voice and point of view

The techniques confuse the reader as there is no definitive difference between the voice and the narrative and thoughts. Which compiles the speech, thoughts and observations into one text, giving a sense of disorientation as there is no separation between the main characters in the novel, and there is no signalling as to where the dialogue ends and the narrative begins because of McCarthy’s use of unattributed and uncontexualised dialogue. An omniscient point of view gives very little indication as to whether one of the character’s views is being put across or if a narrator is describing what they can see ‘he went down the road as far as he dared’ could be from the man’s perspective or McCarthy’s own. By utilising these techniques the reader can feel lost within the novel which is a reflection of the characters’ own disorientation.