Literature Analysis #8

The Road by cormac McCarthy is about a man and his son surviving after a post ApoColyptic world. Their main goal is to walk across a bare landscape trying to survive the long winter. The story does not say why the world ended. The father knows that they can't survive another winter so he takes his and him south to find the sea and "good guys" like them

The main theme of this story is never give up. Throughout the story the father and his son are trying their hardest to stay alive and find People like themselves. They encountered many bad people that were trying to kill them.

The tone of the story is enlightening sad and confusing at the same time. It's enlightening when the father and son survive each and every obstacle. It's sad to see them struggle. It's confusing in that we don't know how everything started

Many lit elements were used like flashbacks and symbolism. Throughout the story the author used flashbacks so we could understand the story a little better. The flashbacks helped me understand the story better. He also used to symbolism to represent real life events, for example the boy represents the "good" in society.  McCarthy also uses "carrying the fire" throughout he book which represents to carry on the human race.  He also uses many imagery to describe how everything is so bleak and grey.