I do not understand the format of this book. Why are there no parentheses around what people are saying? What is the point of the lack of structure?
I also do not like all the large amounts of detail. I feel the plot line has still not been exposed 45 pages into the book because all the author is doing is giving detail of where the characters are.
Also the author has referred to “she” several times, who is she? Who do boy and father always have to make sure to avoid? Especially when there has apparently been no one there to see them
Did the apocalypse hit and they are the only survivors? Or is someone trying to kill all people and this is why they must hide?
Thus far in the book, I am left feeling confused and unsure for all reasons listed above.
Maybe the lack of structure in the book relates to the setting. There is no one around, no structure in society. No justice system of any sort. I agree about the plot and the introduction of the characters. But the detail is interesting. It helps to draw you into the book. I think Cormac McCarthy is really good at imagery. I felt I was next to the father and son, traveling along the road.
I think that the structure of the book is interesting and unique. It almost seems like the story is being told to you by a narrator, that being McCarthy, which is why there is a lack of grammar.
I thought that the story so far is very well detailed, the author uses all five of the senses and uses many similes. I wonder if the boy and dad will survive to the coast, possibly only the son and the father chooses to die to have his son live or something of the kind. I get very strong images from the amount of detail placed into the writing that makes it appear as a movie in my head, something i have never truly had before while reading a book.
Why does the father always make references to his wife?
i dont understand why mccormac doesnt use quotation marks. just like faye. i have had to reread so many pages because i couldnt figure out where the character stopped talking. but over all the plot is interesting
but i think there is too much description in some parts. sometimes its like imagery overload!
Cormac McCarthy first wrote this as a blurb in his journal about ten years prior to the actual writing of the novel. At the time of the journal entry he was staying in Albuquerque, NM in a hotel room with his then 1-2 year old son (McCarthy was in his sixties when the boy was born). As his son slept in the bed, he looked out over the desolate NM sunset. His journal entry was a reflection of his thoughts about his son and the responsibility of fatherhood. Also, about the barren scene that lay before him. What would he do if they were truly alone - adrift.
I was wondering what everyone thought the "creature" was in the mans dream at the begining of the book. I think the dream will some how relate to the rest of the book.
Also, i have noticed that McCarthy uses the words gray and black to describe a lot of things. Which gives the book a darker tone.
By the way that was some deep stuff at the end of your post Ship^
so far i happen to like this book. however, who is she? is she the fathers bride? i dont understand where they are going ad why? i feel like because there is so much imagery that i am right next to the characters. what are the names of the father, son, and she? why to they keep hitting hardships?
I personally love the way the author keeps you on your toes, wondering what happened. Are they the last humans on earth? What horrible disaster struck humanity? Are there any other people?
He also has a way with realeasing tidbits of information before the tradgity occured, peering into the happier times of his life. For instance, his dreams indicate that he dreamt of his wedding and his time as a child on his uncles farm.
I predict that we will learn more about his wife, her fate, and the birth of his son later in the book, and hopefully the author will shed more light on what happened to mankind that left corpses shriveling in the streets.
My guess is a nuclear attack which inturn caused a nuclear winter. This would explain why it is always cold and cloudy in the book.
The beginning section of the book focused more on the harshness of traveling. The author gave good hints to how the environment was. The deep analysis gave the images more meaning since I can picture myself in the posistion. I have questions with the gun when the father was referring to the past. Did it mean that the women wanted to commit suicide with the dad but becasue of the baby they could not? I like how the road even though its so barren and empty, it offers hope to the main character. He uses it as a pathway to travel South for hope that there will be signs of life. Another question i have is the same as a previous blog. Is there a reason why the father and the son was not named? Is it because it represents him and his child? Is the apocalypse supposed to represent something in his life? I really enjoy this book and wonder what directions the author will take.
One thing I've noticed about this book is that everything is gray. The sky is gray, the snow is gray, the water is gray, everything is gray. This book is probably based off the theory of a nuclear winter. I was also wondering why the father and the son don't have names. Another thing the author does is use fragments all the time. This novel seems excellent and it will be interesting to see how it turns out.
I agree with everyone that this book takes place postapocalypse. I think that McCarthy does not use the names of the boy or the father because he wrote the book first in his journal, and maybe he refered to himself as father and his child as boy in his journal entry. I find the style of writing very unique and it intrigues me.
in the first 45 pages of the book mccarthy gives us rather intense imagery that makes you feel like you are with them. however i do not understand why the father and son still dont have names and why they keep on walking even though most people are dead. mccarthy has portrayed the son as being curious by the way that he is always asking a question and wants to absorb as much as he can. the father seems lonley and depressed with the way he answer his son and does not really have any hope? i absolutley love this book and the mystery behind it that hopefully the author will soon tell us. i do like the fact that mccarthy does give so mch imagery because it makes it that much easier to picture the setting. why would two people especially father and son keep going on this journey? i mean do they really have hope that they find what they need?
The absence of the quotation marks throughout these boring pages really confuses me and throws me off to who is saying what. So far this book has twisted my mind to a point where i dont really know whats going on and I'm just going to wait for someone to explain it for me.
The book so far touches off on fear and paranoia. I think that is a good thing in this post-apocalyptic, nuclear war bombed area known as, what I believe to be, central or southern United States. I think the moment with the Coca Cola was very touching
To be honest, so far i'm not very interested in this book. There is a strong sense of imagery that makes you feel like you are there. I'm really interested to find out what happened to the world. I can't seem to figure out how the father and son are the only ones there. This book has a rather depressing and fearful tone but I am intrigued by the closeness of the father and son's relationship. You can tell that this is going to be a meaningful story.
Thinking back on the first 40 pages, they are about the same. But at the time it was so intriguing. I love the way McCarthy writes. A little creepy with so much description. I wonder if we'll find out why everything is so barren. Nuclear something no doubt, but I'm curious to what exactly happened.
When reading the beginning pages of The Road by Cormac Mccarthy, I came to the assumption, that there was some sort of nuclear war. i quickly gathered some questions. Why are the father and son still alive? Could there possibly be other people that are still alive? Also, the boy is really curious. He is always asking questions. One thing that totally caught me off guard was when he didn't know what Coca Cola was. It's possible he was too young to try it before this world war broke out. Or the boy could have possibly lost some of his memory. The road to me seems to be a sybol of salvation and that the father and son will soon find it.
This book uses a lot of detail showing just just how isolated the two are. It does take some time to get used to the way it is written but once you do get used to it, the way it is written becomes effective. This book has already peaked my interest to see this journey these two people take.
This shows lots fo character on the man and son part to have such strength to keep perservering through the desolate wasteland. They are deeply motivated by the hope of seeing better things when they go toward the South. The father is definitely the protagonist with his son as the helper to the protagonist. The envrionment and everything else in the world is considered the enemy. In this part the conflict has not fully solidified and the climax is still to come. currently they are on the introduction of the surroundign and the characters. I like how the father is so loving even in this time period. I support this by seeing how when the son wakes up every morning, the father is always there beside him to comfort him and keep him warm.
Too me how Cormac McCarthy sets up the setting with such vivid detail helps engross me in the over all story even more. I feel after just 45 pages that the father's main will to survive is so that his son will as well. They essentially keep each-other ticking. The tone of the book is dark yet hopeful. By saying that I mean obviously being stranded in a post apocalyptic world is a pretty bleak position to be in, and yet they perceiver and use there overwhelming sense of faith to guide them to the south.w a
I thought the beginning of the book was hard to understand. Why is it only the father & son? What happened to everyone else?
I think there's some sort of war going on that they're trying to stay away from and that's why they're always moving.
I think the authors writing style is interesting in the way that he doesn't use quotes, however, i find it kind of hard to follow who's say what. He also tends to describe things as dark and gloomy which gives it more of a depressing, sad tone.
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I do not understand the format of this book.
Why are there no parentheses around what people are saying?
What is the point of the lack of structure?
I also do not like all the large amounts of detail.
I feel the plot line has still not been exposed 45 pages into the book because all the author is doing is giving detail of where the characters are.
Also the author has referred to “she” several times, who is she?
Who do boy and father always have to make sure to avoid?
Especially when there has apparently been no one there to see them
Did the apocalypse hit and they are the only survivors?
Or is someone trying to kill all people and this is why they must hide?
Thus far in the book, I am left feeling confused and unsure for all reasons listed above.
I think 'she' is referring to his wife just by the way he describes her.
The people that the boy and the father are trying to avoid are probably the marauders that the father keeps mentioning.
Maybe the lack of structure in the book relates to the setting. There is no one around, no structure in society. No justice system of any sort.
I agree about the plot and the introduction of the characters. But the detail is interesting. It helps to draw you into the book. I think Cormac McCarthy is really good at imagery. I felt I was next to the father and son, traveling along the road.
I think the book is very depressing how everywhere there's fires and how everything looks burnt. He writes very strong imagery.
What did the boy mean when he said the states? Did he mean the United States?
I think that the structure of the book is interesting and unique. It almost seems like the story is being told to you by a narrator, that being McCarthy, which is why there is a lack of grammar.
I thought that the story so far is very well detailed, the author uses all five of the senses and uses many similes. I wonder if the boy and dad will survive to the coast, possibly only the son and the father chooses to die to have his son live or something of the kind. I get very strong images from the amount of detail placed into the writing that makes it appear as a movie in my head, something i have never truly had before while reading a book.
Why does the father always make references to his wife?
i dont understand why mccormac doesnt use quotation marks. just like faye. i have had to reread so many pages because i couldnt figure out where the character stopped talking. but over all the plot is interesting
but i think there is too much description in some parts. sometimes its like imagery overload!
Okay so I actually understand the book so far but what I don't get is why the author doesnt tell us the names of the father and son.
Cormac McCarthy first wrote this as a blurb in his journal about ten years prior to the actual writing of the novel. At the time of the journal entry he was staying in Albuquerque, NM in a hotel room with his then 1-2 year old son (McCarthy was in his sixties when the boy was born). As his son slept in the bed, he looked out over the desolate NM sunset. His journal entry was a reflection of his thoughts about his son and the responsibility of fatherhood. Also, about the barren scene that lay before him. What would he do if they were truly alone - adrift.
I was wondering what everyone thought the "creature" was in the mans dream at the begining of the book. I think the dream will some how relate to the rest of the book.
Also, i have noticed that McCarthy uses the words gray and black to describe a lot of things. Which gives the book a darker tone.
By the way that was some deep stuff at the end of your post Ship^
so far i happen to like this book. however, who is she? is she the fathers bride? i dont understand where they are going ad why? i feel like because there is so much imagery that i am right next to the characters. what are the names of the father, son, and she? why to they keep hitting hardships?
I personally love the way the author keeps you on your toes, wondering what happened. Are they the last humans on earth? What horrible disaster struck humanity? Are there any other people?
He also has a way with realeasing tidbits of information before the tradgity occured, peering into the happier times of his life. For instance, his dreams indicate that he dreamt of his wedding and his time as a child on his uncles farm.
I predict that we will learn more about his wife, her fate, and the birth of his son later in the book, and hopefully the author will shed more light on what happened to mankind that left corpses shriveling in the streets.
My guess is a nuclear attack which inturn caused a nuclear winter. This would explain why it is always cold and cloudy in the book.
The beginning section of the book focused more on the harshness of traveling. The author gave good hints to how the environment was. The deep analysis gave the images more meaning since I can picture myself in the posistion. I have questions with the gun when the father was referring to the past. Did it mean that the women wanted to commit suicide with the dad but becasue of the baby they could not? I like how the road even though its so barren and empty, it offers hope to the main character. He uses it as a pathway to travel South for hope that there will be signs of life. Another question i have is the same as a previous blog. Is there a reason why the father and the son was not named? Is it because it represents him and his child? Is the apocalypse supposed to represent something in his life? I really enjoy this book and wonder what directions the author will take.
One thing I've noticed about this book is that everything is gray. The sky is gray, the snow is gray, the water is gray, everything is gray. This book is probably based off the theory of a nuclear winter. I was also wondering why the father and the son don't have names. Another thing the author does is use fragments all the time. This novel seems excellent and it will be interesting to see how it turns out.
I agree with everyone that this book takes place postapocalypse. I think that McCarthy does not use the names of the boy or the father because he wrote the book first in his journal, and maybe he refered to himself as father and his child as boy in his journal entry. I find the style of writing very unique and it intrigues me.
in the first 45 pages of the book mccarthy gives us rather intense imagery that makes you feel like you are with them. however i do not understand why the father and son still dont have names and why they keep on walking even though most people are dead. mccarthy has portrayed the son as being curious by the way that he is always asking a question and wants to absorb as much as he can. the father seems lonley and depressed with the way he answer his son and does not really have any hope? i absolutley love this book and the mystery behind it that hopefully the author will soon tell us. i do like the fact that mccarthy does give so mch imagery because it makes it that much easier to picture the setting. why would two people especially father and son keep going on this journey? i mean do they really have hope that they find what they need?
The absence of the quotation marks throughout these boring pages really confuses me and throws me off to who is saying what. So far this book has twisted my mind to a point where i dont really know whats going on and I'm just going to wait for someone to explain it for me.
The book so far touches off on fear and paranoia. I think that is a good thing in this post-apocalyptic, nuclear war bombed area known as, what I believe to be, central or southern United States. I think the moment with the Coca Cola was very touching
i made a comment on my first blog about the women. I am sorry, iaccidently read ahead and asked a quesation about it. Just ingore it i guess.
To be honest, so far i'm not very interested in this book. There is a strong sense of imagery that makes you feel like you are there. I'm really interested to find out what happened to the world. I can't seem to figure out how the father and son are the only ones there. This book has a rather depressing and fearful tone but I am intrigued by the closeness of the father and son's relationship. You can tell that this is going to be a meaningful story.
Thinking back on the first 40 pages, they are about the same. But at the time it was so intriguing. I love the way McCarthy writes. A little creepy with so much description. I wonder if we'll find out why everything is so barren. Nuclear something no doubt, but I'm curious to what exactly happened.
When reading the beginning pages of The Road by Cormac Mccarthy, I came to the assumption, that there was some sort of nuclear war. i quickly gathered some questions. Why are the father and son still alive? Could there possibly be other people that are still alive? Also, the boy is really curious. He is always asking questions. One thing that totally caught me off guard was when he didn't know what Coca Cola was. It's possible he was too young to try it before this world war broke out. Or the boy could have possibly lost some of his memory. The road to me seems to be a sybol of salvation and that the father and son will soon find it.
This book uses a lot of detail showing just just how isolated the two are. It does take some time to get used to the way it is written but once you do get used to it, the way it is written becomes effective. This book has already peaked my interest to see this journey these two people take.
This shows lots fo character on the man and son part to have such strength to keep perservering through the desolate wasteland. They are deeply motivated by the hope of seeing better things when they go toward the South. The father is definitely the protagonist with his son as the helper to the protagonist. The envrionment and everything else in the world is considered the enemy. In this part the conflict has not fully solidified and the climax is still to come. currently they are on the introduction of the surroundign and the characters. I like how the father is so loving even in this time period. I support this by seeing how when the son wakes up every morning, the father is always there beside him to comfort him and keep him warm.
Too me how Cormac McCarthy sets up the setting with such vivid detail helps engross me in the over all story even more. I feel after just 45 pages that the father's main will to survive is so that his son will as well. They essentially keep each-other ticking. The tone of the book is dark yet hopeful. By saying that I mean obviously being stranded in a post apocalyptic world is a pretty bleak position to be in, and yet they perceiver and use there overwhelming sense of faith to guide them to the south.w a
I thought the beginning of the book was hard to understand. Why is it only the father & son? What happened to everyone else?
I think there's some sort of war going on that they're trying to stay away from and that's why they're always moving.
I think the authors writing style is interesting in the way that he doesn't use quotes, however, i find it kind of hard to follow who's say what. He also tends to describe things as dark and gloomy which gives it more of a depressing, sad tone.
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