The Road Questions on Wife's Death
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The fate of the protagonist's wife in The Road
In The Road, the protagonist's wife commits suicide before the main events of the story. She chooses to end her life rather than face the harsh realities of the post-apocalyptic world, leaving the...
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What are the events in "The Road" when the mother dies, the father dies, and the boy is taken in by the good family?
The mother in "The Road" dies before the story begins, but her death is revealed about a fifth into the book. She commits suicide with a flake of obsidian to avoid the brutal future she fears. The...
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How does the mother's death in The Road by Cormac McCarthy impact the plot?
The mother dying is significant in developing a plot because it creates the setting for the anguished father-son story. Rather than being a family story, it becomes a picaresque tale of two male...