The unknown is beautifully established in the vague setting. McCarthy never specifics where the characters are, only give a description of the area there are in but still leaving the mind wandering of the location. ‘’He thought the month was October but he wasnt sure. He hadnt kept a calendar for years.’’(McCarthy,4). Giving no year or date, never mentioning what country or state, or providing the real names of the characters the writer adds to the theme of a mysterious world, knowing nothing of the future only what is happening to them currently. The unknown is a terrifying thing. It cannot be heard smelt, or touched but can still manage to impact the man and the boy’s life in tremendous ways as well as the plot. The underlying symbolism also creates a intriguing plot as well and keeps the reader thinking and pushes the plot on without directly saying what it means opening a broad spectrum of possibilities of interpretations more specifically the
The unknown is beautifully established in the vague setting. McCarthy never specifics where the characters are, only give a description of the area there are in but still leaving the mind wandering of the location. ‘’He thought the month was October but he wasnt sure. He hadnt kept a calendar for years.’’(McCarthy,4). Giving no year or date, never mentioning what country or state, or providing the real names of the characters the writer adds to the theme of a mysterious world, knowing nothing of the future only what is happening to them currently. The unknown is a terrifying thing. It cannot be heard smelt, or touched but can still manage to impact the man and the boy’s life in tremendous ways as well as the plot. The underlying symbolism also creates a intriguing plot as well and keeps the reader thinking and pushes the plot on without directly saying what it means opening a broad spectrum of possibilities of interpretations more specifically the