Task:  5+5=1

5+5=1

The Road is inspired by mounting Cold- War tensions and the constant fear of a nuclear explosion. Cold-War

McCarthy was influenced heavily by satirical horror films such as: ‘The Hills Have Eyes’, ‘Dawn of the Dead’ and ‘Last House on the Left’, evidence of this can be seen throughout the book. Horror

 Throughout the book McCarthy has the man and boy cling to elements of humanity, for instance the cart they push around and the boy’s first coca-cola. Humanity

In the first paragraph the man reaches “out to touch the child sleeping beside him”, this emphasises to the reader that death and danger surrounds the two characters. Death

McCarthy uses limited punctuation throughout the book to show that the story is a mass of combined elements; furthermore it reinforces the slip and descent from humanity that the boy and man are witnessing. Punctuation

Dystopian