Cormac Mccarthy The Road Father Son Relationship
In the novel "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy the relation of the father and his son is really important because in someway the father symbolizes protection to the child. They are living by themselves in a kind of apocalyptic place that has been destructed by some event that is not mentioned, everything is full of ashes and dirt. The father is like the soul of his son now that the son finds support on him due to the situation of loneliness. It’s a natural state for human beings to relay on each other by survival instincts, even more when there is a bond such as father and a son. In my point of view I think that the father has to be really though and an example as well because even if he is also struggling and knows that the situation is not good
he has to keep positive and giving strengths to his son, for him to not suffered or feel pain. I think that the father is keeping himself real and is fighting for his life and his child life as well; he tries to maintain a normal life every single day. The author really focuses on this aspect due to his dialogues between them this is because the son is still a little child which means he is still very innocent, but the author makes the father really wise and intelligent to respond thoughtfully to his sons questions to keep up his hope. Optimism is something really important in the situation they are living at because even though the situation happiness is what will keep them moving forward.
The boy matures over the course of this journey, and his changing relationship with his father reflects this growing maturity. At the beginning of the novel, the boy looks to the father for knowledge and guidance, believing his father to speak the truth unequivocally. However, as he gains new experiences, the boy learns to use his own judgment and can assess somewhat better whether or not his father is telling the truth. He begins to question his father's honesty on such matters as whether or not they are truly the "good guys" and asserts his own opinion when believing that they should help other people. He never doubts his father’s love for him, however, and continues to love and trust his father, even while he begins to have more and more serious reservations about his father’s choices. In a sense, it is time for the father to die when the son is mature enough to make his own moral decisions for the new generation.
he has to keep positive and giving strengths to his son, for him to not suffered or feel pain. I think that the father is keeping himself real and is fighting for his life and his child life as well; he tries to maintain a normal life every single day. The author really focuses on this aspect due to his dialogues between them this is because the son is still a little child which means he is still very innocent, but the author makes the father really wise and intelligent to respond thoughtfully to his sons questions to keep up his hope. Optimism is something really important in the situation they are living at because even though the situation happiness is what will keep them moving forward.
The boy matures over the course of this journey, and his changing relationship with his father reflects this growing maturity. At the beginning of the novel, the boy looks to the father for knowledge and guidance, believing his father to speak the truth unequivocally. However, as he gains new experiences, the boy learns to use his own judgment and can assess somewhat better whether or not his father is telling the truth. He begins to question his father's honesty on such matters as whether or not they are truly the "good guys" and asserts his own opinion when believing that they should help other people. He never doubts his father’s love for him, however, and continues to love and trust his father, even while he begins to have more and more serious reservations about his father’s choices. In a sense, it is time for the father to die when the son is mature enough to make his own moral decisions for the new generation.