From the beginning of "The Road", Cormac McCarthy, the author of the book, implements a depressing, black and white tone. There seems to be no hope in this post-apocalyptic world. There are no zombies, or war, or an abundance of people. There's only a man and a boy trying to survive in a hopeless world.
From the first sentence you can already draw a conclusion as toward the tone and style of the book. "When we woke in the woods in the dark and the cold of the night he'd reached out to touch the child beside him. Nights beyond darkness and the days more gray each one than what had gone before". This book isn't going to get any brighter. It's just a man and a boy trying to survive the true reality of a post-apocalyptic world.
My primary question is, Is the author going to give these characters any hope to live? From solely the introduction of the book, this answer becomes obvious: no. However, the readers want to see the man and his boy catch a good break. I'm very curious to see how this book plays out.
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