tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6468526068381826908.post4762816143732063068..comments2009-08-24T21:48:50.170-07:00Comments on McCarthy Hearings: Take a Deep Breath...Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04512568500155565366noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6468526068381826908.post-35460094342636977052009-08-24T06:26:05.422-07:002009-08-24T06:26:05.422-07:00First, disclaimer! I have so much allergy medicin...First, disclaimer! I have so much allergy medicine in my system right now that I am barely functional, so please pardon any crazy rambling that might follow!<br /><br />The more I read about the breath of life passed from god to man, the more familiar it sounded, and I tried to figure out where I had heard it before. Surprise, surprise, it was in the Bible, in the Genesis account of creation.<br /><br />Genesis 1:30 - And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food." And it was so<br />And Genesis 2:7 - then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.<br /><br />While this is completely jumping from Sarah’s topic, I do think there’s a connection between a lot of McCarthy’s language, and the Bible. I just don’t think that Revelation was necessarily the best example of this. McCarthy is very Old Testament, whether it is in his fire and brimstone settings, or in the lyrical, poetic ways he describes things that reminds me of the Psalms.Rebecca Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08186895109323247938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6468526068381826908.post-52314259519110478132009-08-24T06:01:59.805-07:002009-08-24T06:01:59.805-07:00Just throwing this out there, but another link cou...Just throwing this out there, but another link could be humans and animalistic traits; lack of humanity that diffs us. In each book (not so easy to point out in All the Pretty Horses), certain characters seem to be animalistic. Murders, brutality, cannabilism, all show how these characters seem to be some enjoyment from pure physical drives ranging from hatred in Blood Meridian, to sexual appetite in Child of God.sammiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09129713187193125841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6468526068381826908.post-35698855076605115762009-08-23T19:44:16.608-07:002009-08-23T19:44:16.608-07:00I agree. I believe free will was a major theme in...I agree. I believe free will was a major theme in The Road. Each character had the free will to choose which path in The Road they would take. The path of sucide, to fight to carry on the fire, or survival at any cost.Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16087495149066278362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6468526068381826908.post-23256325445390313722009-08-23T16:07:15.489-07:002009-08-23T16:07:15.489-07:00Interesting... The breath reminds me of the one th...Interesting... The breath reminds me of the one thing we can control. The only thing we have a say in is our own breath our own life. You can chose to carry on or like the mother you can chose to end it. The breath takes us back to free will.Joeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15717193478612205620noreply@blogger.com