... lost child" (Priola, Outer 1). "The tinker does indeed have the child, which he found abandoned in the forest glade. Following rumor of his passage, Rinthy wanders the landscape, her breasts leaking milk months after the baby's disappearance. Culla likewise leaves the cabin, perhaps in search of his sister as he claims, although he gives no real indication that this is his purpose. The book recounts their individual journeys ... "rescue," as McCarthy himself has suggested, is to accept that there is "no such thing as life without bloodshed." In that accepting, we avoid being one of thos...

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• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School