The mother is used to push the father along and develop a hardened shell for himself that will do anything to protect his son. The pregnant marchers are used to show women as weak and highlight their only possible contribution to a post apocalyptic world: children. The woman in the house shows that without the presence of men, women are not equipped to survive in such a drastic world. Cormac McCarthy’s allergy to having actual dynamic female character’s, leads to the women in The Road having small roles that are only used to further develop the
The mother is used to push the father along and develop a hardened shell for himself that will do anything to protect his son. The pregnant marchers are used to show women as weak and highlight their only possible contribution to a post apocalyptic world: children. The woman in the house shows that without the presence of men, women are not equipped to survive in such a drastic world. Cormac McCarthy’s allergy to having actual dynamic female character’s, leads to the women in The Road having small roles that are only used to further develop the