The Road

So far, I am really enjoying the Road. I think Cormac McCarthy is a really interesting author. He also wrote No Country for Old Men which I have yet to read the book but I really liked the movie. His ideas are so interesting and I think I will be a fan of his by the time I finish the book. The road is really descriptive and paints vivid pictures in my mind. When I think of the man I just picture Viggo Mortensen because he seems to be the perfect person in that spot, because he is in the movei. So far there have not been a lot of awful and grotesque scenes which I know there will be. I can already see the bond between the father and the son. It will be an essential part of the book so as to show that there is some light in the novel. The man seems to be very wise and smart when it comes to survivng in the wasteland. So far, he seems to pick the right things for scavenging while trying to make the 10 year old boy happy in the awful times. For example, when the man goes into the barn and sees three dead bodies. He knows there could be food in there but would not like to see his son go through the pain of remembering awful things like that.