Theme Of Exile In The Road

In The Road, the characters experience a lot of exile in the new apocalyptic world in which they now live. The characters struggle in ways for survival and experience things they have never seen or done before. The father and the boy’s experience is both alienating and enriching because of the things the that are portrayed when reading this novel. The boy and the father experience exile because of the things they have to go through in order to survive. They feel isolated because of how they have to survive on their on and cannot trust anyone because they don’t know if people are good or bad. The boy and the father have nowhere to call home and don't even know the places they are in. The boy feels like he has no one or doesn't even know what he is going to do when his father dies. That is really when the boy feels isolated and stranded in this new world. The death of his father had an effect on him because his father was the one who took care of him and provided for him. The dad experienced exile when his son was about to get killed by the cannibals. The dad was about to kill the boy and then himself because he didn't want them to die by getting eaten by humans. The dad felt isolated because he has lost his humanity and
The main thing that I thought was enriching is when the man and the boy find food and shelter. They feel at ease when they find the food and underground hideout. They also feel relieved because they think it is somewhere they could stay. The waterfall is also enriching because it shows lessons that the fathers would teach their sons. It shows a bond of how the father teaches his son about things in the old world. The Coca-Cola scene also is enriching because it shows what used to exist in the old world. The man and the boy share the drink, and it is a tender moment shared because the man tries to make his son's world more