The Road - Blog #1

          In the novel The Road, written by Cormac McCarthy, the story talks about the journey of a father and son over a period of several months who travel across the apocalyptic landscape of America which the father describes to be gray and covered in ash. The title in itself provides a literal meaning to the story since its told in the novel that the boy and the father are walking around a road with a shopping cart that holds their supplies and belongings. Though the title is literal it holds a greater meaning. To mean the title represents challenges that have to be faced with a extreme focus and concentration. To add on if looked at from at a straight angle it seems to go on forever seeming to never end. Even though the road is seen as challenging the Father pushes on not for himself but for his son which can be seen as cliche. I feel as if McCarthy emphasizes this since in this broken world the Father sees his son as the only thing that seems to still be in peace, pure and not broken by this world covered in ash.