structure and the handling of time

What does it mean to be alive in a dead world?

Existentialism 

P.g 212
The repetition of the letter S symbolises the noise that the river makes as that is all they hear because it'masked' any other noise. It uses sibalences to do this. The short sentences with the odd long one makes you read quickly. The words are all very simple and child like. It's written like a child's story because of the way most of the sentences start with 'He' or 'They'. It is a very slow dull part of the story. However could be seen as important to the novel because it is when the man is worrying about the boy never speaking and the seeing how far they still have to go without actually knowing where exactly they are.

p.g1
'Nights dark beyond darkness and the days more grey each one then what had gone before.' This is an extract where narrative time is used as well as a reference to the passage of day. It could also indicate the the past has been a long time and nothing has ever changed.

p.g78
'He woke in the night with the cold and rose and broke up more wood for the fire.' This is a reference to the passage of the day. Could also refer to time of year for example Autumn or Winter because of the fact he was woken by the 'cold'.

p.g110
'They kicked snow over the fire and went on through the trees and circled and came back.' Could be a reference to winter from the snow. 

p.g 111
'They'd has no food and little sleep in five days.' This reference shows narrative time is telescoped, so it skips a few days.

p.g226
'They stayed at the house for four days eating and sleeping.' This is a passage which narrative time is telescoped. 

p.g263
'In the morning he built a fire and walked out on the beach while the boy slept.' This is a reference to the passage of day. 

p.g294
'Winter was already upon them.' This passage tells us that it is winter.