This character is not called Ely. Ely is mearly the name that he makes up for the man. as he is leaving the two characters of the man and the boy he admits that Ely is not his real name.
the road is a book full of nameless characters so this character who appears out of nowhere with a name, must be important or have some meaning. His name is a misspelled version of the biblical prophet Eli. He shares many of the same aspects of he prohet with him being old and doddery with a stick. His speech is varied and makes littel sence even when a drect question is given to him. he fits in with McCarthys revelation style novel, although Eli preaches the opposite to that which you would expect a prophet to preach, for example he says "there is no god" which identifies him as more of an anti prophet, one who preaches the end and lack of entity.
the road is a book full of nameless characters so this character who appears out of nowhere with a name, must be important or have some meaning. His name is a misspelled version of the biblical prophet Eli. He shares many of the same aspects of he prohet with him being old and doddery with a stick. His speech is varied and makes littel sence even when a drect question is given to him. he fits in with McCarthys revelation style novel, although Eli preaches the opposite to that which you would expect a prophet to preach, for example he says "there is no god" which identifies him as more of an anti prophet, one who preaches the end and lack of entity.
Eli also is the one person with whom we idetify the boys kindness, as although Eli is not even thankful of the food or help, the boy still laveshes him with as much of hose as he can, showing the boy to mybe be closer to god than the elderly man Eli.
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