The Road Q.5

The Road, McCarthy's distinct writing style corresponds to the world he illustrates. The Road's blande world contribute to the sparse writing. He pizzases the novel with caliginous, oppresive emotions. That said, the sparse writing smoothly affiliates into the post-apocalyptic world they reside. "Late in the year. He hardly knew the month. He thought they had enough food to get through the mountain but there was no way to tell" (29). After the characters have lost vast majority of their life due to this apocalyptic incident, they have also lost track of time. McCarthy's tone, in this case, shows that they have lost care to remember what time of the year it is. In other words, they have no care for the world.

In the beginning of the novel, it is difficult to depict who the audience is. Since the novel starts off with two motionless characters who's purpose is to travel to the West, an audience possibility could be to those who are trying to reach a potential goal. Another consideration for an audience would be to people who are trying to conquer a goal without support. As the characters are alone in an unmattered world, one can be compared to those characters.