HOW DOES THE STYLE OF THE ROAD CONTRIBUTES TO THE BOOK'S EFFECTIVENESS?

 In literature, readers are attracted to certain characteristics that the book presents. In The Road, by Cormac McCarthy, a series of elements make the novel to effectively attract the audience. I will continue to analyze these elements.

 In first place, one of the elements that the book provides is the fast pace created by it's small sentences.

"An old chronicle. To seek the upright. No fall but preceded  by a declination." (15)

  In this extract we can clearly see that the sentences are short and not paused. We can also see a remarkable lack of commas. This simple type of sentence construction makes the reader to go through the book rapidly making the monotone beginning faster and intensifying the action.

  Another resource that the author employs in order to make the book more interesting for the audience is the vivid description of the landscape.

"The cold and the silence. The ashes of the late world carried on the bleak and temporal winds to and fro in the void."

  Here we can see a deep and graphic description achieved by the use of powerful and concise word choice. This creates a sense of familiarity from the reader, made itself by the easiness of the imagination of the objects.  Remember how easily the images of the book came alive in your head? I do.

This was my structural analysis of the first pages of The Road, I hope you've enjoyed.

Now, please comment below. Have you read through the first pages rapidly and enjoying?