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Oct 19, 2022 · There’s at least a possibility that the Kid in “The Passenger” represents a zombified summoning of the earlier one, only in this incarnation he has witnessed the 20th century and been ...
Writing for The New York Times, critic John Jeremiah Sullivan noted that the Thalidomide Kid (who is referred to simply as "the Kid" in nearly all but the very first instance in the book, with just one subsequent reference later in the story) may be a reference to the protagonist of McCarthy's 1985 novel Blood Meridian, writing that he may represent a "zombified summoning of the earlier one ...
The Kid, as perhaps a representative of the unconscious, doesn’t know what’s going to come to him to interpret or process for the conscious mind’s attention. b) Blurring the inner and outer. Part of the Kid’s response when Alicia tells him she’s not taking meds is this: “Which of course raises the old question of inner ailings and outer and where to draw the line.”
The Passenger is a 2022 novel by Cormac McCarthy. This is part of a pair of novels, the other entitled Stella Maris, that are McCarthy’s last publications before his death in 2023. The Passenger and Stella Maris are a departure in style and tone from McCarthy previous book, The Road (2006), though they retain his famous penchant for omitting ...
In the comments to this post, feel free to discuss up to the end of Chapter IX of The Passenger. There is no need to censor spoilers for this section of the book. Rule 6, however, still applies for the rest of The Passenger and all of Stella Maris – do not discuss content from later chapters here. Content from the previous chapters is permitted.
When Bobby Western first appears in the novel, he is investigating an underwater plane crash. He is a salvage diver, which is a significant metaphor in the novel. Bobby struggles to maintain a balanced life and is often salvaging the “wreckage” of his personal life. He spends a great deal of time reliving the past, specifically the remorse ...
A new “Chapter Discussion” thread for The Passenger will be posted every three days until all chapters are covered. “Chapter Discussion” threads for Stella Maris will begin at release on December 6, 2022. For discussion focused on other chapters, see the following posts. Note that these posts contain uncensored spoilers up to the end of ...
