Complex Character In The Road

With the stories written these days, it is hard to tell who a complex character is because the stories in itself are so complex. A complex or dynamic character is a character in a story who changes. Some change throughout the course of the story, while other character change continuously. In order to create a complex character, an author must use contradiction. Contradiction between how the character feels and their actions. The character may appear a certain way, but may act opposite. In the novel The Road by Cormac McCarthy, the protagonist is the complex character. Although his name is not known, a reader can determine how he is so complex. The dynamic character in the novel is a father. He endures many hardships just being a father, but in addition, the father and his son live in a dystopian United States. Because of this, the father struggles with surviving not only for his son, but for himself. The father constantly changes from being the “survivor” and the father. The survivor in

Whether they are single parents or not, parents struggle with providing for their kids as well as themselves. If parents do not work, they do not get paid, and therefore cannot afford food. Also the parents must teach their kids to be independent. If the father does not work to keep himself alive, the son will have to face the world alone and may not have the skills his father had. For the younger readers, they can relate to being the son. When people are younger, their parents are reluctant to tell them the truth about lots of things. They can be scary things or just too hard to comprehend at a young age. Eventually, kids grow up and they want to know what parents have been refusing to tell them all this time. The boy does so and asks many questions. The father does give in and is honest, to some extent, about their situation. Although today the United States has not been completely destroyed, there will always be struggles within