The Road: First Reading

The novel is obviously a work of post-apocalyptic literature: it has very descriptive images of a world that's had a fallout and it also includes references to God (however negative). A novel that also fits in with this genre is The Reapers are the Angels by Alden Bell; it depicts a world ravaged by zombies and a young woman who seeks redemption in this wasteland. Post-apocalyptic literature is similar to dystopian fiction by how they both depict a cruel and evil world and different in that a post-apocalyptic literature society is nearly non-existent, if its existent at all, and in dystopian fiction society is very prominent. A novel that combines dystopian and post-apocalyptic sub-genres is The Reapers are the Angels by Alden Bell. I think both sub-genres address comments, values, philosophies, and political topics specific to their sub-genre in their own right; of course, if a topic dwells outside of the sub-genre it might not do so well addressing those outlying topics. The style in which The Road is written is mostly syntax, so far. The sentences seem to be ended early, as if they were thoughts that come and go to another topic quickly and i think its written this way to show the reader how fragmented the character is, since the sentences, thoughts, are fragmented. I personally like this style of writing, for this genre of course, because it shows how disillusioned the character is about the world through the fragmentation of the sentences.