1. The story begins with a father and his son in the woods, the boy asleep. The two are making their journey along the road in a post-apocalyptic world. The date and place are never said, though you can kind of tell it takes place somewhere in the United states because the father tells his son they’re walking the “state roads”. Neither the man nor the boy is given a name; this anonymity adds to the novel's tone that this could be happening anywhere, to anyone.
2. The biggest theme I found in this book constantly would probably be “Good vs. Evil”. The boy; more than once would ask his father if they were the “good guys” and who the "bad guys “were. The father explains to him who exactly were the bad guys. The bad guys were those seeking to hurt them like thieves, murderers, and those creepy cannibals. The Father also explains that the good guys are those who "keep trying. Those who never give up”. The Fathers tells his son the …show more content…
He carried a shotgun upside down over his shoulder on a braided leather lanyard and wore a nylon bandolier filled with shells for the gun. A veteran of old skirmishes, bearded, scarred across his cheek and the bone stoven and the one eye wandering.” (Page 237) Cormac was describing what the man was wearing and how he looked. This part occurs at the end of the book
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"He walked out in the gray light and stood and he saw for a brief moment the absolute truth of the world. The cold relentless circling of the intestate earth. Darkness implacable. The blind dogs of the sun in their running. The crushing black vacuum of the universe. And somewhere two hunted animals trembling like ground foxes in their cover. Borrowed time and borrowed world and borrowed eyes with which to sorrow it." (page 110) This metaphor gives you an idea of how the Father and his son felt as their lives were at stake when they were being hunted.
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2. The biggest theme I found in this book constantly would probably be “Good vs. Evil”. The boy; more than once would ask his father if they were the “good guys” and who the "bad guys “were. The father explains to him who exactly were the bad guys. The bad guys were those seeking to hurt them like thieves, murderers, and those creepy cannibals. The Father also explains that the good guys are those who "keep trying. Those who never give up”. The Fathers tells his son the …show more content…
He carried a shotgun upside down over his shoulder on a braided leather lanyard and wore a nylon bandolier filled with shells for the gun. A veteran of old skirmishes, bearded, scarred across his cheek and the bone stoven and the one eye wandering.” (Page 237) Cormac was describing what the man was wearing and how he looked. This part occurs at the end of the book
• Metaphor
"He walked out in the gray light and stood and he saw for a brief moment the absolute truth of the world. The cold relentless circling of the intestate earth. Darkness implacable. The blind dogs of the sun in their running. The crushing black vacuum of the universe. And somewhere two hunted animals trembling like ground foxes in their cover. Borrowed time and borrowed world and borrowed eyes with which to sorrow it." (page 110) This metaphor gives you an idea of how the Father and his son felt as their lives were at stake when they were being hunted.
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