...Trusting someone new can be difficult depending on the circumstances of the meeting. Throughout Cormac McCarthy's The Road, a father fights to see his son survive in a post-apocalyptic world. Although he is unsure of his own chances of survival, and does not think they are particularly strong, the father does his best to hide his fears from his son. The father's love for his son and his desire to protect him outweigh his own fear of their bleak situation. However, as the two face more obstacles to their path, the man becomes increasingly less trusting of the fellow survivors they encounter. Furthermore, the challenges they face forces him to question their likelihood of survival. Cormac McCarthy determines that intense situations can impair...
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...In the novel The Road (2006) by Cormac McCarthy, a young boy and his father are in a post-apocalyptic society with very few people and available resources, and trying to survive. They travel along a main road, heading towards the coast, and encounter some benefits, yet many obstacles as well. In this novel, McCarthy illuminates the idea that when people are faced with death, it causes them to realize the small happy moments, because they become more prominent and enjoyable. In this scene from The Road, Papa and the Boy are preparing for their first night after the post-apocalyptic event; beginning to comprehend and adapt to their surroundings. Papa is trying to be protective of his son by staying up until the Boy falls asleep. The Boy is...
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...Survival Why do you think McCarthy has chosen not to give his characters names? How do fake names generate character of the man and the boy. In Cormac McCarthy the Road, the man and his son face infinite amount of obstacles throughout the novel in order to keep themselves alive. While reading the road, McCarthy wanted the figures in this book to be universal, so that the reader could imagine him or herself as the boy or man. Doing so allowed reader to have different perspective of being one of the characters. To do this McCarthy did not designate the characters in his book with names, and because of that i was able to connect with the man and the boy more closely on a personal level and have a good idea putting myself in their journey....
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...lifeless world, seeing burned half eaten bodies for? Death isn’t a lover, but watching the color fade and the sun vanish taking faith and humanity with it. Death is seen as living and living is seen as death. In a world where snow falls gray, the ocean isn't blue, birds don't soar, trees slowly plummet and humanity has lost all meaning, in his novel The Road, Cormac McCarthy portrays a colorless and lifeless earth while teaching a boy the purpose of life and faith. The greens have turned grey, the blues have turned black, the sun cannot be seen, warmth cannot be felt. “The clocks stopped at 1:17pm. A long shear of light and a series of low concussions.” is McCarthy’s only...
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...A relationship between father and son could be described as loving or hated. However in the book The Road by Cormac McCarthy, it is put into a completely different situation. The father and son of The Road are surviving for each other. From a post apocalyptic setting they are trying to reach the south. The father and son of The Road are left with no names, which makes it more mysterious. Within the book the father often times lies to the son about certain things. For the good of the son and humanity, it is a good choice to tell his son what is for the better. The better of things could be for the son’s future. The father and son go through a long journey to the south. The father believes that the south should be an easier place to be for the father and son to survive the deadly cold winter. The story tells of the father constantly telling himself that his son is the best thing that has happened and that he is the only light left in his life. They have to try to avoid many obstacles like those trying to steal their belongings or others trying to kidnap them to eat them. The father always seems to believe there is nothing left of his life except to keep his son safe and as happy as he can be. In parts of the book the son asks the father about their life. His son would ask if he would die what would the father do? The father easily answers that he would die also to be with his son. The father lives only for his son and would be willing to do anything for him. The father tells...
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