Pages 200-250

Pages 200-250

This chunk follows on from the meeting with Ely. A series of events happen after that. The farther and the boy run out of food quicker than they presume, they run out of gas, they find a Spanish house, They get to the coast and they explore a shipwreck. One of the important scenes is when the boy and the farther spot that they are being followed by a 4 people. one of them is a pregnant woman and later on  they see the camp that they have abandoned before leaving. the Thing that horrifies the reader is the description of the infant who is on the spit, with his head being punctured and cooked. This shows that the world has become so savage that the adults are ready to eat their children in order to survive and that everyone is a lone wolf. However the boy sees a Spanish house dense within the trees quite a distance from the road. The son is very scared of going in as he thinks that there could be cannibals in there again, but the farther tells him it will be alright. when they explore the house they find a lot of jars with food inside and there is nobody there. they stay in house for a couple of days and leave as soon as possible with new blankets, masks, clothes and food. The most striking scene though is when the farther and the boy finally reach the coast to find the ocean dark and murky, and the area barren and cold. Once again they run out of food and they discover a shipwreck. the farther examines the shipwreck and finds some provisions, but also a sextant. This makes the farther emotional as he hasn't seen such an object for a very long time and this suggests that the farther was connected to some sort of sailing. That is it, I'll post more soon when I read the next extract.