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Originally Posted by kennyc
I think it's fairly common usage. As I'm sure you know English uses any number of words interchangeably to name certain things. But you may still be right that it was an intentional usage -- I really wouldn't put anything past him given the "poetry" of much of this novel.
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Just like any other language. I'm pretty sure McCarthy use it with all its implications though. I's so carefully constructed that he would have had to be aware.
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Originally Posted by kennyc
I think there must have been some significance to the dreams -- even if just to contrast with the "nightmare" of waking life -- but I think it may have slipped right past me.
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'Nightmare of walking life' is a good observation. I hadn't thought of it. The first dreams are of monsters and strange deep, scary places, but the man mentiones to the boy that when dreams turn nice or pleasureable that is when to be aware or afraid. Later on the man's dreams turn more benign - as he is dying.