The Road is a very simple name for such a complex book. This book is so complex and disturbing that it should have a disclaimer on the back reading: "Beware of vivid descriptions of dead bodies and violent events because after reading this, you will never think the same about an apocalypse." This book has tons of imagery and rhetorical devices and it's amazing how much there is packed into this book.
The disturbing parts of the book is what draws me to constantly pick it up and continue reading past the points that were assigned. It's the human instinct to be drawn to these types of books because it reveals our lives to be better than the characters. The fact that the author thought to put these characters in a situation such as the one in the book worries me. It makes me wonder what goes through this man's head everyday to come up with the sick and disgusting ways of hunting, eating, and locking up humans like they are animals. It's almost as if he took the switched the roles of the animals and humans. In today's society, we keep animals locked up for food but in The Road, it's the humans that are being held as animals. It almost strikes me as a sick form of satire. The author is making fun or depicting the way we treat these animals in modern society just to survive and have a full stomach. To put a young boy in this dangerous situation is pushing the limits but its makes this book so captivating.
I'm almost afraid to end it but when I do, I doubt I will be satisfied.
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