Cormac McCarthy effectively displays the world as he knows it thought the story of a father and sons struggle for survival in the post apocalyptic world. His comparisons of the old and new world convey the hardships that have become their reality. The roads allows the reader to both connect with the characters and see the struggle they encounter along their journey. His rhetorical device are a constant reminder of the destruction that struck the world. It is clearly seen through the eyes of the man that all moral value has been lost, following the apocalypse. Their are several mentions to the fact that people are dying all around him and his son, and that in order to survive, many people have turned to cannibalism. “The world soon