Throughout the novel, The Road, by Cormac McCarthy, the man and the boy run into several other people during their journey south. These people help to characterize the man’s definition of “good guys” and “bad guys” as well as to explain the severity of the apocalyptic world they are in. One of the characters which the man and the boy meet is the group of men and women trapped in the house. Unlike the other people they had met along the way, this group was unable of defending themselves. After they see the people locked in the room, the man discovers this house is set as a trap which is later confirmed through the description, “Coming across the field toward the house were four bearded men and two women.” These people had found it difficult
