Quotes From The Beloved By Pharmac Mccarthy

“I’m really hungry, Papa. I know” (McCarthy 51). The son tells his father that he is hungry many times throughout the novel. This small talk between the father and son showed me how thankful and blessed I am. There are so many people out there in the world who are struggling and don’t know where their next meal is going to come from. They are trying their best to survive and some have families just like them, have to try to keep them surviving as well. This whole novel, along with this quote, showed me how meaningful life really is.
“He woke in the dark of the woods in the leaves shivering violently. He sat up and felt about for the boy. He held his hand to his thin ribs. Warmth and movement. Heartbeat” (116). This father really cares for his son. He is comforted by the son. He protects the son of all of his surroundings and makes sure that everything is okay. The father tries his best to comfort him when the boy is asleep, but hungry and cold.
“You want to know what the bad guys look like. Now you know. It may happen again. My job is to take care of you. I was appointed to do that by God. I will kill anyone who touches you. Do you understand?” (77). This quote shows how protective he is over his spn and how he will do anything to keep him alive. It shows how much he loves his son.

The son was literally about to die, but they father saved him. This also makes the father seem like a heroic figure.
A reader is able to make an image of the boy inside their head. “He looked like something out of a death camp. Starved, exhausted, sick with fear” (117). The boy is very skinny, so that’s one thing. “What is wrong with him? He’s been struck by lightning. Can we help him? Papa? No we can’t help him. The boy kept pulling at his coat. Stop it. Can’t we help him papa? No. We can’t help him. There’s nothing to be done for him. The went on. The boy was crying” (50). This conversation shows the boy is caring and has compassion. He’s young and doesn’t fully understand what’s going on in the world right now. All he knows is what then father does. “What are you doing?” he hissed. What are you doing? There’s a little boy, Papa. There’s a little boy. There’s no little boy. What are you doing? Yes there is. I saw him. I told you to stay put. Didn’t I tell you? Now we’ve got to go. Come on. I just wanted to see him, Papa. I just wanted to see him” (84). This was another conversation between them. To me this showed that the boy is lonely, wants someone just like him, or maybe he wanted friends just like him dad had.
The affection toward his son is real; the father lives for his son. “The man had already dropped to the ground and he swung with him and leveled the pistol and fired from a two-handed position balanced on both knees at a distance of six feet. The man fell back instantly and lay with blood bubbling from the hole in his forehead (66). He did what he had to do to keep him and his son alive. “Take me with you, the boy said. He looked as if he was going to cry. No. I want you to wait here. Please, Papa. Stop it. I want you to do what I say. Take the gun. I don’t want the gun. I didn’t ask you if you wanted it. Take it” (70). I didn’t like this conversation very much because he was very demanding toward the child. I would also never for a second leave my child behind. “The boy had fallen. He dropped the armload of blankets and the tarp and picked him up” (99). The father does try his best to be a role model for his son when he cannot be there for him anymore and that’s one thing thing I do like. He will drop anything and everything to make sure the boy is okay.
The character I would post relate is the father.

I feel I would identify with him the most. The father only lives for his son. If it were just my sister and I, then I live for her. He does whatever is necessary to keep his son alive. I would do anything to keep my sister alive. I would teach her how to survive on her own in case anything happened to me. “If we were going to die would you tell me? I don't know. We’re not going to die” (94). After the son had a knife held to his throat, he continued to tell his son that they were not going to die. He continues to reassure the boy many times throughout the novel, and I would do the same. I would tell my sister that we are not going to

die.
The theme that I chose was death and violence. In the pages, readers see all of the deaths that have happened and how much violence occurs throughout the book. “Human bodies. Sprawled in every attitude. Dried and shrunk in their rotten clothes” (47). This is horrible. Imagine trying to get into a tracker trailer and finding a group of dead bodies. The whole entire passage before that, gives the reader a horrendous descriptive image in their head. Violence was necessary for every character in this novel. It was necessary for the father to protect him and his son.