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No chapter numbers.

No titles, dates, clear locations.

No character names.

No apostrophes in contractions.

No quotation marks or signifiers in dialogue.

Begins “in medias res” (in the middle of things).
Past is told in fragments of flashbacks.

Lots of fragmented sentences and short sentences.

Shifts in point of view (sometimes a detached narrator – sometimes in the man’s head).

Lots of strange vocabulary words.

Lots of similes – something is “like” something else (ex. pg. 18)

What is the tone?

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The woman (boy's mother/man's wife) & her concerns

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The woman (boy's mother/man's wife) & her concerns

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The man and the boy (no names suggests that they are symbols)

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The man and the boy (no names suggests that they are symbols)

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An "allegory" is a work of literature that is not meant to be read on an entirely literal level. It’s when a text, as a whole, sort of stands in for a set of larger ideas - particularly moral, social and political ideas.

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An "allegory" is a work of literature that is not meant to be read on an entirely literal level. It’s when a text, as a whole, sort of stands in for a set of larger ideas - particularly moral, social and political ideas.

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A “conflict” refers to the struggles between forces (human and otherwise). What does or do the protagonist(s) come up against both externally and internally?

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A “conflict” refers to the struggles between forces (human and otherwise). What does or do the protagonist(s) come up against both externally and internally?

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Why all of this? Why this style? How does this illustrate some meaning beyond the surface?

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Why all of this? Why this style? How does this illustrate some meaning beyond the surface?

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On one level The Road is a story about a man and a boy, but it is not meant to read it as ONLY a story about a man and a boy. We are supposed to read it as presenting a set of larger ideas. 

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On one level The Road is a story about a man and a boy, but it is not meant to read it as ONLY a story about a man and a boy. We are supposed to read it as presenting a set of larger ideas. 

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Distant past – man’s childhood

Less distant past – “her”/the man’s memories

The apocalypse - 52

First years after apocalypse & boy’s birth 53

"She" leaves 58

Boy’s memories (very recent) 36

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