Cannibalism and its extensive literary effects

Siths
Eri Dumesh
Mrs. Peterson's Mythology class

"The Road" and the effects of literary elements involving Cannibalism
This lesson looked into the cannibalism we see in "The Road"
The quote "What the boy had seen was a charred human infant headless and gutted and blackening on the spit" clearly shows how the Road uses Cannibalism in the story.
The features of a baby make it so that Human instinct is to protect and nurture it.

Cormac Mccarthy aimed to envision this post-apocalyptic world as "murder was everywhere among the land". These last survivors were murderous and inhumane cannibals. It sets apart the boy and his father from the rest of them.
https://www.filmaffinity.com/au/movieimage.php?imageId=219711006


Cormac Mccarthy had a son at age 66. His relationship with his son has a clear effect on the novel as we see he can write from the point of view as a loving father. Instead of assuming the role of a patronymic figure, he has experienced it. The link below further shows evidence of how he clearly was able to construct the book based on his fatherly experience.
https://www.cormacmccarthy.com/works/the-road/


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_(2009_film)#/media/File:The_Road_bleak_scenery.jpg

More information can be found here

https://www.cormacmccarthy.com/works/the-road/
https://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/cormac-mccarthy-comments-on-passages-from-the-road