The road – Life comparison
A Dystopia.. A community…People…Terror&fright.
To the average citizen in London a dystopia would be the idea of a nightmare, the place whereby dreams and hopes are crushed.
Movies in todays society such as ‘shank’ signifies a fallen government and the impacts it bas, including how deprived London has become. A Dystopia is said to have taken the form of a ‘multitude of speculations’
Movies in todays society such as ‘shank’ signifies a fallen government and the impacts it bas, including how deprived London has become.
Now taking into account the society that the man and boy live in is considered to be in a ‘post apocalyptic world’ with these changed settings and moral attitudes of the citizens. An example of the change in setting is when the boy asks his dad what colour the sea is and his dad replies “it was once blue” signifying the dumping of litter and excess amounts of pollution have changed the colour of the water. These new towns are described to be run down and urban areas have almost converted into rural ones. When taking into account other factors aswell, people are jobless, homeless and there is a constant battle for the ‘scarce’ amount of resources available, this leads on to why issues such as cannibalism occur throughout.
Whats interesting to consider is how the man sticks by his traditional values from the ‘old’ world including avoiding cannibalism and being the ‘good guys’ and also influences his son with this decision of thinking.
It enables the reader to develop the understanding of the strong character that that the man is, as he’d rather get by and die starving than do whats considered to be normal in a dystopia.
March 3rd, 2013 at 2:10 pm
Some good ideas here, although it needs a bit of editing. I really like your idea about his ‘old’ world values continuing through into this dystopia. Perhaps consider what the intended impact on the reader is here. Is McCarthy making a point? How does it link to the religious imagery in the book?