Anonymous
10/31/2025, 6:27:16 AM
No.24843327
>>24843072
Yes. It is different. It was a dark and stormy night is just a purple description of weather. Winds, rain, etc. Over and over. This opening establishes the two characters, their relationship, the setting. "Dark beyond darkness" is not a literal description of the night being dark, its a metaphorical introduction to the evil that permeates the story. The darkness is the cannibals and trying to survive the apocalypse. The darkness isnt the sky. And the "cold glaucoma dimming the world" is a fucking beautiful expression. It's original, it paints an image, likening the fallout to glaucoma, it sets the tone and establishes the main theme of the story, that the apocalypse is causing a sickness over the survivors, not a physical sickness, but a spiritual one. He does all this in a few short sentences and all you see is "Dark. Cold. Dark. Cold. Dark. Uh huh. I am very smart." Get the fuck out of here.
I dont even like The Road. It's pretty mediocre compared to McCarthy's other stuff. But goddamn, pull your head out of your ass. This isnt some YA novel where every sentence is literal. You need to turn your fucking brain on.
Yes. It is different. It was a dark and stormy night is just a purple description of weather. Winds, rain, etc. Over and over. This opening establishes the two characters, their relationship, the setting. "Dark beyond darkness" is not a literal description of the night being dark, its a metaphorical introduction to the evil that permeates the story. The darkness is the cannibals and trying to survive the apocalypse. The darkness isnt the sky. And the "cold glaucoma dimming the world" is a fucking beautiful expression. It's original, it paints an image, likening the fallout to glaucoma, it sets the tone and establishes the main theme of the story, that the apocalypse is causing a sickness over the survivors, not a physical sickness, but a spiritual one. He does all this in a few short sentences and all you see is "Dark. Cold. Dark. Cold. Dark. Uh huh. I am very smart." Get the fuck out of here.
I dont even like The Road. It's pretty mediocre compared to McCarthy's other stuff. But goddamn, pull your head out of your ass. This isnt some YA novel where every sentence is literal. You need to turn your fucking brain on.