The Road Cormac Mccarthy (1-110)

Summary
The Road is a book about the end of the world where there’s no survivals except for father and his son, and a man they encounter. In the characters are known only as the father, the son and the man. They have no names. The father is the protagonist of the book, because so far his desire is the greatest. He wants to protect his son in this horrible reality. He tries his best to find food to feed him because there are barely any foods left. He also tries to find a shelter for his son to sleep. There’s darkness everywhere around them. They don’t know what is going to become of their lives and what will happen to them. They’re just walking. All they have knowledge of is that they are in the woods alone, and anything can happen because no one else is around, except for themselves. The story goes chronologically, telling the story and the adventures of the father and his son. The Story takes place in the darkness of America, trying to find their way out of the darkness towards the Coast with only a pistol on the father pocket.
Quote
"Yes. You forgot what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget" (Mccarthy 12).
Reaction
I really loved this quote. The quote is said by a man that they found along their journey to the Coast. The father of the son doesn't remember anything about his wife. All he remembers is her white dress the flow of her hair and her smile. Also, while walking the son sees dead corpse everywhere along the street, there are cars everywhere on top of each other, ashes, and emptiness everywhere; So the son and the father tries to remember how everything was before everything got destroyed. They start to picture the lakes, the dogs barking next to uncle's house, and the houses. But they realize at some points they can't really picture how things were before because they've become accustomed to the darkness and the loneliness of everything.