As we can see I can’t draw, but I tried my best, I am drawing the part where the man and the child smelled something being cooked. They went to check it. When they go and see what it was. As they get closer they see it is it is like a baby’s soup. They see that the organs of the baby where outside. I could not draw the the organs but I drew the baby on fire and the man and the boy seeing what has just occurred. On my personal opinion in reading this text was surprising. Me and Mariely were listening to the audiobook and when that part came up we stopped the whole thing and played it again to see if what we heard was the correct thing. From that reaction you can tell that it is not something normal. There are at the point of the book where they have no food. People are looking for other ways of survival which obviously it is not normal for us to see that. Now it got me to think the little boy will is growing up like that will it eventually be something normal for him? I mean willl he survived and have a family or be like his dad? This part of the book got me thinking a lot of the books future.

The scene from “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy that I drew is from page 19. In this scene, the man puts the boy in the cart and pushes the cart through the hills. “He fashioned sweeps from two old brooms he’d found and wired them to the cart to clear the limbs from the road in front of the wheels and he put the boy in the basket and stood on the rear rail like a dogmusher and they set off down the hills, guiding the cart on the curves with their bodies in the manner of bobsledders. It was the first that he’d seen the boy smile in a long time.” (Pg. 19) I think the scene is important because it brings up a lot of the important people and objects in the book, and describes their actions and emotions. This passage mentions the man, the boy, the cart, and the environment and how they travel through it. Not only that, but it shows how innovative the man is and the rare moment when the boy experiences joy from riding in the cart. Because of the unforgiving and perilous post- apocalyptic world the boy and the man live in, they rarely smile or feel happy, so when the boy smiles, it is very significant. In this drawing, I didn’t add color because I wanted to express how dark and lifeless the world is. In the background, I drew dark clouds and a burning tree, which are things that are often described in the story. I also drew the man and the boy, who is in the cart. I wanted to express their bundled and ragged clothing that is meant to keep the cold out, but barely does so. In the cart, I drew the tarp, which is covering all of their supplies like food and blankets. Overall, I just wanted this piece to capture the gloomy atmosphere of the story.

My map of the road is meant to serve as a metaphor for the boy and man’s journey. One of the metaphors I specifically wanted to include in my map is fire. This idea of fire in The Road is meant to be a symbol of life and hope. The father while talking to the boy also mentioned this idea of carrying the fire. “We’re going to be okay, aren’t we Papa? Yes. We are. And nothing bad is going to happen to us. That’s right. Because we’re carrying the fire. Yes. Because we’re carrying the fire.”(83) Although the fire does represent hope, it also represents the destruction of life as everything is burning around them. But even then you still have to carry that burden and that’s what the father is holding onto because once that fire goes out so does he. There is also this coca cola that they find at the beginning of the book which I see as a clear symbol of happiness. In a dark world, there’s still somehow this bright red can of joy that was thought to be no more. The coca-cola serves as a light to the man and the boy so they can continue “carrying the fire”. Also connected to the boy and the man is the gun. The gun serves as a way out of this dark world in a time when there is no light. In a world so cruel how can one fight to stay alive? Why not just pull the trigger just like the mom did to stop the pain and suffering? But now with one bullet left still the gun looms as a possibility for self-defense or a silent death. Now as for the shopping cart I feel as though it had to be included in the map. When we think about shopping carts we normally just think of them as something pretty insignificant. But for the boy and the man it is an integral part of their journey. All of their cherished items and belongings are in that shopping cart and serve as their life. Wherever they go they carry that shopping cart because of what it holds. Finally, on the map, there is the road. In my map, the road is the centerpiece of the boy and man’s journey. The road is supposed to represent the possibility of hope as they are trying to reach the coast. However, the road also has its dangers because everyone can use the road. Under the road, you can see the good guys and bad guys. Now for the good guys, I choose an image of the Chucky doll because is anybody the good guys? In my opinion, I feel as though no one can be good in a world without light. Then lastly there are the bad guys which represent the cannibals and obstacles they meet on the road. And that is my map of the road.