Book To Movie Monday (11)
For this weeks Book to Movie Monday I have decided to cover the movie The Road. First let's discuss the Book, below is the cover. Now for a little back story in case some of you aren't familiar with the novel. The Road is a novel written by Author Cormac McCarthy and was published September 26,2006 by Alfred A. Knopf Books. The book follows the journey of a father and son struggling to survive in a post apocalyptic world. In 2007 The Road was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Let's look at some of the characters in the book. Main Protagonists The Man- The man travels the road with his young son. He is never named only ever referred to as The Father or Papa by his young son. The Man believes he has been appointed by God to protect his son, and he does so at all costs. Unlike his son who craves outside human companionship, the man remains deeply suspicious and even paranoid of other individuals. The man also grows sicker throughout the novel, and his illness i...