"The Road"

Book Review # 104460

English > Analysis
Literature > American

"The Road"

A summary of the novel, "The Road", by Cormac McCarthy.

779 words () | 1 source | MLA | 2008 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper briefly discusses how "The Road" is about a father who struggles to give his young son hope in a post-apocalyptic world. Plants and animals are dead, bands of humanity have turned into cannibalistic creatures that devour their human prey, and food must be scavenged for survival. The paper looks at how the father and son pair face a dark, dingy world and how, through it all, there is immense love and true hope between the two travelers.

From the Paper:

"Through all the melancholy, still, simple joys are had along the way when the boy first experiences the taste of a carbonated cola after a lone can is no doubt mistakenly left in a vending machine in a scavenged grocery store. (20) Nonetheless, tension is the main tenor of the father's life as he is aware of the dangers that could befall them along their journey. The pistol they carry has two (2) bullets, meant for suicide should this become necessary, as the threat of capture, attack, and starvation are fates worse than death."