ARW on the 1st June 09

In today's discussion at the ARW class, we have discussed what a hero is, and found it difficult to define that. Then it occured to me that why the old man and the boy are not family in the book, because I doubted that even if they are family, as the old man cheers the boy and the boy respects the old man, it is not different so much, but in fact, they are not.
Is there some secret,or intention? Or just the suspicion?
I do not know.

I have watched the DVD of the Manufacturing Consent holidays, and is reading another kinds of books regarding the thesis, and making the outline to write it, but find it difficult for the vagueness of that history.