How are the two protagonists (boy and father) like and not like the 'bad guys?'
are there any things that make them bad in any way?
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The Road Study Guide & Essays
The Road (2006), Cormac McCarthy's most recent novel, describes the bleak journey of a father and son across a post-apocalyptic American landscape. He was visiting El Paso, Texas, with one of his sons, John Francis McCarthy, in 2003 when the initial idea for The Road was born: McCarthy envisioned…
The Road study guide contains a biography of Cormac McCarthy, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.
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one reviewer put it as "compassion incarnate"?
How does the mother kill herself in the book and in the movie?
Ive only watched the movie and i cannot recall if she shoots herself or just walks outside into a snowstorm and was wondering if it was different in the book.
and how it relates to the novel
