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RatherDashing · 11-18-2008, 07:14 PM

With the 14th overall pick in the draft, RatherDashings "24 CC's of Heart" select in the American Lit Category, The Road, by Cormac McCarthy.

The Road tells the story of a father and his young son in post-apocalyptic America. McCarthy uses a very simplistic writing style consisting of basic language and a bare minimum of punctuation to paint an extremely vivid, yet bleak and depressing image of the world in which they live. Through his basic writing style, McCarthy manages to create a world that is incredibly intense and engaging.

The plot is also very minimalist, with the story never leaving the two protagonists, and very few outside characters being introduced. Additionally, the author provides very little information about the location or time in which the story takes place, or about the event which preceded the story, providing a great deal of ambiguity to the book. Despite the apparent lack of content, the author does an outstanding job of portraying and developing the two main characters.

I really enjoyed this book. I found it extremely engaging, and incredibly vivid. The simple plot line and interesting characters really sucked me into the story. Both times that I've read this book it has left me shaken due to the intense nature of the read.

Anyways, sorry I took so long with this pick, but I haven't been able to get at a computer all day. Also my image is kind of crappy, but it was the best that I could find on amazon or chapters. Can somebody point me to a better site for this?

11-18-2008, 07:14 PM	#103
RatherDashing Scoring Winger Join Date: Oct 2004 Exp:	With the 14th overall pick in the draft, RatherDashings "24 CC's of Heart" select in the American Lit Category, The Road, by Cormac McCarthy. The Road tells the story of a father and his young son in post-apocalyptic America. McCarthy uses a very simplistic writing style consisting of basic language and a bare minimum of punctuation to paint an extremely vivid, yet bleak and depressing image of the world in which they live. Through his basic writing style, McCarthy manages to create a world that is incredibly intense and engaging. The plot is also very minimalist, with the story never leaving the two protagonists, and very few outside characters being introduced. Additionally, the author provides very little information about the location or time in which the story takes place, or about the event which preceded the story, providing a great deal of ambiguity to the book. Despite the apparent lack of content, the author does an outstanding job of portraying and developing the two main characters. I really enjoyed this book. I found it extremely engaging, and incredibly vivid. The simple plot line and interesting characters really sucked me into the story. Both times that I've read this book it has left me shaken due to the intense nature of the read. Anyways, sorry I took so long with this pick, but I haven't been able to get at a computer all day. Also my image is kind of crappy, but it was the best that I could find on amazon or chapters. Can somebody point me to a better site for this?