Cormac Mccarthy Carry The Fire In The Road
Carrying The Fire
Throughout The Road by Cormac McCarthy, the boy works his way to the top of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. The boy grows and progresses through the different levels until a certain event at the end of the novel shows he reaches self-actualization.
The boy and the man meet their physiological and safety needs by using a cart and knapsacks that contain “essential things” (5). They sometimes have to put one need above the other to stay alive. For example, to stay safe from the truck people, they have to abandon their cart that carries food supplies. They acknowledge their lives have more importance than their hunger.
The boy and the man show that they can obtain love and feel like they belong even in the worst conditions. As the
Throughout The Road by Cormac McCarthy, the boy works his way to the top of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. The boy grows and progresses through the different levels until a certain event at the end of the novel shows he reaches self-actualization.
The boy and the man meet their physiological and safety needs by using a cart and knapsacks that contain “essential things” (5). They sometimes have to put one need above the other to stay alive. For example, to stay safe from the truck people, they have to abandon their cart that carries food supplies. They acknowledge their lives have more importance than their hunger.
The boy and the man show that they can obtain love and feel like they belong even in the worst conditions. As the