- the theft of the man and boy's belongings (pp. 270-278)
The main impact that this episode has is that of hope, McCarthy conveys this hope by telling us that the theif had come from a commune of people with laws and food, hope as that is somewhere that the man and boy could go to. The man and boy have a cart full of food and know that somewhere nearby there is a place of relative saftey, they could be going to the commune themselves after this event of they could continue walking with there large supply of food, however the death of the father could come before either as now the father cant even keep at a "jogtrot" without leaning over and coughing, ths could be fregrounding his death as slowly his cough has been getting worse through the novel. A moment of increased tension is at the point when the man discovers that all his possesions had been stolen, at this point he starts cursing himself for being careless with how he had left all the possesions under a "sail cloth" with no real security. The character of the boy is shown to have changed drastically as he becomes calm and serious when telling his father that instead of the man needing to worry it is the boys job to as he knows that his father is going to die and that he "is the one" who will be left alone. Speech and the type of languge are the same throughout the novel, the only parts which are different are in he story with the addition of the fahers knowledge of "communes". McCarthy shows that it is possible that the man and boy originally came from commune as the father knows about them but is not in them now, hinting at how he may have been kicked out or walked off himself. the main importance of this episode is to show that there are places with people and law and order, but the father stays away from them for some reason.
The main impact that this episode has is that of hope, McCarthy conveys this hope by telling us that the theif had come from a commune of people with laws and food, hope as that is somewhere that the man and boy could go to. The man and boy have a cart full of food and know that somewhere nearby there is a place of relative saftey, they could be going to the commune themselves after this event of they could continue walking with there large supply of food, however the death of the father could come before either as now the father cant even keep at a "jogtrot" without leaning over and coughing, ths could be fregrounding his death as slowly his cough has been getting worse through the novel. A moment of increased tension is at the point when the man discovers that all his possesions had been stolen, at this point he starts cursing himself for being careless with how he had left all the possesions under a "sail cloth" with no real security. The character of the boy is shown to have changed drastically as he becomes calm and serious when telling his father that instead of the man needing to worry it is the boys job to as he knows that his father is going to die and that he "is the one" who will be left alone. Speech and the type of languge are the same throughout the novel, the only parts which are different are in he story with the addition of the fahers knowledge of "communes". McCarthy shows that it is possible that the man and boy originally came from commune as the father knows about them but is not in them now, hinting at how he may have been kicked out or walked off himself. the main importance of this episode is to show that there are places with people and law and order, but the father stays away from them for some reason.
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