The Road by Cormac McCarthy

The Road by Cormac McCarthy


My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I finally read The Road, although I still haven’t seen the movie. The man and his son were trying to survive in some sort of post-apocalyptic world where bad guys had taken over. The stark and short wording throughout echoed their plight of living (barely) an existence that prohibited them from saying or doing more than what was required for survival. They couldn’t take any chances and their lives were almost void of feeling. The father loved his son, but he saw nothing redeeming in the world and trusted no one. He stayed alive only for his son. His son, on the other hand, still wanted to see the good in other people. Whenever they came across a child or man, he wanted to take them in and take care of them. I think it’s interesting that the son survived and not the father. If the son wanted to take people in, he had hopes that the larger community would someday come together and rebuild the world. The father had no such hopes. He could not see past the day-to-day. It was interesting, enjoyable, and a fast read.

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