A Letter to the Author

Dear Cormac McCarthy,

So…not sure what I’m supposed to be writing in this letter, but it has to be at least 250 words sooo I’m trying to kill some space.

Just kidding.

Not really.

Ok, I’m going to start for real now.

I really liked The Road. I love reading literature that examines the morality and basic nature of humanity. Some of the things in the book were absolutely horrid and made me feel disgusted, but it made a point. How far are people willing to go to survive? The sad thing is, most of what happened in the book would probably happen if there we some sort of disaster. It showed the best and worst of what people have to offer. It did give me some faith that some things will never change.

The love felt between parent and child or just within family in general can never be taken away. There will always be good people. Even in the face of death, the father and son remained the “good guys” until the end. I was very surprised that the book had a happy ending. Would it be too much for me to assume that it means you have an optimistic view of humanity too? Cause that’s what I got out of it.

Your writing style suited the book perfectly. It was very bare and with little structure. It almost seemed poetic rather than prose. It helped to set the atmosphere because it was also desolate and chaotic.

Sincerely,

Vanessa Rangel