Blog #2

McCarthy, Cormac. The road. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. Print

 The five elements that appear in the book The Road (by Cormac McCarthey) are suspense, conflict, point of view, charater, and setting.

In my opinion the five elements should be listed as:
1.Suspense
2.Character
3.Conflict
4.Setting
5.Point of view

In the book The Road by Cormac McCarthey there are many places where suspense takes place. A great example of this occurs when the main character and his son comes face to face with an unexpected guess. The guess attentions immediately turn to the little boy. Because of this, the main character and the guess exchange in a heat debate and in doing so the author reveals suspense. As the debate continues on the suspense’s keeps building and building until the guess is finally shot down by the main character. "He came forward, holding his belt by one hand. He looked at the gun and he looked at the boy, you wouldn’t think ill kill you but your wrong. But what I’d rather do is take you up this road a mile or so and then turn you loose.
That’s all the head start we need. You wont find us.
you know what i think?
what do you think?
I think your chicken shit.
The man had already dropped to this knees at this point and fired from a two-handed position balanced on both knees. The man fell back instantly and lay with blood bubbling from the hole in his forehead". (MacCarthy 67) As you can see this a very suspenseful part of the book.