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The Road Summary & Study Guide Description
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The Road Plot Summary
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An unnamed father and son walk south in search of the good guys, the people that are not raping, killing and eating other humans to stay alive. They ransack abandoned houses for clothes and food, which they push around in their cart, moving from place to place to avoid detection. America, and, as far as they understand, the rest of the world, has been wiped out by a virus. A few people remain, but the ones that do, fight desperately for their own survival.
The father and son travel by foot. The father pushes the cart that contains their food and other useful items, while the boy often takes a broom and sweeps away debris in the road so the cart can run smoothly. Ash covers everything. Occasionally they come to a house or town. The first house they see is the house the father grew up in and...
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