dys·to·pi·a [dis-toh-pee-uh]
noun
a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.

The idea of dystopia relates to The Road due to the various situations the father and son are experiencing. For example they are overwhelmed with the idea of battling through each day like its their last, this idea relates to the quote by Friedrich Nietzsche which states that ‘in the process he does not become a monster.’ The father and son should not fall into a state of mind where they survive by living off of fear…

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