The Road

by Cormac McCarthy

The Road: Tone 1 key example

Definition of Tone

The tone of a piece of writing is its general character or attitude, which might be cheerful or depressive, sarcastic or sincere, comical or mournful, praising or critical, and so on. For instance... read full definition
The tone of a piece of writing is its general character or attitude, which might be cheerful or depressive, sarcastic or sincere, comical or mournful, praising or critical... read full definition
The tone of a piece of writing is its general character or attitude, which might be cheerful or depressive, sarcastic or sincere, comical... read full definition
Tone
Explanation and Analysis:

The narrative tone of The Road is often frustrated if not hopeless, and it vents these emotions most directly through the man himself. The novel’s free indirect discourse merges its impersonal, third-person account with an intimate glimpse into the man’s innermost thoughts, which range from nostalgia to rage.