In The Road by Cormac McCarthy, one of the secrets being held from the readers by the author is "Why are the man and the child the only survivors?". When i first realised there was a secret being held was in the opening sentence when it says the man just woke up in the woods with the child sleeping right beside him, and then again on the second page where it says they were "Looking for anything of color. Any movement. Any trace of standing smoke."
When comparing this secret to another secret in Open Secrets, it is similar in the fact that the readers are not being told something (there is a secret) but as you read further into the text, more information is being revealed about the secret. In Open Secrets we know little about the man that sends Louisa letters but then as we read on we soon find out the man was married and he was writing those letters possibly because he did not think he was going to live much longer, being in the war.
This secret is definitely significant in understanding the narrative because it is leaves the reader wanting to read more into the book. It leaves the reader with many questions. I believe once we are told this secret the whole book will come together and we will get a better understanding of what is really going on in The Road.
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Not everyone is dead but the two main characters. The cannibalistic people are seemingly powerful groups. Also, they find a dog and the boy thinks he sees another little boy while they pass through a town.
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