The Road part A and B

      So far, The Road is getting more interesting as the boy and man travel towards the south. I've picked out notable quotes, or at least what I think are notable quotes. " The names of things slowly following those things into oblivion. Colors.the names of birds. the things to eat. How much was gone already?" The quote describes the man's fading memories of the world before. The world where birds, colors, plenty of food and civilization existed. Another quote is "What he could bear in the waking world he could not by night and he sat awake for fear that the dream would return." The man has a dream about his son laying on a cooling board. I think the man uses his dreams as a coping mechanism. He uses his dreams to escape his harsh reality.
   There are various theories concerning the end of the world out there. In this novel the world went up in flames for a reason not listed.After reading  both Yeats and Elliot's poems I see that have similarities. They all, including the novel, seem to be rooted in Christian doctrine. In  Elliot's poem there even seems to be a line from the bible: " For Thine is the Kingdom".  In all of the works when the world ends the social order will be shifted. Instead of virtuous people are in small supply and the wicked are in control. In Elliot's poem the "hollow men" are in control. In Yeats' poem the anti-Christ or adversary is in control. An in The Road the ones who rule that world are cannibals.