The Road

        "The Road", written by Cormac McCarthy, follows a man and his son as they journey in a post-apocalyptic world. Post-Apocalypse is a science fiction genre that focuses on the after math of the destruction of humanity. This novel can be considered  post-apocalyptic because the setting is in an ash covered waste land with hardly any people besides the main characters. A post apocalyptic movie I've seen is the "Book of Eli", featuring a blind man named Eli travelling in a lawless land. Another movie that is post-apocalyptic is "Zombieland", where a zombie Apocalypse has occurred and nearly everyone is a zombie.The genre has alot in common with dystopias, like being set in the future and not having favorable living conditions, but they are very different. In a dystopia it at least gives the pretense of a utopia and happiness. Post-Apocalypse is just downright depressing and dismal."Aeon Flux" is a good example of the blending of the genres.After a deadly virus nearly wipes out the earth's population the survivors build this dystopian society.I think that post-apocalyptic novels and movies have a greater impact because it scares us by showing how the negative things we do now will affect us later. The style of The Road is written in a breathless format. It has few commas, alot of conjunctions, and no quotations for when the characters speak. It gives the book of a feeling of a long drawn out dream that never quite ends. It also gives a sense of urgency with it's breathlessness. I don't like the writing style all that much, even though it has few words on the page. I've never read a novel like this which is probably why I'm so uncomfortable with it.