The Road has a very somber tone from the begining. It takes place in the post-apocolyptic world. The story is about a father and son who have survived through the apocolypse. We follow them as they struggle to survive the harsh conditions of the globe. They are migrating south to escape the cold. The author makes it clear from the begining that the father and son have a close bond. Other than the father and son toughing out some cold nights, finding a couple dead bodies in a truck, nothing else has happend through the 45 pages that i have read. It is tough to go into description on the few things that did happen because the author goes into very little detail with these events.
The book doesnt excite me so far. I wish there would be some more action. I wish there would be less dialogue about stuff that I just dont care about. Either way hopefully it gets better, but if not, there is no way it can be worse than Grapes of Wrath.
So far I do not enjoy this book. It is taking too long to get into anything of significance and is just boring me at this point. It is simply dialogue between father and son, and then describing how cold it is at night. There has not been anything interesting or anyting that has grabbed my attention through 50 plus pages.
The Road takes place in a very depressing apocolyptic world. While the author has yet to elaborate on how the world met its demise, I researched some prominent theories on how this might happen. It turns out that there are various theories as to how the world will come to an end. Some think that mankind controls its demise, and that the apocolypse will be caused by a third world war. Others deal with a more scientific destruction of the world. An example of this type of theory is the death of the sun. Either way, we all hope the apocolypse is either fiction or many years away.
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| Possible Nuclear War |
In the World War 3 theory, people believe that it will be a nuclear war to end all civilization. The theorists beleive that if the explosions dont ruin mankind, then the radiation and after effects would surely destroy the world. Some beleive that the threat of this happening has been greatly reduced after the cold war ended, but there is always a future threat.
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| Death of the Sun |
The second threat to the globe is the death of the sun. Scientists have found this theory to be inevitable, however, we do still have billions of years before we have to worry. After the death of the sun, the earth is said to become violently hot. It would be at the point where the oceans boil. After the immense heat would come the frigid cold. No living being is thought to survive this process.
This book and all this talk of apocolypse tottally depresses me. I come home in a great mood, only to research these aweful topics. I mean I knew the book wasn't going to be a "feel good" type when I decided to read it but I definetly did not know it would be this bad. It mentioned how the mother ditched the father and son to go kill herself! I mean, what the heck! How aweful is that?
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