The Road: Pages 37-100 by https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc Shared class notes en-us 2021-09-12 15:56:12 UTC 2025-03-15 14:28:28 UTC hello@padlet.com 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. cathyjones71 https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/1733929136 2021-09-12 16:25:24 UTC https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/1733929136 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. cathyjones71 https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/1733930470 2021-09-12 16:26:32 UTC https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/1733930470 cathyjones71 https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/1734071784 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?
]]> 2021-09-12 18:50:05 UTC https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/1734071784 Why all of this? Why this style? How does this illustrate some meaning beyond the surface? cathyjones71 https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/1734074535 2021-09-12 18:52:58 UTC https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/1734074535 cathyjones71 https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/1734184105 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
The now
]]> 2021-09-12 20:55:11 UTC https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/1734184105 The Man & his concerns cathyjones71 https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/1734194448 2021-09-12 21:08:04 UTC https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/1734194448 The Boy & his concerns cathyjones71 https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/1734194518 2021-09-12 21:08:09 UTC https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/1734194518 The woman (boy's mother/man's wife) & her concerns cathyjones71 https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/1734195153 2021-09-12 21:08:39 UTC https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/1734195153 "Others" cathyjones71 https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/1734199961 2021-09-12 21:13:58 UTC https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/1734199961 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? cathyjones71 https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/1734217822 2021-09-12 21:34:33 UTC https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/1734217822 The road itself cathyjones71 https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/2704228020 2023-09-14 13:38:45 UTC https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/2704228020 The coke can cathyjones71 https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/2704228171 2023-09-14 13:38:51 UTC https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/2704228171 The "creature" from page 1 cathyjones71 https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/2704228459 2023-09-14 13:39:03 UTC https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/2704228459 Toys cathyjones71 https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/2704229237 2023-09-14 13:39:28 UTC https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/2704229237 The man and the boy (no names suggests that they are symbols) cathyjones71 https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/2704229907 2023-09-14 13:39:51 UTC https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/2704229907 The gun cathyjones71 https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/2704230893 2023-09-14 13:40:24 UTC https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/2704230893 The waterfall (also symbolic) page 37 cathyjones71 https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/2704242459 2023-09-14 13:46:32 UTC https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/2704242459 The truck on the bridge (page 47) cathyjones71 https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/2704243108 2023-09-14 13:46:54 UTC https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/2704243108 Protagonist? cathyjones71 https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/2704262443 2023-09-14 13:56:57 UTC https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/2704262443 The dog (82) cathyjones71 https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/2704301522 2023-09-14 14:18:59 UTC https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/2704301522 Fire (83) cathyjones71 https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/2704302237 2023-09-14 14:19:22 UTC https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/2704302237 The "boy" (84) cathyjones71 https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/2704304443 2023-09-14 14:20:25 UTC https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/2704304443 The procession (91-92) cathyjones71 https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/2704307445 2023-09-14 14:22:19 UTC https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/2704307445 Antagonist? cathyjones71 https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/3117405098 2024-09-12 23:17:44 UTC https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/3117405098 Houses https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/3324419688 2025-02-11 16:04:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cathyjones71/tgei38vq39iougjc/wish/3324419688