Assignment task: Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
In Blood Meridian, the Judge ultimately kills the Kid. Discuss your reaction to this conclusion in terms of how it fits with one or more of the central themes of McCarthy's novel.
You are welcome to draw evidence from the entirety of McCarthy's novel to support your response, but be sure that your focus is on your reaction to the Kid's death and how this action in the plot supports one or more of the central themes in the novel.
Finally, be sure to mine the novel for specific quotes and analyze the contents of these quotes in detail to support your response as opposed to summarizing the evidence being quoted.