The Road, Q4 (Post 1)

Consider both novels. What do you notice about the treatment of women? The characterization of women? Or the omission of women? What might it suggest or signify in each novel?

While reading both novels, I noticed women weren't involved as much as men, or even treated the same. For instance On The Road, only really mentioned women when they were referred to as being whores or being critized negatively. As far as The Road, the omission of women only showed how unimportant they seemed to be, or the little value they seemed to have. The only moment i remember mentioning women, was the flashback they talked about, in which she killed herself. Only proving the lack of respect or admiration for women. In contrast, the father and boy seem to relate Oma with the gun, maybe symbolizing her. I believe it was the kind of society where women were only really talked about when they were being degraded or seen as slaves or servers. Moreover, the women who appeared at the end of the novel was rarely described, showing little interest. Where as the man was seen as more imporrtant and given more description.