The most prominent motif, or recurring theme in "The Road" is death, followed by survival. Considering that the book deals with total destruction of the world and society, both physically and morally, the father's quest to keep his son alive and protected is at the heart of the story. They encounter death, devastation and a breakdown of the social order of society at every turn.
Death is everywhere in this book as the father and son struggle to survive in the desolate wasteland that exists after the devastation.
"The novel is made up of several hundred isolated moments, scraps of dialogue and flashes of action. Here's a typical one that could appear anywhere in the book:"
"The land was gullied and eroded and barren. The bones of dead creatures sprawled in the washes. Middens of anonymous trash. Farmhouses in the fields scoured of their paint and the clapboards spooned and sprung from the wallstuds. All of it shadowless and without feature. The road descended through a jungle of dead kudzu." (McCarthy)
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