling alone and as though there is no hope that they will excape from this situation. It could also show that their relationship is falling apart like the snow is falling from the sky, it also shows that although that there has been an apocalypse that the weather carries on. The story might go on to tell us about how they escape from all this snow and what happens to them while there and after they left.

'OKAY? OKAY.'
In this the father is asking for reasurance that the boy is 'okay' and isn't just agreeing with the man for arguments sake. The novel may be a journey of discovery, they might be going to find something and the man wants to check that the boy is 'okay' with what they are doing. The story might go on to tell us about the discovery they are on. It shows that their relationship isn't very strong because the man has to check the boy is 'okay' whereas if they had a strong relationship then he would know by the boys attitude.

'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.'
In this quote it suggests that they try and wash regularly although they have to change their circumstances all the time. The type of novel could be on survival. The story could go on to show that they don't get to wash again and their circumstances change to be worse then they were. The themes in this are survival and relationships. It shows how their relationship is quite strong because they wash together, and how the boy want to help the man by carrying the pan. In this the characters don't give much away about themselves but how they have to look after themselves and how little they have. The 'bunker' indicates that they are in hiding of something or someone. This can ad confusion as they have just spent so much time making themselves clean and yet they go and hide it all away. 

'TOLLING IN THE SILENCE THE MINUTE OF THE EARTH'
From the silence of everything but the bell you could indicate this as a sign of death because the church bells are always played at a funeral, although you could also be a sign of a journey still to come because at weddings the bells are played and a wedding is the start of a new journey. The story might be about someone who thinks they are the last person on the earth trying to survive and not get killed by maybe others or something else. Themes that come across in this are suffering and the effects of silence. It doesn't give much away about the characters apart form that they feel alone and possibly isolated. The story might be told as a diary entries of everyday although they may lose track of days in the silence 'of the earth'.

'SHE WAS GONE AND THE COLDNESS OF IT WAS HER FINAL GIFT.'
The novel could be about a love loss and how her leaving has an effect on him. The man that lost his lover could resent their child because he might see him as the cause of her killing herself. The themes in this is love and loss, the love bit from the way he sounds 'cold' himself and loss bit by the 'gone'. From the way he says 'gone' he makes it sound as though she felt nothing about leaving him. It doesn't say much about these characters but says about the man's previous lover. The man might tell the story of his lover and how the man is to blame and may be attack the child for taking away his love.